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A claimant’s evidence to the Insolvency and Companies Court has been dismissed after he was found to have been coached through smart glasses during cross-examination. Businessman Laimonas Jakstys, who was seeking an order to be reinstated as a director of the defendant company, went into the witness box on the second afternoon of the nine-day trial in UAB Business Enterprise & Anor v Oneta Ltd & Or. Judge Raquel Agnello KC observed that, from the start of cross examination through a Lithuanian interpreter, Jakstys seemed to pause for quite long before replying to questions. It emerged that Jakstys was wearing…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed in its entirety a suit filed by the Nigerian Bar Association challenging the Nigeria Police Force’s enforcement of the motor vehicle tinted glass permit policy, holding that the use of tinted glass on vehicles is not a constitutionally guaranteed right. Justice Suleman Liman of Court 11 at the Federal High Court, Maitama, delivered the judgment in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/182/2025, brought by the Incorporated Trustees of the Nigerian Bar Association on behalf of itself, Nigerian legal practitioners, and the motoring public against the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force.…

After nearly eight years of legal proceedings, a Lagos Special Offences Court has convicted notorious fraudster Emmanuel Nwude and two lawyers linked to him for offences related to forgery and dealings involving forfeited property. Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, sentenced Nwude alongside his lawyers, Emmanuel Ilechukwu and Rowland Kalu, to one year imprisonment each. The three defendants were convicted after facing a prolonged trial that began in 2018 following their arraignment on an amended 15-count charge. The charges bordered on conspiracy, forgery, uttering of false documents, dealing with…

A federal high court in Akure, the capital of Ondo, has barred Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of the state, from seeking another term in office in 2028. Toyin Adegoke, the presiding judge, on Thursday, ruled that allowing the governor to contest again would violate the constitutional limit on the tenure of the elected president, vice-president, governor, and deputy governor. THE SUIT The suit was initiated by Akin Egbuwalo, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Egbuwalo, through his lawyer, Adeniyi Akintola, asked the court to interpret section 137 (3) of the 1999 Constitution as it relates to Aiyedatiwa’s qualification to…

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed claims that Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, participated in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) while attending the Nigerian Law School, ruling that no prima facie case was established. The decision followed a petition submitted by lawyer John Aikpokpo Martins, who requested an investigation into Kalu’s participation in NYSC and attendance at the Law School. In a report certified on March 11, 2026 (Reference BB/LPDC/1954/2026), the disciplinary committee concluded that the complaint fell outside its jurisdiction. The report, titled “Facts and Summary of Complaint,” was issued by…

Seventeen legal practitioners have been sanctioned by the Body of Benchers for professional misconduct following the unveiling of the 2025 Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) report at its second annual lecture in Abuja on Thursday, March 5, 2026. The conference, themed “Body of Benchers: Beyond Call to Bar,” was attended by senior members of the bar and bench, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, GCON; the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN; the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN; the President of the Court of…

An Oyo state high court sitting in Ibadan has restrained members of the electoral committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) from performing any function relating to the association’s 2026 national officers’ election. The court also barred Afam Osigwe, the NBA president, from taking steps toward constituting the electoral committee or interfering in the conduct of the election pending further proceedings. In an ex parte order delivered on March 4, G. A. Opayinka, the presiding judge, granted the application filed by four lawyers challenging the legitimacy of the electoral process. The applicants are Ibrahim Lawal, Raymond Oki, Omotan Olusola Ogunmodede,…

A United States district court has sentenced Paulinus Okoronkwo, a former senior executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, to 87 months in federal prison over a 2.1 million dollar bribery scheme linked to a Chinese oil company. Okoronkwo, who previously served as a general manager in the upstream division of the now restructured Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, was convicted on multiple counts including transactional money laundering, tax evasion and obstruction of justice. The sentence was handed down by John Walter, who also ordered the former oil executive to pay $923,824 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. In addition,…

The decorated acting Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has declared that the era of impunity in the Nigeria Police Force is over, vowing to enforce a regime of zero tolerance to corruption and human rights abuses. Disu made the declaration on Wednesday shortly after President Bola Tinubu decorated him with his new rank at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the ceremony, the new police chief outlined his priorities, emphasising that Nigerian citizens, not politicians, are the ultimate bosses of the police. “I will let them (fellow policemen and women) know that the era of impunity…

A fire outbreak has reportedly engulfed the old terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, a facility currently undergoing a multi-billion-naira renovation. Details surrounding the incident remain unclear as of the time of filing this report, but the affected terminal, which is part of the airport’s older infrastructure, is currently being renovated as part of efforts to upgrade facilities and improve passenger experience. Confirming the development to PUNCH Online, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Henry Agbebire, said authorities were already on the ground managing the situation. “We are aware of…