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The Nigerian Bar Association has condemned the conduct of former presidential candidate and human rights activist Omoyele Sowore at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, describing it as a disruption of courtroom decorum. According to reports from Daily Post, drama unfolded at the Federal High Court in Abuja when Sowore clashed with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria while attempting to address journalists inside the courtroom. A video circulating online showed the lawyer confronting Sowore, insisting that the courtroom was not an appropriate venue for a press briefing. Sowore, however, disagreed, saying, “You’re intimidating me and insulting my intelligence because…

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nigerian businessman Ted Iseghohi Edwards and his assignee, Boston Legal Partners Inc., seeking to enforce payment on promissory notes totaling $159 million issued by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, ruling that the court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over the claims. Presiding Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted Nigeria’s motion to dismiss, holding that the West African nation enjoys presumptive immunity from suits in American courts under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and that the plaintiffs failed to establish any applicable exception to that immunity. The ruling marks…

The Presidency has addressed claims surrounding a recently signed migration agreement with the United Kingdom, stressing that the deal applies strictly to Nigerians residing illegally in the UK. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, said the clarification became necessary following reports suggesting Nigeria had agreed to accept foreign deportees. In a statement posted on X on Friday, Ajayi explained that the agreement only concerns Nigerians who lack legal status to live and remain in the UK. He said: “For clarity, it is important to state that the agreement signed by the Minister of Interior,…

The Nigerian Bar Association is concerned about reports of an incident that occurred on Monday, 16 March 2026, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, involving Honourable Justice Mohammed Umar and a legal practitioner, Mr. Marshall Abubakar, who appeared as lead defence counsel to Mr. Omoyele Sowore. According to reports, the learned trial judge, in response to counsel raising his voice while addressing the court on the suitability of a hearing date, directed the lawyer to step out of the Bar and kneel down, alongside issuing threats of committal for contempt. The NBA views this development with utmost seriousness, given its…

The court of appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo state capital, has sentenced Shittu Isiaka, a lecturer at the College of Health Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Omolara Adejumo, the presiding justice, delivered the judgement after finding Isiaka guilty of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed robbery. John Joshua, the prosecution counsel, told the court that the incident occurred on July 5, 2017, along Ibuji on the Akure-Ilesha expressway. Joshua said Isiaka and other accomplices – who are still at large – robbed Olatunji Olowoyeye, a commercial driver, of his Nissan Cabstar vehicle with registration…

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…