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In the case before Justice I.O. IJELU of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, AKUJOBI is facing five counts of stealing, but she pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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The Nigerian Law Society (NLS) has emerged as a transformative force in the Nigerian legal landscape, offering a fresh and professional alternative for legal practitioners who are committed to the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and the rule of law.
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The proposed amendment of the ACJA includes the provision for a Criminal Justice Monitoring Council to oversee the implementation of the law in federal courts and courts within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned UMAR in court on a four-count charge bothering on alleged conferment of undue advantage on himself while serving as the CCT chairman.
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In a statement by its media officers confirming the development, the ICPC alleged that EL RUFAI and the medical doctor abused their privilege and violate the order of court regarding the hospital visit.
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OMOYELE SOWORE says nothing has changed from when the Nigerian Prisons Service had its name changed to the Nigeria Correctional Service.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alleged that BELLO BODEJO is involved the illicit financial activities to the tune of Two-Point-Five-Three Million US Dollars.
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Recall that the Lagos State Government, through the Commissioner for Transport, OLUWASEUN OSIYEMI, had over the weekend inaugurated a Special Task Force to stop residents from dumping their waste on road medians and other unathorised locations.
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The proposed legislation was contained in a Presidential communication dated June 15, 2026, which the Senate President, GODSWILL AKPABIO, read in plenary today.
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The Department of State Services, DSS, is prosecuting NASIR EL-RUFAI on five count charges bothering on alleged unlawful interception of telephone communications of the National Security Adviser, NUHU RIBADU.
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At the time of her arrest on September 16, 2023, HAUWA’U MUKHTAR was found with four hundred and thirty-eight rounds of ammunition, which she was said to be taking to a notorious bandit leader who operates within the Dunburum Forest of Zamfara State.
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DIEZANI was accused of accepting financial or other advantages from individuals linked to two energy companies that had secured contracts with Nigeria’s state-owned petroleum corporation when she was the country’s oil minister.
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In a statement on his X handle, the SDP Presidential candidate said there was no constitutional, legal or moral basis for the suppression of political parties through what he called government-backed judicial action.
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SADIYA UMAR FAROUQ is facing prosecution by the EFCC, alongside BASHIR NURA ALKALI and SANI NAFIU MOHAMMED, over alleged criminal conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of public funds to the tune of One-Point-Three Million Dollars and Seven Hundred and Forty-Six-Point-Seven Million Naira.
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The NDLEA said TOPE OJO and TUNDE OLONISHAKIN won the bid for the six-floor hotel located in Victoria, Island Lagos, with a N5.9b bid.
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The suspected gunrunners were identified as EMMANUEL CHUKWUEMEKA, CLIFFORD BOLEYELEFA, AMADI PRINCEWILL, and AMADI FELIX CHIBUIKE, who were arrested in separate intelligence-led operations conducted in Bayelsa and Imo States.
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Justice BINTA NYAKO delivered the judgment in what could pass as the fastest terrorism trial in Nigerian history, which comes less than a month after the suspects were arrested by the Department of State Services on May 31, 2026.
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After months before the court, the trial judge on Thursday 11th June 2026 delivered his ruling on plea bargain terms filed by the prosecution and defence in the case.
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In view of the defendant’s ‘not guilty’ plea, Justice OSHODI ordered the remand the defendant in EFCC custody, pending her scheduled arraignment before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, for another alleged fraud case.
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MATT WIEBE's presentation "Law as Business, Law as Justice: Profitability, Ethics and Human Rights in a Changing World" was the highlight of the opening ceremony of the 2026 Law Week celebration of the Nigerian Bar Association, Eti-Osa Branch, held in Victoria Island.
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Members of the NBA Eti-Osa Branch, famed as the Coastline Bar, ignored unfavourable weather, with threats of rainfall on Saturday morning, and trooped out in their numbers for the Health Walk. Clad in branded shirts provided by one of the Law Week sponsors, Leemaz Computers & Homes, the participants
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Outlining details of the Law Week events, beginning with a news conference at the Lagos State High Court, Eti-Osa Judicial Division, the NBA Branch Chairman, OLANREWAJU OBADINA, said the theme reflects the realities confronting legal practitioners globally.
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However, Justice EMEKA NWITE discharged and acquitted the fifth defendant, MOMOH OTUHO ABUBAKAR, 47, after finding insufficient evidence linking him to the terrorist attack.
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The Eti-Osa Branch Chairman also said there would be a session that would bring together real estate stakeholders to discuss trends and challenges, including the rising cost of rent and the rising cost of processing land and property transactions in Lagos State.
During the arraignment, the prosecution counsel, JUBRIL KAREEM, told Justice OLAWALE ALEBIOSU that the defendant beat RAMON IMAM to death, and also attempted to murder one SAMUEL OMALE by beating him with fist blows.
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Justice JOYCE ABDULMALIK also admitted the DSS investigation report as Exhibit A, despite an objection by the defence counsel, SAM AMADI, who informed the court the defence had not been served with the investigation report and other documents sought to be tendered by the prosecution.
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"The news of Her Lordship’s transition came as a painful and devastating loss not only to the Judiciary of Lagos State but also to the entire legal profession and all who had the privilege of encountering her exceptional character, wisdom, and service to humanity."
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EFCC’s Lagos Zonal Directorate I, Ikoyi alleged that the self-styled relationship therapist defrauded one IFEYINWA NONYE OKOYE under the false pretence of leasing a six-bedroom detached duplex in Lekki, Lagos State.
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61-year-old Prof NKECHY EZEH committed the crime through a nonprofit known as Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative, funded by US federal programmes, the Department of Education, and private donors.
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The NBA spokesman noted that the 2026 Law Week celebration would go down as a “historic convergence of legal minds and policymakers”, stressing that it was already generating significant public and institutional interest both locally and internationally.
