A lawyer, Dr Sheriff Adesanya, has sued Air Peace Limited at Federal High Court in Lagos over a “seat-only” business-class upgrade policy allegedly operated by the airline. The suit, FHC/L/CS/364/2026 and pending before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, raises questions about airline transparency, passenger rights, and consumer protection in aviation...
•Nigerian lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has criticised Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja for ordering a lawyer, Marshall Abubakar, to kneel in court. Abubakar, the lead defence lawyer to human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, drew the ire of the judge when he raised his voice while making submissions in [&hel...
•Nasir El-Rufai and ICPC operative Lawyer to former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of spreading unverified allegations linking their client to multi-billion-naira properties in Egypt, describing the claims as part of a politically motivated campa...
•Nyesom Wike An Abuja based lawyer, Mr Balla Dakum, has threatened to file a contempt charge against the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, for allegedly unlawfully demolishing property located at Maitama District in Abuja. Dakum, who spoke to judiciary reporters at a press briefing on behalf of his client, Alh...
•Former Governor Yahaya Bello and EFCC logo Joseph Daudu (SAN), the counsel to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has said that his client’s trial in the alleged N80.2 billion local government funds transfers was political, and not money laundering charges. Daudu stated this at the ongoing alleged money laundering case in...
•River Park Estate, Abuja An FCT High Court in Gwarinpa has struck out the criminal charges brought against Ghanaian investors and owners of JonahCapital Ltd led by Sam Jonah and four others over the River Park Estate dispute. Justice Modupe-Osho Adebiyi, today, struck out the matter after the office of the Attorney General of the […]
•FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of a legal practitioner, Chigbo Princess, allegedly linked to “one-chance” armed robbery operations in Abuja. In a statement today, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Ade...
An Enugu based lawyer, Ben Oloko, has asked the court to restrain the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) and state government from proceeding with the conduct of local council election billed for September 26, 2026 in the state. Oloko, in a suit he filed at the Enugu State High Court, insisted that the tenure […]
•Sowore and Ejimakor A Magistrate’s Court in Kuje, Abuja, today granted bail to publisher and activist Omoyele Sowore; Aloy Ejimakor, a member of the legal team representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu; the IPOB leader’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu; and ten others, in the sum of ₦500,000, with [...
•Adolphus Wabara Former Senate President, Chief Adolphus Wabara, has demanded the immediate release of all protesters arrested during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanuNow# peaceful rally in Abuja. This was as normalcy returned to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), after the fracas between security operatives and protesters calling on the government t...

