•Scene of the accident Three people, including a lawyer, were reported dead and several others severely injured when a flour-loaded truck, pursued by soldiers, crashed into shops in Utu Etim Ekpo, the headquarters of Etim Ekpo Local Government Area (LGA), Akwa Ibom State. Residents recounted that the tragedy occurred around 8 p.m. yesterday wh...
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today, ordered the Inspector General of Police to detain an Abuja based lawyer, Chinedu Evaristus till January 15, 2025. Evaristus is being prosecuted on a 9-count criminal charge over his involvement in an alleged fraud to the tune of N58 million, reports Daily Independent. ...
•Alex Ikwechegh and Stephen Abuwatseya Deji Adeyanju and Partners, the law firm representing a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, allegedly assaulted by Alex Ikwechegh, a House of Representatives member, has announced withdrawal from the case. Adeyanju, a lawyer cum activist, shared the update on X, today. Ikwechegh, who represents Aba North/Sou...
•FRSC officials on duty A lawyer, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has faulted the proposed Bill seeking to legally allow men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to carry arms. He said in a statement issued yesterday that the Bill “is deeply troubling and should be rejected” as it will be dangerous to arm the men. […]
Barcelona have reportedly fallen victim to a sophisticated fraud attempt, losing €1 million (£830,000) to a scammer posing as someone associated with star striker Robert Lewandowski’s agent. Lewandowski, who was signed by Barcelona from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2022 for an initial fee of €45 million (£37 million), has since become a key ...
•FRSC officials on duty The lawyer to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, today called on Nigerians to reject the proposed bill to arm the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC. Ejiofor made this while speaking to newsmen in Owerri, about the said proposed bill. His reason was that the bill if passed would […]
•An accident scene A lawyer, simply identified as Okechukwu, was killed in a tragic road crash that occurred along the Awka area of the Awka-Enugu Expressway in Anambra State on Sunday night. Our correspondent gathered that the lawyer died after his vehicle hit an abandoned articulated truck on the road and somersaulted into a nearby […...
•Pelumi Olajengbesi Human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has written to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, over the ordeal of 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters who are facing treasonable charges levelled against them by the federal government. In his letter received by the AGF Office yesterday, Ol...
•IGP Egbetokun and Adegboruwa Human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa today berated security agents for “provoking” peaceful #EndBadGovernance protesters across the country. In a statement, the lawyer to one of the organisers of the protests The Take It Back Movement, warned that confrontation by security agents could escalate the protests and...
•Governor Aiyedatiwa Human rights lawyer, Tope Temokun, has instituted a suit before an the Ondo State High Court to compel the state Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) to conduct elections into the Local Government Areas in the state. Defendants in the suit are ODIEC, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and Attorney-General of the state, reports ...

