The Grundnorm

Hon. Justice Edith Agbakoba of the Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria died this morning Monday 6th November 2023.

Anthony Atata has been re appointed the Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association,Sports and Recreation committee by Bisi Makanjuola the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos.Mr Atata served as the first standing committe Chairman of the Sports and Recreation committee of the branch under the former Chairman […]

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the removal of the Divisional Police Officer of the Meiran Police Station in Lagos State over alleged extortion.

Former Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger has joined other high-profile Jewish lawyers to call for Israel to be guided by the law in its response to the Hamas attack.

In a hotly contested finals ,Ahmed Ajila defeated Yahaya Olarewaju to win the male category of 2023 Lawyers Table Tennis Open ( Mfon Usoro Cup). The 2023 tournament will be the 5th time the duo will be meeting in the finals. They both met in 2018 and 2019 […]

Bola Ajibola, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Nigeria has died at the age of 89. Ajibola, was also a former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, Prince Bola Ajibola, is dead.

Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps, has died. He had just turned 103 in March.

The Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly representing Kauru state constituency,Dr Isaac Auta Zankai, and the member representing Zaria state constituency, Suleiman Dabo representing Zaria constituency have left the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) and joined the Labour Party( LP) in Kaduna state.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN says its ministry has prosecuted 1,500 terrorism cases and currently collaborating with relevant agencies for the next phase of terrorism-related trials.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has vowed to sanction any commercial bank hoarding the new naira notes from the public. According to CBN, from Thursday (today), monitoring of commercial banks will commence, in order to know those who are not giving the new naira notes to customers.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) until Sunday 29th January 2023. Recall that INEC had earlier fixed the collection deadline as Sunday, 22nd January, 2023. But following a meeting on Thursday, INEC said it has pushed […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has disclosded that voter distribution for the 2023 general revealed that 44,414,846 registered voters are females, while 49,054,162 are males.

The Presiding Judge, Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Osat Obaseki-Osaghae has dismissed a Forty-Two Million (N42m) entitlement claim filed by aides to the former National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Chris Owoicho and 15 Others against the party for lack […]

Oladapo Ajila has won the 2022 Lawyers Table Tennis Open( Mfon Usoro cup) defeating Yahaya Olarewaju in a fierce final match.

I am delighted to extend a warm welcome to all distinguished delegates to the NBA Annual General Conference (2022) taking place at the Centre of Excellence, from 19th to 26th August, 2022.