The Initiative for Women and Girls Right Advancement (IWOGRA) has said that involving men and boys in the fight against rape will bring the concerns of women and girls to the front burner of interventions to end rape.This was the discuss in a webinar organised by the group […]

The personal assistant of a young tech entrepreneur who was found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment this week was arrested early on Friday and is expected to be charged in the grisly killing, according to two officials briefed on the matter. The entrepreneur, Fahim Saleh, 33, […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, on Friday struck out four of the 10 count charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC against Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, President, Paul Usoro, SAN and two others over payment of professional […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the powers of the Federal Road Safety Corps to enforce traffic laws on all public roads in Nigeria and impound violators’ vehicles.Justice Anwuli Chikere made these declarations in a judgment she delivered on Wednesday.The judgment was delivered in a suit […]

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has instructed his legal team to seek all necessary redress in a competent court of jurisdiction against the former acting Managing Director Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh over the defamatory statements she […]

A number of virtual private network providers in the U.S. and Canada have shut down their servers in Hong Kong, citing concerns over the national security law.IPVanish, which shut down servers, alleged the new law puts Hong Kong under the “same tight internet restrictions that govern mainland China.”Hong […]

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has joined several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in signing a statement condemning restrictions on freedom of expression in China, particularly in relation to citizen journalists, human rights advocates and lawyers. The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) delivered the statement at […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would not step in to block a Florida law requiring people with felony convictions to pay fines before they may vote, potentially blocking about three-quarters of a million otherwise eligible voters from the polls.The decision was announced in an unsigned order. […]

The leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association, Port Harcourt Branch and that of the Eastern Bar Forum paid a joint condolence visit to Mrs. Adumo Granville Abibo wife of late Sir Granville Abibo SAN KSC and management and staff of his law firm Granville Abibo & Co. on […]

I have carefully studied the various profiles and manifestos of all the contestants for the office of NBA General Secretary 2020. While doing that, I equally had in contemplation their antecedents in office prior to this time. The concept of true leadership has never been about power grabbing […]

The Eastern Bar Forum will hold it’s 2nd Quarterly General Meeting on Saturday, 18th July, 2020 by 12pm prompt. The meeting which is slated to consider the proposed amended constitution of the Forum amongst other issues is billed to hold on Zoom. In a statement issued by the […]

One of the things that scare most lawyers is police harassment and harassment by paramilitary agencies. Law used to be a profession in which you were guaranteed almost free passage because of the respect that we command. For reasons that we must deal with decisively, this respect has […]

US murderer Daniel Lewis Lee has been put to death, hours after the Supreme Court allowed the first executions of federal inmates in 17 years. Several executions were initially delayed when a judge ruled on Monday that there were still unresolved legal challenges. The condemned prisoners had argued […]

Dear Distinguished Learned Colleagues, I bring you greetings from my heart and pray God to shield you from any plague going round. Please compliment God’s grace upon your life by staying safe. You agree with me that we are in unusual times and we must adapt to the […]

The Manifesto of Dr Ajibade resonates as the last phase of the final battle into NBA house begins. Among other things,Dr Ajibade has this to say about conditions of employment and Practicing fee for new wigs.