STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT BUHARI SPEAKS TO THE NATION President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation Monday, April 27, 2020 at 8pm. Television, radio and other electronic media stations are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio […]

URGENT PRESS RELEASE 26TH APRIL, 2020. 406 ETHNIC YOUTH GROUPS CALL FOR AN URGENT MEASURES TO CURB THE SPIRAL SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN NIGERIA; CAUTION THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE AND GOVERNORS ON FURTHER EXTENSION OF LOCK DOWN AND URGENT NEED FOR TOTAL WELFARE IN 7 DAYS. With a […]

The National Judicial Council has approved the appointment of 70 judges to different courts in Nigeria. Details of the appointment were sent to PREMIUM TIMES, on Sunday, by the NJC spokesperson, Soji Oye. Four of the judges were appointed as heads of important courts in Nigeria. These are […]

Funding the Nigerian Police – By Douglas Ogbankwa Esq. Nigeria appears to be the only Country in the World, where the Police arrests before investigation commences. Reason:There are no resources available for the Police to operate. An average Nigerian Police Man in his job is like a National […]

Excelling as a Young Lawyer . By :Douglas Ogbankwa Esq. You can not be bigger than the System that made you you. This Statement above ,attributable to my humble self ,aptly captures the essence of this article. Law as a Profession is highly regimental in nature .The time […]

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court rejected Friday pleas from liberal-leaning states and local governments to block a Trump administration policy that penalizes immigrants for seeking public benefits during the coronavirus pandemic.

GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, PhD has approved the constitution of the Abia State Post COVID-19 Economic Advisory Committee. The Membership of the Committee is as follows-

DYING…..DIGITALLY AND THE LAW Written by Anne Agi INTRODUCTION We all have online lives, you know – our other homes: The ones on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo etc. Personally, I love my Facebook account as well as my twitter handle. Many of my most robust […]

The Legal 500 has ranked ǼLEX as Tier 1 in four practice areas in its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) 2020 rankings.ǼLEX stayed in the lead for Dispute Resolution; Energy and Natural Resources; Shipping and Transport; and Corporate, Commercial and Mergers & Acquisitions practice areas.Nine of the […]

ETI-OSA BAR FORUM ANTI-COVID-19 TASKFORCE VISITS SAMPLE COLLECTION SITE, CALLS ON LASG TO PARTNER PRIVATE HEALTH INSTITUTIONS The Special Taskforce Committee against the Spread of Coronavirus of the Eti-Osa Bar Forum paid a visit to the COVID-19 Sample Collection Site and Emergency Operations Centre in Eti-Osa Local Government […]

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says about 40 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Dr Ehanire disclosed this on Thursday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

The Nigerian Bar Association,Benin Branch-the Lion Bar InauguratesElectoral Committee for the forthcoming Elections. The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association,Benin Branch-the Lion Bar-Prince Benson Ogiegbaen A.I.C.M.C has sworn in a Seven Man NBA Benin Electoral Committee.

Couples are set to be married in online weddings following a shake-up of marriage rules in New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Twitter that he is issuing an executive order allowing for marriage licenses to be obtained remotely and for clerks to perform ceremonies via video conference. […]

A legal luminary, Chief Richard Akinjide(SAN) is dead. He died at the age of 88. A family source said he died in the early hours of today at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Details shortly

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO A QUINTESSENTIAL STATES MAN: Chief Solomon Iyobosa Edebiri MON :A Philanthropic Politician with a Difference “A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for that of his country. The […]