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Lawyer in trouble for testing Supreme Court’s finality, gets ban, N50m fine

Lawyer in trouble for testing Supreme Court’s finality, gets ban, N50m fine

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The extent to which legal practitioners can stretch the provisions of Order 20 Rule 4 of the Supreme Court Rules 2024 became a matter of public discourse recently. This was after the apex court unleashed the sledgehammer against a lawyer it ordered to personally pay a cost of N50 million for bringing […]
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Halt military cooperation with USA immediately, Gumi tells FG

Halt military cooperation with USA immediately, Gumi tells FG

Islamic scholar, Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, has called on the Federal Government to immediately halt all military cooperation with the United States following reported airstrikes against ISIS terrorist elements in Nigeria. Gumi made the call in a statement posted on his Facebook page, where he strongly criticised the involvement of the United States in […]

Australia-style social media ban for kids won’t work in Nigeria –  Stephen

Australia-style social media ban for kids won’t work in Nigeria – Stephen

…says institutional capacity lacking By Efe Onodjae & Dickson Omobola Dr Bolaji Stephen, an Australian-based educationist, is a lecturer at Federation University in Australia. In this interview, Stephen speaks on Nigeria’s education system, the ban on social media for children in Australia, and whether such a policy could be implemented in Nigeria, among other issues. […]

Why disputed tax acts are invalid without due process — Lawyers

Why disputed tax acts are invalid without due process — Lawyers

Barely months after President Bola Tinubu assented to four landmark tax reform Acts aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s fiscal framework, a fresh controversy that threatens to undermine the credibility, legality and enforceability of the new laws before their scheduled commencement on January 1, 2026, erupted last week.

Car somersaults into Abuja stream

Car somersaults into Abuja stream

“It happened suddenly. The car lost control, flipped repeatedly and fell under the bridge. People quickly gathered to help the driver”

Dangerous allegations of witchcraft, diabolism destroying communities in Igboland 

Dangerous allegations of witchcraft, diabolism destroying communities in Igboland 

-DESPITE various intensive campaigns against harmful traditional/cultural discriminatory practices and inhuman treatment that deprive citizens of certain rights and privileges, some of these practices are still going on in many communities in Igbo land, causing animosity and tearing hitherto peaceful communities apart.