By NJORIGE LYNUS Vehicle Purchases Emerge as Critical Evidence in Alleged Coup Investigation FRESH details emerging from Nigeria’s ongoing prosecution of suspects linked to the alleged 2025 coup conspiracy have revealed how investigators are examining vehicle procurement as a potentially significant component of what prosecutors describe as an extensive logistics network assembled ahead of the […]
From Bench to Bar: Examining Whether Retired Magistrates Can Resume Legal Practice A Common Misconception About Judicial Retirement ONE of the most persistent misconceptions within Nigeria’s legal community is the belief that once a lawyer accepts appointment as a Magistrate, the opportunity to practise law ends permanently. The assumption is widespread among members of the […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS Inside the Alleged Coup Investigation: Testimony of a Retired Naval Officer Opens New Window Into the Search for Sponsors, Secret Communications & the Challenges of Preventing Political Conspiracies Fresh testimony expands investigators’ understanding of an alleged conspiracy NIGERIA’S ongoing prosecution of suspects linked to the alleged 2025 coup plot has entered another […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS How an Alleged Financial Network Expanded the Failed Coup Investigation NIGERIA’S alleged failed coup conspiracy continues to reveal increasingly complex intersections between politics, military networks, financial transactions and national security. Fresh investigative records reviewed by investigators have introduced new details explaining how former Bayelsa State Governor and former Minister of State for […]
By TINA TOLUTOPE A New Administrative Direction for Nigeria’s Judiciary THE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has introduced a significant administrative reform aimed at standardising professional practice within the nation’s apex court by directing lawyers and court officials to discontinue the use of the title “Barrister” as a prefix to their names […]
By GEORGETTE CHIDI THE Delta State Police Command has taken another major step in its investigation into the death of 20-year-old Favour Agbro by exhuming her body for an autopsy. The exercise was conducted on 28th July in the presence of investigators, medical pathologists and representatives of all parties connected to the case. The forensic […]
Why Retired Nigerian Judges Cannot Return to Court as Lawyers An Often-Misunderstood Rule of Judicial Ethics FOR many Nigerians, it appears logical that a judge who spent decades practising law before elevation to the Bench should be free to return to legal practice after retirement. After all, judges are originally lawyers who rise through the […]
DELTA State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has congratulated Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, on her historic election as the first elected female President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), describing her emergence as a defining moment for the legal profession and a triumph for merit, excellence and gender inclusion. The governor also extended his congratulations […]
State Judiciary Steps Up Criminal Justice Reforms DELTA State has intensified efforts to strengthen the administration of criminal justice after the Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Tessy Diai, ordered the release of nine inmates following an extensive review of remand warrants across four custodial centres. The exercise, which formed part of the judiciary’s routine prison visitation […]
Can Nigerian Lawyers Represent Criminal Defendants Abroad? Examining the Legal Boundaries of Cross-Border Practice A Common Misconception About Legal Practice ONE of the most widespread misconceptions about the legal profession is the belief that a lawyer who has been called to the Nigerian Bar automatically possesses the authority to appear before courts anywhere in the […]