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The lawyer said that any future legislation on surrogacy should prioritise child protection, recognition of parentage, protection of surrogate mothers ...

He alleged that incidents of political violence had increased in recent months, citing the killing of 14-year-old Ezekiel Olapade in ...

A legal practitioner has questioned plans for a special Court of Appeal sitting in Shendam, Plateau State

"It may interest Nigerians to know that the 2026 Electoral Act has removed one of the most important sections of ...

Mr Sowore confronted the judge with an allegation of bias during previous proceedings in May.

In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said the Nigerian jurist was elected to fill the vacancy created by the ...

The EFCC's N2.8 billion contract fraud charges against Mr Sirika and his co-defendants partly rest on the rejected pieces of ...

The SSS arraigned Mr El-Rufai on Thursday on charges of tapping National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu’s phone call.

Meta argued through its lawyer that the judgement awarding $25,000 compensation to Mr Falana was legally flawed.

The NBA condemned the judge's order directing a lawyer to kneel down during proceedings on Monday.

EFCC believes the funds are proceeds of unlawful activities linked to former Governor Bello.

Reacting, Mr El-Rufai’s lawyer, Ubong Akpan, described the operation as unlawful and a violation of his client’s fundamental rights.

The EFCC invitation, initially issued in December 2025, is part of ongoing investigations into allegations that Mr El-Rufai misappropriated public ...

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Okorie was remanded at the Suleja Correctional Centre

The suit seeks to block assigning, or allocating the oil fields in Yorla South in Rivers State.

Earlier in January, Pastor Okafor's legal team gave VDM two weeks to retract his comments or face legal action

Defence lawyer appealed to the judge to order the transfer of the suspected Ansaru terrorist group leader from the custody ...

The lawyer maintained that the co-defendant wrote the statement in question under duress in EFCC custody, where detectives allegedly pressured ...

The judge questioned the accused lawyer’s motive in open court on Monday.

The actress, who was recently released from detention, insisted she had never blackmailed the cleric and said she would reveal ...

The bail comes after Mr Ngige spent six days in prison in Abuja, where trial judge Maryam Hassan detained him ...

“Thankfully, the person behind the allegations has taken it to a formal investigative institution. I believe that would provide an ...

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the Kano State Government filed criminal charges at the State High Court against Mr Ganduje and ...

“Nigerian authorities appear stuck in an era where they see the Cybercrime Act as a readily available tool to harass ...

EFCC is prosecuting the former governor on charges of fraudulent conversion of public funds to the tune of N27 billion.