…which the Presidency insisted, is non-existent and completely fraudulent. Activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, was among the first to relay the raid of senior Adeyemi's home to the public. He had said: "Police have now stormed the house of the parents of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, Plot 3, Adeniyi Dynasty, behind Tec…
…and producer Chukwuka Emelionwu (also known as Kasvid). Omotayo Queen Inakoju, a film lawyer, pointed to this case in a LinkedIn post about intellectual property. She noted that Bamiloye kept ownership of the rights instead of selling them early. This allowed the family and Mount Zion to control remakes, sequels, adapt…
DJ Chicken arrested over video on Seyi Tinubu - Lawyer Controversial disc jockey and TikTok personality Ademola Abiodun, popularly known as DJ Chicken, has reportedly been arrested in Ikeja, Lagos, over a viral video containing remarks against Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. His lawyer, Rotimi Step…
May Edochie drags Yinka Theisen, her former lawyer and others to court over alleged defamation May Yul-Edochie, the estranged wife of Nollywood actor Yul Edochie, has filed a lawsuit at the Lagos State High Court against her former lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, and Yinka Omolola Theisen, the ex-girlfriend of Linc Edochie. Th…
…and shape the legal framework within which political parties will contest power in 2027. Lawyers react A senior lawyer, Mike Ahamba, while addressing the cases challenging the legality of INEC's review of the election timetable and timeline, said the appellate court would be aware of the timeline for delivering judgmen…
…of Nigeria are set to battle for the presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association as lawyers across the country prepare to elect new national officers on July 18. The presidential race pits Olumuyiwa Akinboro, Lateef Akangbe and Oyinkansola Badejo-Okunsanya against one another in an election expected to produce the succe…
…Court of concluding the case "without sufficient deliberation". The ex-president's lawyers plan to challenge the ruling on constitutional grounds and said they would raise a complaint. • Political crisis The shock late-night national televised address in December 2024 that suspended civilian rule plunged South Korea in…
…to basic courtesy from his administration. Speaking on ARISE NEWS on Wednesday, Asiya, a lawyer, said the family was not asking Tinubu to halt the judicial process against her husband but wanted assurance that his constitutional rights would be respected. "I know what we went through. My husband supported President Tin…
…Court of concluding the case “without sufficient deliberation”. The ex-president’s lawyers plan to challenge the ruling on constitutional grounds and said they would raise a complaint. Prosecutors said they respected the top court’s decision, adding they would do their “utmost to successfully prosecute the remaining ca…
…this case, and it must remain so pending resolution of the petition for rehearing," his lawyers wrote in the court filing."President Trump, however, faces unrecoverable loss: Plaintiff has repeatedly stated that she intends to give away all funds that she collects from him, and once those funds are distributed to third…
…initially apply to appeals scheduled for hearing between September and December 2026. Lawyers appearing in such cases will be required to upload all relevant processes and records onto the platform within the timelines prescribed by the new Practice Directions. Thereafter, implementation will proceed progressively on a…
…hardship because of the restrictions placed on El-Rufai’s access to his doctors, lawyers and relatives. “We, the family, are traumatised. We live in constant fear that we will wake up and hear some bad news.” She also alleged that the treatment of the former governor was intended to intimidate and break the family’s re…
…lordship' honorifics in decolonisation drive The Uganda Bar Association has directed lawyers across the country to stop bowing to judges and discontinue the use of colonial-era honorifics in courtrooms, saying the practices are outdated and inconsistent with a modern justice system.The directive took immediate effect a…
…The Jagged Era, and altered royalty statements dating back several years. He and his lawyer, Chris Brown, list at least seven contracts between the producer and Sony Music entities covering more than 25 years. They claim an accounting audit conducted last year uncovered millions owed to Dupri and his companies, So So D…
…that El-Rufai's continued detention and restrictions on access to doctors, relatives and lawyers had left the family traumatised. "We, the family, are traumatised. We live in constant fear that we will wake up and hear some bad news. "I honestly think that what they are doing is more about psychological warfare against…
…security agencies and participated in a cover-up. However, Gbajabiamila, through his lawyer, Kemi Pinheiro, has denied the allegations, maintained that he has never had any contact with Adeyemi, and threatened a N10 billion defamation suit over claims linking him to bribery, murder and other criminal conduct.
…it, but with a caveat of: 'Okay, we're doing this because we are being advised by lawyers and maybe this is the time.' That's a debate for other people."But at the moment, there will not be Russian athletes with Russian flags, the logos and the anthem."Ukraine, Ukrainian athletes and their president, Volodymyr Zelensky…
…the composition of the sub-committee, alleging bias because it was chaired by a senior lawyer who had links to one of the parties in the ongoing court cases. On the proposal to introduce NIN verification into the election, the NBA said it had already assessed the idea but concluded that implementing it at this stage co…
…Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration, two former State Department officials told AFP. Lawyers say deportees have been thrown into a “legal black hole”, held without charge in countries where they have no ties and few if any rights. Even those deported to stable democracies like Ghana have been abused, dumped without…
…spokesman, Bayo Onanuga. No legal basisfor substituted arrests, says Falana Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, who disclosed news of the arrest in a telephone conversation with journalists yesterday, said police operatives stormed the family's residence and arrested Adeyemi's father alongside a family friend who wa…
…Lifu. Meanwhile, when the case was called on Monday, neither the plaintiff nor his lawyer was in court. Consequently, Justice Ibrahim, who had on June 30 threatened to dismiss the suit after the litigant failed to appear for the hearing, proceeded to do so on Monday with punitive costs.
…fake politicians, fake soldiers, fake task force, fake government officials, fake lawyers and several others. In all honesty, how do you think Nigeria won't produce a ghost or fake official agency with a ghost leader, ably backed by a powerful government cabal? In 2016, this Prince, currently in the eye of the storm, h…
…Assembly. The proposal has drawn mixed reactions from public figures, with human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, cautioning that state police may not resolve Nigeria's insecurity unless underlying issues such as unemployment are addressed, and Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, urging the Federal Govern…
…a SpaceX representative, Ryan Goodnight, in September 2024, was facilitated directly by lawyer Robert Appelbaum rather than Resolve Communications. “It is important to clarify that the media interview on which you relied… alleges neither that I met with Resolve Communications nor that it facilitated any meeting with St…
…a faceless individual, lacking legitimacy, credibility and standing in public life. The lawyers maintained that the interview was subsequently circulated across television stations and multiple digital platforms, including Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, TikTok and WhatsApp, thereby exposing their client to…