A 37-year-old individual, Maddison Wilson, who identified as a woman and was charged with serious sexual offenses, including the rape of a young girl, has been found dead. Wilson was due to appear at Southampton Crown Court to enter pleas but the case was discontinued after it was revealed that she had passed away. According ...

A Magistrate’s Court in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, has sentenced a 21-year-old man, Adebanjo Segun, to six months in prison for stealing a fowl. This was disclosed by Ogbonnaya Dyke, the Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, in a statement on Wednesday, February 26. Segun’s troubles ...

Denmark has announced plans to ban smartphones in schools under new legislation, as revealed by Education Minister Mattias Tesfaye on Tuesday. The government is preparing legal changes to enforce this ban, which will prohibit the use of mobile phones and personal tablets both during classes and breaks. The decision is supported by Culture Minister Jakob ...

The social media has been awash with stories about the Wigwe family and the ruling by Hon. Adeyemi J. of the Ikeja High Court (Family & Probate), which arose from a motion for interlocutory injunction brought by the claimant/applicants in Suit No. ID/7735FPM/2024. The matter is about the Administration of the Estate of the late ...

Experts in Nigeria’s higher education sector have called on the federal government to enact legislation supporting a comprehensive national Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy, emphasizing the need for clear goals, priorities, and implementation strategies. This recommendation was highlighted in a communique issued at the end of the inaugural 2025 AI Awareness Day in Higher Education in ...

Prominent Islamic organizations, religious leaders, and legal experts have strongly opposed the proposed inheritance tax and an increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) included in Nigeria’s new tax reform bills. During a public hearing convened by the House Committee on Finance at the National Assembly Complex on Wednesday, the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria, ...

A bill aimed at regulating fees payable to rent agents and lawyers in Enugu State has passed its first reading at the State House Assembly. Sponsored by Okey Mbah, representing Nkanu East State Constituency, the proposed legislation seeks to amend the existing “Landlord and Tenant Law, CAP. 101, Laws of Enugu State, 2024.” Key provisions ...

  The African Centre for Good Governance and Human Development has recognized Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, a distinguished human rights lawyer and Principal Partner at I.C. Ejiofor & Co. (UgoChinyere Chambers), with the Outstanding Performance Award for his contributions to good governance and humanitarian development. At an award ceremony held at UgoChinyere Chambers in Lagos, Mujaheed ...

The release of former military ruler General Ibrahim Babangida’s autobiography, A Journey in Service, has reignited controversy, with human rights activists and legal professionals demanding his prosecution for annulling the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Three decades after the historic election—widely considered Nigeria’s freest and fairest—the pain of its annulment remains. Babangida’s public admission of ...

    As the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) marks its 20th anniversary, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the Nigerian government to step up enforcement of tobacco control laws. In a statement issued on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, CAPPA highlighted the need for stricter implementation of ...

  The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of former Acting Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Chukwunyere Nnabuoku, to March 13, 2025. Presiding over the case, Justice James Omotosho postponed proceedings following the absence of the defendant’s newly appointed lead counsel, Norrison Quakers (SAN). Nnabuoku, currently serving as Director of Finance ...

  The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Remuneration Committee has formally requested the Enugu State House of Assembly to incorporate the provisions of the Legal Practitioners Remuneration Order 2023 into its proposed bill addressing pegging agents, legal fees, and the elimination of caution fees. In a letter signed by Chief Emeka Obegolu, PhD, SAN, Chair of ...

  President Bola Tinubu has called on the Senate to ensure that the proposed tax reform bills result in workable and effective laws, as key stakeholders voiced strong support for the reforms during a public hearing in Abuja on Monday. The public hearing, organized by the Senate Committee on Finance, addressed concerns surrounding the Nigeria ...

  Thai authorities have arrested a 60-year-old British man for overstaying his tourist visa by an unprecedented 25 years, making it the longest-recorded case of visa overstay in the country. According to AFP, the man, whose identity has not been disclosed, entered Thailand in early 2000 on a 30-day tourist visa and never left. He ...

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Katsina Command, have killed four suspected terrorists while repelling multiple attacks in Dutsinma Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Buhari Hamisu, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday, revealing that two separate attacks were successfully thwarted by security ...