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* AS NBA-SPIDEL HOLDS PRESS BRIEFING ON ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA-SPIDEL, is preparing to bring lawyers, judges, policymakers, civil society actors, academics and other stakeholders together in Umuahia next month for a conference designed to confront some of the country’s most persistent justice and governance failures. Announcing the 2026 Annual...

A mild drama ensued last Thursday at the Lagos State High Court after a judge ordered arrest of an alleged fake lawyer. The suspect, who was fully robed in lawyers’ regalia including wig and gown, was in the court to represent a client but was taken into custody after the judge questioned his status as a legal practitioner. In the...

United States President Donald Trump has appointed Dr. Karl Von Batten, Managing Partner of Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., as a member of a presidential commission. Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. is at the centre of a publicity blitz over President Bola Tinubu’s alleged drug dealing Freedom of Information (FOI) case in the United States. Announcing the appointment, the lobbying firm stated Batten would...