The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has suspended the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank of prominent lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, pending the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings against him. The suspension was announced in a statement on Wednesday by the committee’s secretary, who doubles as the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Kabir Akanbi, following the …
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama has struck out a suit filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). This followed the formal withdrawal of the charge against Ozekhome by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). The …
The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned hearing in the final forfeiture proceedings over a London property linked to the late Jeremiah Useni, former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to February 25. In 2025, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) filed an ex parte application seeking an interim forfeiture and preservation order …
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a three-count charge against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, over allegations bordering on the acquisition of a London property belonging to the late former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Lt Gen. Jerry Useni, using a fake passport. Useni, who …
The Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained Professor Pat Utomi from establishing what he described as a “shadow government” in Nigeria, declaring the initiative unconstitutional, null, and void. Delivering judgement on Monday, Justice James Omotosho upheld the arguments of the Department of State Services (DSS), which contended that Utomi’s move posed a threat to …
