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Suliat Laaal The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has warned that the controversial damages awarded against Nigeria in the Process and Industrial Developments Ltd. (P&ID) arbitration could have crippled the country’s economy if allowed to stand. Fagbemi said the case exposed serious weaknesses in the international investor-state dispute settlement system, particularly the lack of clear and predictable rules for determining damages in arbitration proceedings. The minister spoke on Thursday at the Heads of Delegations’ Roundtable of the Chief Legal Advisors Forum 2026 in Singapore, where he called for far-reaching reforms of the international investment dispute-resolution…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has named four federal civil servants allegedly involved in helping Adeniyi Adeyemi, promoter of the now-disowned Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, secure government approvals and penetrate official financial and administrative systems. The officials identified in the commission’s interim investigation report are Rose Achem, Senior Administrative Officer to the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation; Patricia Akhigbe, an Assistant Director in the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning; Mimi Abu, Director of Organisation Design and Development at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation; and…

…Says 68% Have No Lawyer From First Contact With Justice System Daud Olatunji About 26,000 children enter custodial and remand facilities across Nigeria every year, with 74 per cent of them held in pre-trial detention and 68 per cent having no lawyer from their first contact with the justice system, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has disclosed. The minister described the figures as evidence of a deep-rooted failure in Nigeria’s child justice system, warning that detention had increasingly become the default response to children in conflict with the law instead of diversion, rehabilitation and reintegration.…

….MTN, Glo Absent As Subscribers Decry Data Depletion, Dropped Calls, Rising Tariffs …Civil Society Demands NCC, National Assembly Summon Service Providers Over Complaint Daud Olatunji Major telecommunications operators, including MTN and Globacom, came under fire on Thursday after they failed to attend a national civil society dialogue convened to address growing complaints over the quality, cost and transparency of telecommunications and data services in Nigeria. The operators were conspicuously absent from the National Civil Society Dialogue on Telecommunication and Data Service Provision in Nigeria, held at the Nigerian Army Resources Centre, Asokoro, Abuja. The meeting was designed as a tripartite…

Daud Olatunji The lawmaker representing Abeokuta South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Afolabi Moruf Afuape, popularly known as Afoo, has explained that his decision to prioritise education in his constituency is rooted in his conviction that education remains the foundation for individual advancement and national development. Afuape said education was largely responsible for his emergence and achievements, stressing that he had been supporting education-related initiatives even before venturing into politics. The lawmaker spoke on Wednesday while inspecting beneficiaries of his 2026 free summer coaching programme at St. Peter Primary School, Ake, Abeokuta. The programme, organised under the Afolabi…

Daud Olatunji The Onigbesi of Igbesi, Oba Moses Oyinloye Iwedunmoye I, has regained his freedom after spending five days in the custody of armed abductors in Kwara State. The traditional ruler of Igbesi community in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State was released on Thursday, five days after he was abducted by armed men who invaded the community. A source familiar with the development confirmed the monarch’s release on Thursday. “The Kabiyesi Onigbesi of Igbesi land was released today,” the source said. Oba Oyinloye was reportedly abducted when the gunmen stormed Igbesi, a community within Oke-Onigbin town, at about…

The Presidency has criticised the Nigerian Bar Association for allowing social media activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, to make what it described as “unguarded and reckless accusations” against the Nigeria Police Force at the NBA conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Sunday Dare, made the criticism on Wednesday as controversy continued to trail the activist’s comments at the conference. VeryDarkMan had alleged that some police officers operating checkpoints along major highways pass information about travellers to kidnappers and bandits. The allegation has since triggered a response…

Daud Olatunji Former Senate Leader and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Ali Ndume, has urged President Bola Tinubu to overhaul his administration and remove officials he described as “kakistrocrats,” warning that their continued presence would expose the government to further embarrassment. Ndume, the Borno South Senator, said the alleged operation of a fake government agency within the premises of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation was evidence of serious lapses in the supervision of the administration. The senator spoke on Wednesday during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time. “Kakistocracy” refers to a system…

Mujeeb Akindoyin President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, has resigned from office amid growing concerns over the country’s recent failures in international football. Gusau announced his resignation on Thursday at a press conference in Abuja, bringing his tenure as the head of the country’s football governing body to an abrupt end. His resignation comes at a difficult period for Nigerian football, with the Nigeria Football Federation facing mounting criticism over the performances and fortunes of the country’s national teams. The development followed the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the…

A Professor of International Law at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. Adeola Ayodele Oluwabiyi, has called for the development of internationally recognised rules to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence in international arbitration. Oluwabiyi made the call while delivering the 428th inaugural lecture of OAU, titled, “Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in International Arbitration.” She warned that although AI was capable of making arbitration faster, cheaper and more efficient, its growing application without adequate regulation could undermine fairness, confidentiality, transparency and the enforceability of arbitral awards. The don said there was currently no uniform international legal framework governing the use…