Ado Ekiti — As legal fireworks begin to trail the shunning of the summon issued by the House of Representatives…
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Nigeria: NFF Seeks Support to End Gender Based Violence
As the world celebrats the United Nations Human Rights Day, the Nigerian Feminist Forum contends that feeing women from the…
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Nigeria: Don’t Borrow From Pension Funds, NLC Warns Governors
Abuja — The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to mobilise Nigerian workers in protest against the move by the…
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Nigeria: Bill Seeking Timeline for Civil, Criminal Cases Passes for Second Reading
Abuja — The House of Representatives yesterday passed for second reading a Bill seeking to set timeline within which to…
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Nigeria: Imo – SAN, Ex-Speaker, Imo APC, Others Task INEC Over Certificate of Return
Legal luminaries have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to quickly issue Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume a Certificate of…
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Nigeria: The Courts Should Not Decide Who Has Won a Political Contest
Nseobong Okon-Ekong holds a conversation with Professor Peter Umeadi, retired Chief Justice of Anambra State who is building a political…
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Nigeria: Decongesting the Courts With Virtual Proceedings
On May 12, 2020, a bill seeking to alter the constitution to legalise virtual court proceedings passed through the first…
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Nigeria: Examining Govt’s Move On Unclaimed Dividends
Goddy Egene writes that the plan by the federal government to set up a trust fund through the Finance Bill…
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Nigeria: Malabu – ENI Gets Green Light to Subpoena Companies Over Nigerian Litigation Arrangement
The Malabu scandal involves the transfer of about $1.1 billion by oil multinationals, Shell and ENI, through the Nigerian government…
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Nigeria: We’re Repositioning Ipac to Strengthen Democracy, Governance – Nwosu
Worried by speedy drifting into comatose of governance and democratic system, the Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria, IPAC, said…
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Nigeria: Cross-Border Adoption in Nigeria
Lagos — … Unavailing remedy? This article by Josephine Aburime discusses local and cross-border adoptions; that the fact that Nigeria…
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Nigeria: Kaduna Introduces Sex Offenders Register to Name, Shame Perpetrators
The Acting Governor of Kaduna state, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, has clarified that the law to castrate rapists was enacted to…
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African Court’s Landmark Opinion Could Reduce Criminalization of Poverty, Prison Overcrowding
Today, a continental court in Africa delivered a landmark opinion on colonial era vagrancy laws, which criminalize activities such as…
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Tanzania: International Court, Tanzania Judiciary to Forge Stronger Cooperation
THE Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), Mr Abubacarr Tambadou has pledged to continue sustaining the…
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Nigeria: How Nigeria Police Tortured Me While Pregnant – Woman Tells Panel
The counsel also told the panel that the victim is related to the alleged kidnap kingpin. Nzube Obiechina, a school…
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Nigeria: 2023 – APC Leaders Divided Over Zoning, Control of Party Structure
Less than 27 months to the 2023 presidential polls, leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, are in a…
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Nigeria: ‘Post Covid-19 – Effective Leadership Critical to Build Trust, Confidence’, Gadzama
Rebuilding the nation post Covid-19 will require effective leadership, as the pandemic is not only a public health crisis, but…
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Nigeria: Lagos #EndSARS Panel Criticise Police Delay Tactics
“If we keep on adjourning and adjourning, we will be here for another two years,” the judge said. Doris Okuwobi,…
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Nigeria: Mahdi Shehu’s Life in Danger, Family Cries Out
Katsina — The family of the Katsina State-born business mogul, Mahdi Shehu, yesterday expressed fear for his life because they…
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Nigeria: Abdulraheed Maina Must Not Go Scot-Free
After a couple of days in detention, the senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, was released on bail. The question…
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