Abuja — Nigeria has become a country where institutions established by law to give peace and prosperity to the people…
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Nigeria: Virtual Court Proceedings – Supreme Court Opts for a Subtle Advisory Opinion
Background The Supreme Court Ruling on virtual court proceedings handed down on 14th July, 2020, is an Advisory Opinion in…
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Nigeria: Oyo Prosecutes 40 Environmental Law Offenders
Ibadan — Two of the Oyo State government’s tribunals yesterday tried 40 persons for indiscriminate refuse dumping and lack of…
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Nigeria: ‘Our Electoral Flaws Are From Mindset Not Laws’
Professor Epiphany Azinge (SAN) is a former Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS). He…
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Nigeria: Group Gives IG Seven Days’ Ultimatum to Explain N475 Million NDDC Gift
Lawyers to the Global Forum for Accountability, a prominent Niger Delta rights group, have written to the Inspector General of…
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Nigeria: Fani-Kayode – Why We Increased Security Around Shinkafi Emir – Police
The Zamfara Police Command has beefed up security around the Emir of Shinkafi, Muhammad Makwashi, to forestal the breakdown of…
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Nigeria: UN Rights Experts Urge Nigeria to Immediately Release Humanist Accused of Blasphemy
Geneva — “We are deeply concerned over the serious lack of due process in Mr. Bala’s case. He has reportedly…
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Nigeria: House to Investigate Alleged N100 Billion Fraud At North East Devt Commission
Abuja — The House of Representatives is to investigate an alleged misappropriation of about N100 billion at the North East…
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Nigeria: New Ogun CP Warns Police Officers Against Misconduct, Extra-Judicial Killings
Abeokuta — The new Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Edward Ajogun, assumed duties yesterday with a warning to officers…
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Nigeria: NDDC vs National Assembly – Arm Twisting As Oversight Function
These are not the best of times for the Buhari Administration and its image minders. When Nigerians expect firm and…
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Nigeria: Security Guard Jailed for Raping Seven-Year-Old Girl
A magistrates’ court in Igarra, Edo, on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year-old security guard, Sunday Akpeji, to nine years imprisonment with…
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Nigeria: Lagos Covid-19 Enforcement Team Attacked, Shot At Hotel – Official
Officials of the Lagos State Safety Commission who were enforcing the ban on social gathering were allegedly attacked and shot…
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Nigeria: Enduring Drama At NDDC – Press Pause
Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that federal lawmakers investigating financial infractions at the Niger Delta Development Commission may have established a prima…
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Nigeria: Ngige Accuses Suspended NSITF Management of N48 Billion Misappropriation
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, alleged that the suspended management of the Nigeria Social…
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Nigeria: Life Sentence for Kidnappers
In the attempt to reduce the tide of the ever-increasing rate of kidnapping in the country, the Senate on July…
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Nigeria: Who Will Lead the NBA in 2020?
For the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Presidency, next week, three candidates have scaled through the hurdles to run in the…
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Nigeria: Of Salami, Malami and Magu
Introduction News of the suspension of the erstwhile acting Chairman of the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (“EFCC”), Ibrahim Magu,…
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Nigeria: We Can’t Stop Obaseki, Shaibu Over APC’s Suit – INEC
Abuja and Benin City — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said only the court could stop the Peoples…
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West Africa: COVID-19 – Regional Courts Deliver Judgements Virtually
Proceedings have resumed at the African Court for Peoples and Human Rights and the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice courts…
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Nigeria: EFCC Arraigns Two Benue Pension Officials Over N19 Million Fraud
Makurdi — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Benue State Zonal Office yesterday arraigned the duo of Victor Gabriel…
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