Dakar — Convicted traffickers are often fined but spared jail sentences by Nigerian courts, officials say Nigeria has jailed three…
Read More
Nigeria: Reps Laud Buhari Over Appointment of Additional 8 Supreme Court Justices
The House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary, yesterday, said the annual budgetary allocation of N110 billion to the federal judiciary…
Read More
West Africa: Ja’neh Wins At ECOWAS Court, But…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has denied arguments from the Government of Liberia that the regional court is “incompetent to…
Read More
Nigeria: P&ID – U.S. Court Bars Nigeria From Accessing Hedge Fund’s Documents
Nigeria’s bid to set aside the P&ID Limited’s arbitration award has suffered a setback as VR Capital Group Limited has…
Read More
Nigeria: Need to Decentralise Correctional Centres
The call by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for the decentralisation of our correctional administration is…
Read More
Nigeria: Falana Urges Court to Unfreeze Accounts of Alleged #EndSARS Promoters
I move around the world undisturbed, says senior lawyer A Federal High Court in Abuja has been urged to lift…
Read More
Nigeria: MRA Sues NBC Over Arise TV, Others
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, challenging the powers…
Read More
Nigeria: #EndSARS – Judicial Intervention in Cases of Police Brutality
Lagos — This article by Raymond Nkannebe chronicles some cases of Police brutality going as far back as 1973, evincing…
Read More
Nigeria: Shun Gratification, Undue Delay in Justice Delivery – CJN Tells New Judges
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad has implored newly appointed judges of High Courts and Kadis of…
Read More
Nigeria: In Landmark Decision, Appeal Court Reverses Itself
The Court of Appeal in Kaduna last Friday humbly reversed its earlier decision, sacking the member representing Lere Federal Constituency,…
Read More
Nigeria: Supreme Court Affirms Victory of PDP Lawmaker Rejected By Kwara Assembly
The Supreme Court, on Monday, affirmed the election of Jimoh Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party as a member of…
Read More
Nigeria: In Historic Move, Appeal Court Reverses Its Judgments, Reinstates Lawmaker
The Court of Appeal in Kaduna has ordered the reinstatement of Hon. Suleiman Aliyu Lere as the member representing Lere…
Read More
Nigeria: A Thought for Nigerian Journalists
Today (November 2) on the international calendar is devoted to ‘End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’ and comes just days…
Read More
Nigeria: Who Sent Soldiers to Lekki Toll Gate?
Lagos must be stopped from further burning. #ENDSARS protest began on Thursday, October 8 with youths taking to the Lekki…
Read More
Nigeria: Shiites Deny News of Zakzaky’s Death
As rumour spread that the curfew imposed on Kaduna state was to prevent the reaction on the purported death of…
Read More
Nigeria: #EndSARS – Police Arrest 120 Suspected Hoodlums for Looting in Adamawa
The police in Adamawa State have arrested 120 suspected hoodlums who allegedly looted items from government and private warehouses on…
Read More
Nigeria: 36 Governors Sue Govt, Demand Funding of States’ Courts
The 36 state governors, through their respective Attorneys General and Commissioners for Justice, have dragged the Minister of Justice and…
Read More
Nigeria: #EndSARS – Governor Vows to Hold Community Leaders Responsible for Breach of Peace
“Some people want the state to go back to ethnoreligious crises by hijacking the protest, I will not allow people…
Read More
Nigeria: Police Brutality – Lagos Govt Releases List of Ongoing Criminal Prosecution of Erring Officers
Lagos State Government on Thursday released a list of about 20 ongoing criminal cases in courts against various erring police…
Read More
Nigeria: #EndSARS Protest – 2 Policemen Killed, 10 Stations, 3 Banks, Malls Looted in Lagos
Lagos — The Lagos State Police Command says about 10 police stations were burnt and two of its officers killed…
Read More
