The 36 states of the federation filed a lawsuit against the Buhari administration on Monday, seeking to halt a new…
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Nigeria: States Drag Govt to Supreme Court Over Funding of Judiciary
Abuja — The 36 states of the federation have gone before the Supreme Court to challenge the Presidential Executive Order…
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Nigeria: Who Becomes the Next IGP
The current administration under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused in several quarters of not adhering to…
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Nigeria: Court Bars IG, Delta CP From Harassing Group
A High Court in Effurun, Delta State, has barred the Inspector-General of Police (IG), the state Commissioner of Police and…
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Nigeria: Malami – Why I Declined to Appear Before Salami Panel
Abuja — The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), yesterday gave an insight into…
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Nigeria: Why the Child’s Rights Act Still Doesn’t Apply Throughout Nigeria
Nigeria adopted the Child’s Rights Act in 2003, giving legal consent to both the United Nations Convention on the Rights…
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Nigeria: Illegality of Laws Authorising AGF and Governors to Detain Nigerian Citizens
The Criminal Ordinance imposed on conquered territories by the British colonial regime provided for the detention of people at the…
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Nigeria: The Immortality of Justice Karibi-Whyte
This Saturday, September 26th, 2020, the curtain will finally come down on the life of the Honourable Justice Adolphus Godwin…
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Nigeria: 22 Deregistered Political Parties in Bauchi Demand Re-Registration By INEC
Bauchi — Bauchi State chapters of the 22 political parties deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for what…
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Nigeria: Lawmaker Commends Buhari for Signing Nigeria Police Act 2020
Member of the House of Representatives who sponsored the Nigerian Police Bill 2020, which has no been signed into an…
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Nigeria: Uzodinmma and the Criminal Justice Law
The noise over the criminal justice law is unnecessary. It has become a pattern in Imo State for the opposition…
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Nigeria: Police Mistook Our Son for ‘Yahoo Boy’, Chased Him to Untimely Death – Family
Family says the 21-year-old deceased was an apprentice, not an internet fraudster. The family of a 21-year-old man chased to…
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Nigeria: PSC – Police Must Operate Within the Law in Edo, Ondo Elections
Ahead of the gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo States, the Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday warned that personnel of…
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Nigeria: Osun Governor Urges Police to Investigate Alleged Killing of Youth By SARS
Mrs Egbemode appealed to the families of the deceased and those injured not to take laws into their hands by…
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Nigeria: El-Rufai Signs New Law With Stiff Penalty for Rapists
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Wednesday signed the State Penal Code (Amendment) Law 2020, which provides stiff penalty…
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Nigeria: El-Rufai Signs Amended Rape Law of Kaduna State
Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has signed the Kaduna State Penal Code (Amendment) Law 2020. The amendment updates the penalties for…
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Nigeria: Over 2,600 Are Awaiting Trial in Correctional Centres – Imo State
Owerri — Imo State Government says it is not happy that 2,600 inmates of the Correctional Centre in the state,…
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Nigeria: Oyetola Orders Probe of Death of ‘Yahoo Boy’ During Chase By Police
“While we appreciate the great job our law enforcement agencies are doing to keep Osun safe, the confusion and disruption…
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Nigeria: How Policeman Killed Our 20-Year-Old Son Over N50 Bribe – Family
At 20, young Ayomide Taiwo was already the breadwinner of his family. His father had died a few months after…
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Nigeria: Purported Amendment of Rules of Professional Conduct
What is the Need for Stamp and Seal? Having paid practicing fees, why should Lawyers be made to pay for…
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