Nigeria: 36 States File Supreme Court Suit Against Buhari
The 36 states of the federation filed a lawsuit against the Buhari administration on Monday, seeking to halt a new executive order that strips the federal government of the responsibility…
The 36 states of the federation filed a lawsuit against the Buhari administration on Monday, seeking to halt a new executive order that strips the federal government of the responsibility…
Abuja — The 36 states of the federation have gone before the Supreme Court to challenge the Presidential Executive Order No. 00-10 of 2020 signed in May by the President…
The current administration under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused in several quarters of not adhering to the principle of federal charracter in his appointment of public…
A High Court in Effurun, Delta State, has barred the Inspector-General of Police (IG), the state Commissioner of Police and the Ughelli Area Commander of the police division from further…
Abuja — The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), yesterday gave an insight into why he did not appear at the Justice Ayo Salami…
Nigeria adopted the Child's Rights Act in 2003, giving legal consent to both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights…
The Criminal Ordinance imposed on conquered territories by the British colonial regime provided for the detention of people at the pleasure of His Majesty, the King of England. The few…
This Saturday, September 26th, 2020, the curtain will finally come down on the life of the Honourable Justice Adolphus Godwin Karibi-Whyte, eminent Nigerian Jurist, former Judge at the International Criminal…
Bauchi — Bauchi State chapters of the 22 political parties deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for what was described as lack of national spread and nonperformance, however,…
Member of the House of Representatives who sponsored the Nigerian Police Bill 2020, which has no been signed into an Act, Hon Yusuf Gagdi has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for…
The noise over the criminal justice law is unnecessary. It has become a pattern in Imo State for the opposition to rake up one controversy or the other anytime that…
Family says the 21-year-old deceased was an apprentice, not an internet fraudster. The family of a 21-year-old man chased to his death on Tuesday by police officers attached to Osun…
Ahead of the gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo States, the Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday warned that personnel of the Nigeria Police deployed in Edo and Ondo States must…
Mrs Egbemode appealed to the families of the deceased and those injured not to take laws into their hands by hurting more people or destroying property. The governor of Osun…
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Wednesday signed the State Penal Code (Amendment) Law 2020, which provides stiff penalty for rapists. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has signed the Kaduna State Penal Code (Amendment) Law 2020. The amendment updates the penalties for the offence of the rape of a child. These new…
Owerri — Imo State Government says it is not happy that 2,600 inmates of the Correctional Centre in the state, are awaiting trial, as against a paltry 600 convicted persons.…
"While we appreciate the great job our law enforcement agencies are doing to keep Osun safe, the confusion and disruption to our peaceful state capital on Tuesday needs to be…
At 20, young Ayomide Taiwo was already the breadwinner of his family. His father had died a few months after he was born on September 8, 2000 in Iragbiji, Boripe…
What is the Need for Stamp and Seal? Having paid practicing fees, why should Lawyers be made to pay for Stamp and Seal. It is akin to double taxation. As…