THE Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere has given President Muhammad Buhari nine days to forward the name of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Nkanu Onnoghen to the National Assembly for confirmation. Justice […]
Nigerian student, Imelme Umana, who hails from Akwa Ibom state, has become the first black woman to be elected President of Harvard’s Law Review. The announcement was made on Sunday via the Twitter account of […]
It is not unlikely that the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force realised, rather belatedly, that the offence of criminal libel could not be sustained in court under the current democratic dispensation. Hence, the publisher […]
The move by outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to stop the inauguration of the President-elect Adama Barrow suffered a major setback on Monday as the country’s Supreme Court refused to hear the application. Last Thursday, […]
A witness in the ongoing trial of a Federal High Court judge, Adeniyi Ademola, has explained how a BMW luxury car was purchased for the defendant by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joe Agi. The […]
The Nigerian authorities must immediately comply with a High Court order and release the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife from detention, said Amnesty International. Mr. El-Zakzaky and […]
Western Sahara is a territory in North-West Africa which was colonised by the Kingdom of Spain at the end of the 19th century. Based on a demand by Morocco, it was added to the list […]
It is not even helpful to the wheel of judicial progress in Nigeria. I know people would come with the argument that acting is like substantive, but it is not. It is not in the […]
Nigeria’s lower chamber of parliament on Thursday asked the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari to consider offering asylum to President Yahya Jammeh to resolve the political crisis in The Gambia. Mr. Jammeh has refused to leave […]
The announcement by the Redeemed Christian Church of God over the weekend that its General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, was stepping down as the head of the Nigerian arm of the church took the nation […]
The Nigerian government has suspended a corporate governance code issued by the country’s Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRC. The Minister for Industry, TRADE AND INVESTMENT, Okechuckwu Enelamah, made the disclosure in a statement on […]
…2017 will be a significant, if trying year for Nigeria’s legal, judicial and institutional systems. There will be major decisions to take, none more important in its implications than the fate of the office of […]
The Assembly on Thursday passed the bill – Bill for a Law to Provide for the Prohibition of the Act of Kidnapping and other Connected Purposes – after the third reading. The bill was passed […]
Coca-Cola Co and the American Beverage Association trade group were sued on Wednesday for allegedly misleading consumers about the health risk of consuming sugary beverages. The case was filed in a federal court in Oakland, […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, speaks with TOLUWANI ENIOLA on how best to transform the country’s judiciary in the New Year What are the five major things that marred the performance of the […]
If you look at the profiles of members of the council, I am sure you will never doubt their integrity. The submission is for us to allow them to carry out the required exercise, not […]
Standing up for someone’s rights behoves us to speak up; talk to or confront the perpetrators; or report the abuse to appropriate institutions (police, human rights commission or non-governmental organisations known to work in such […]
An official of Diamond Bank Plc, Ademola Oshodi, told a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Monday that he managed the bank account of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, with number 0032091183, domiciled in the bank. […]
Lagos State House of Assembly has re-introduced a bill seeking an amendment to the state’s Pension Law that would give life pension to both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The latest attempt to give life […]
The Supreme Court has struck out all the interlocutory appeals filed by the Ali Sheriff faction of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Mr. Sheriff insists he is the authentic chairman of the PDP. However, […]
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