The court of appeal, Lagos has dismissed an appeal filed by a firm, Emerald Energy Resources Limited, challenging the decision of the federal high court, Lagos, which granted another firm, Signet Advisors Limited leave to […]
The Nigeria police force (NPF) has applied to withdraw the suit against the judicial panels set up to probe allegations of brutality and human rights abuses against the force. In a suit marked FHC/ ABJ/CS/1492/2020 […]
On Monday, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced that beneficiaries of diaspora remittances through the international monetary transfer operators (IMTO) shall now have such inflows in foreign currency (US dollar) through the designated bank […]
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said no offender indicted in reported cases of rape and gender-based violence will go scot-free under his watch. The governor spoke on Thursday when he received a 54-page […]
A bill seeking to repeal the Kwara state pension law for former governors and deputy governors on Thursday passed second reading at the Kwara House of Assembly. The bill is an executive bill forwarded to […]
Legal experts and other professionals have called on the federal government to have a deliberate policy shift and human capital development to cushion the effect of the country’s rapid ly growing population. Speaking during the […]
Counsel for some #EndSARS protesters in Lagos State, Mr Adesina Ogunlana, has said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will have to appear before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers […]
Nigerians have reacted to moves by the government to criminalize the #EndSARS protest organized by youths against police brutality and extra-judicial killings in the country. The clampdown on some key players in the protests while […]
Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti LEGAL icon, Chief Wole Olanipekun, has disagreed with calls in some quarters for the amendment to the country’s constitution with a view to have a new Nigeria. Olanipekun said rather, what […]
Just recently, on Twitter, I came across the lawsuit filed by one Kenechukwu Okeke, a self-acclaimed human rights lawyer, against some prominent Nigerians who participated in the protest calling for the end to police brutality […]
Soldiers are trained to fight. By such training, they are always in combat mood in their dispositions. The military is one of the most important institutions in any country, created for the major purpose of […]
Kenechukwu Okeke, a human rights activist, has filed criminal proceedings before a magistrate court in Abuja against 50 persons for “promoting” the #EndSARS protests. Sam Adeyemi, senior pastor of Daystar Christian Centre; Kanu Nwankwo, former […]
Soldiers are trained to fight. By such training, they are always in combat mood in their dispositions. The military is one of the most important institutions in any country, created for the major purpose of […]
The Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led government of Lagos State has turned down the request by rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to release footage of the Closed-Circuit Television capturing the shooting and killing of peaceful #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki […]
Access to Justice (A2Justice), a non-governmental organisation, says the house-to-house search directive issued by some state governors in pursuit of looted properties without search warrants is illegal. The governors of Adamawa, Osun, Kaduna and Cross […]
Popular human rights lawyer, and Chairman of the Alliance for Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), Femi Falana, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to use the Military against #EndSARS protesters. He also said the […]
Some judges’ recent display of gender insensitivity by subjecting female lawyers to make a mandatory choice between the honorific titles ‘Mrs.’ or ‘Miss’ when they announce themselves in their courts is an anathema that should […]
The Lagos State Government has inaugurated a 7-member Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses in the State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Thursday at a news conference in […]
The Law Students Association of Nigeria has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to immediately resign his appointment over his incompetence. National President of the group, Dr Blessing Agbomhere, disclosed this in Abuja while […]
Elisha Abbo, senator representing Adamawa north, has filed an appeal challenging the judgement of a federal capital territory high court which ordered him to pay N50 million for assaulting a woman. In 2019, the police […]
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