Law is a reflection of a divine order consistent with fundamental value and good of the entire state. It modifies the nature of our existence and restricts us to morality. Rule of law is equal […]
Motorists will be banned from holding mobile phones at the wheel under plans to close a legal loophole that is said to allow reckless driving. The government is announcing today that it wants drivers to […]
A federal high court in Lagos state has ordered the forfeiture of N280 million reportedly belonging to Obinwanne Okeke, a Nigerian entrepreneur who is better known as Invictus Obi. Rilwan Aikawa, the judge, gave the […]
The federal government has tasked magistrates across the country to conduct periodic oversight of prisons within their domains.The aim was to uncover cases of human rights violations that might be taking place in various detention […]
Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says there is no plan by the Department of State Services (DSS) to report a federal high court judge to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for granting Omoyele […]
LAGOS- Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has written to Vanguard Newspaper, demanding an apology and retraction of a report in the newspaper, which alleged that the vice president collected the sum of N90 billion from […]
These are peculiar times for the citizens of Nigeria. After 20 years of presidential democracy, the constitutional obligation which mandates the electorate to choose their political leaders through the ballot box is fast losing its […]
The legal team of the African Action Congress (AAC), Lagos chapter, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to release Omoyele Sowore. Sowore, presidential candidate of the AAC during the 2019 general election, […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which dismissed the suit filed by the party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The verdict brought to an […]
Nigerians recently received with shock the news that a United Kingdom court had granted an enforcement order for over $9bn as compensatory damages in the matter of Process and Industrial Developments Ltd vs Federal Government […]
“Somewhere along the way, the balance of power between the prosecution, the defense and the judiciary shifted. We have to readjust it. The stakes are so high – the well-being of so many communities and […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has encouraged the judiciary to be independent, courageous and unbiased in the execution of their functions without regard to the appointing authority, in order to booster and retain confidence of […]
“The worst forms of human right abuses are perpetrated at the police stations and other detention facilities of our security agencies, yet, our magistrates have remained adamant in carrying out their statutory duty of periodic […]
The number of suspected sham marriages staged to cheat immigration laws may have multiplied five times over the past decade, a report has revealed. It said fake marriages, regarded by Home Office officials as the […]
The US government says effective October 29, children of citizens born outside the country will no longer automatically become citizens of the country. The directive is contained in a new policy issued on Wednesday by […]
On August 16, 2019, a British court gave Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) the go-ahead to seize Nigerian assets worth $9 billion. This is as a result of the failure of the Nigerian government to […]
Right activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has stressed the need for the judiciary to be independent, to protect citizens’ rights. Speaking at the ongoing Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference, Ozekhome said as the third arm […]
The Lagos State government has said it is working on equipping its forensic centre with Chemistry and Toxicology units to strengthen criminal investigations in the state.The State Solicitor General/Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Justice, Mrs. […]
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the Department of State Services and the Inspector-General of Police to appear before it on September 4 over the detention pro-democracy activist and co-convener of #RevolutionNowmovement, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the prisons bill, 2018, into law effectively changing the Nigerian Prisons Service to the Nigerian Correctional Service. The bill was read a first time on May 26, 2016; a second […]
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