LAGOS — HUMAN rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, tasked the Lagos State government to halt the demolition of waterfront properties, saying such demolition was illegal. Falana, in a statement, tackled the state government for flouting a court ruling […]
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The Senate will, upon full resumption from its Yuletide recess, prioritise the consideration and passage of the Constitution Review Bills, amendments to the Electoral Act, and this year’s Appropriation Bill, The Nation has learnt. Although the Senate is scheduled to […]
An Oyigbo High Court of Rivers State in Port Harcourt has adjourned indefinitely the suit filed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, challenging the impeachment process initiated against them by the Rivers State House of Assembly. Justice […]
The trial of politician and online publisher Omoyele Sowore opened yesterday in the cybercrime case against him. The prosecution called its first witness, Cyril Nosike, an official of the Department of State Services (DSS). The witness told the court that […]
The Department of State Services, DSS, on Thursday, played the video evidence of President Bola Tinubu’s speech made on August 26, 2025, during his state visit to Brazil, in establishing its cyberstalking charge against Omoyele Sowore. The video recording was […]
The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Chibuzor Simeon Amadi, has responded to a request from the Rivers State House of Assembly to constitute a seven-member panel to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, […]
The Supreme Court has dismissed the trial of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd), former Chief Security Officer to ex-Military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, in the murder of Kudirat Abiola, wife of businessman and politician MKO Abiola. During proceedings, Lagos […]
By Edith Nwapi An Abuja High Court on Wednesday, struck out a motion filed by an Abuja-based lawyer, Victor Giwa, seeking the recusal of Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie from hearing. Justice Onwuegbuzie also struck out Giwa’s motion on alleged disobedience of […]
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN The essence of bail The facts of this case have brought to the fore an urgent and a compelling need for holistic reforms in the administration of the criminal justice sector and proper training for all […]
While the legal community remains in a state of profound grief and mourning over the extrajudicial killing of Peter Ihiemekpen, Esq. by a trigger-happy officer in Owerri, we are once again forced to confront a savage reality. The news of […]