Senior lawyers have asked the Federal Government to quickly obey the recent judgement of the ECOWAS Court of Justice ordering Nigeria to reduce overcrowding in correctional centres. According to them, prison congestion is mainly caused by slow court processes, prolonged […]
Law
By Wandoo Sombo The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday, struck out a suit seeking to uphold the indefinite suspension of Sen. Ireti Kingibe by the Wuse Ward chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Delivering judgment, Justice Peter Lifu, […]
A Lagos-based estate developer, Alhaji Samsideen Akanni Sule, has filed a suit at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, accusing two members of the Abolarinwa family and a senior police officer of alleged defamation, harassment and malicious publication. Through […]
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has intensified reforms within the criminal justice sector, issuing 2,342 legal advices, filing 1,485 criminal charges, releasing 397 inmates through the Prerogative of Mercy initiative, and saving over N1.25 billion through alternative dispute […]
A Magistrate Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has ordered the arrest of the state Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abbas Mohammed, for failing to appear before the court in an ongoing assault case involving two […]
An Australian federal court upheld on Thursday a fine against Elon Musk’s X for failing to comply with child internet safety regulations, capping a three year legal fight between the tech giant and Canberra. Under Australian law, internet regulator eSafety […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — In an unprecedented move, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has zeroed in on more than 256 judges accused of complicity in various forms of judicial malfeasance. The Council, the apex body for judicial administration in […]
By Dayo Johnson Akure An Akure Magistrate’s Court has heard how two minors were allegedly sold for ₦18,000 each and forced to hawk goods on the streets of Benin City, Edo State. Two men, John Ushie, 32, and Innocent Ushie, […]
By Anietie Ewang On May 5, a Nigerian high court ordered the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a prominent local human rights organization, to pay 100 million naira (about US$72,000) in damages to two Department of State Services officials. […]
The prosecution in the ongoing trial of an ex-governor of Kaduna State, Nadir El-Rufai told a Federal High Court on Tuesday why the defendant was relocated from the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) […]