Legal Nigeria

Al-Shabab militantsPhoto: BBC/AFPA woman has been stoned to death in Somalia after a court run by al-Shabab convicted her of having several husbands, the militant group says.Shukri Abdullahi Warsame was accused of marrying eleven times, without divorcing her previous husbands.She […]

By Ray Ekpu Scale of Justice Amnesty International, the libertarian crusader for near-absolute rights, has just released its 2017 annual report on capital punishment aka death penalty. It thinks the world is making progress, although slow, towards abolishing the death penalty. […]

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+ Arrest woman for alleged murder of South African lover Fresh information from the police on Monday indicated that lawyer, Udemeh Otike-Odibe might have premeditated the murder of her husband, Sym Otike-Odibe.Mrs. Otike-Odibe had on Thursday morning stabbed her estranged […]

+ A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded Senator Dino Melaye and two others in police custody until June 11.The others are Kabiru Seidu, 31, and Nuhu Salihu, 25.They were arraigned on a seven-count charge of criminal conspiracy and unlawful […]

+ Embattled Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) was yesterday arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, for allegedly  jumping out of a police vehicle.He was accused, in a First Information Report (FIR), of destroying the side glass […]