About 70 per cent of prison inmates are awaiting trial, the Prison Fellowship Nigeria (PFN) Secretary-General Jacob Tsado, has said. Speaking with reporters during the group’s Family Week/Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Redemption Camp of the Redeemed Christian Church […]
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A Nigerian doctor, Anthony Nwafor, has been accused of corruption and illegal immigration by the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa. Nwafor, a family physician was arrested two weeks ago with 14 of his family’s passports confiscated by an official […]
An Ikorodu Customary Court, Lagos, on Friday saved a-38-year-old marriage between Kuburat Idowu and Musiliu from collapse. The President of the court, Mrs Omolara Abiola, was able to reconcile the couple after thorough counseling and family interventions. In her judgment, […]
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is to begin the enforcement of the new speed limit device with effect from April 2016 as against the earlier announced date of September 2015. Corp Marshal of the Commission, Boboye Oyeyemi who disclosed […]
Some lawyers in the Federal Capital Territory on Monday appealed to the government to strengthen Family or juvenile Courts to take care of child’s right. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that strengthening of the courts would help […]
Barely 24 hours after they were retired, five of the affected 17 federal permanent secretaries may face trial for alleged corruption. One of those slated for trial has been interrogated by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission(ICPC). […]
ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: A GATEWAY TO REFORMED CRIMINAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM Introduction Before i delve into the contents of the law i.e. Administration of Criminal Justice Act, I would like to reinstate the immediate need for this form of law […]
One Miss Onyinyechi Okegbulam of Egbu in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State has allegedly been killed by her boyfriend for refusing his marriage proposal. A source, who spoke on grounds of anonymity, told Vanguard that the girl was […]
Unknown gunmen, on Monday, reportedly kidnapped a-four-year-old boy identified as Stephen while playing in his parents’ compound at Laderin near Oke-Mosan in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. Stephen Mucipay The parents of the boy, Dr. and Mrs. Mucipay kanu told […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed Nov. 9 to rule on a suit by an engineer of the Synagogue Church, Mr Akinbela Fatiregun, seeking enforcement of his rights. The suit, which was earlier fixed for ruling on […]