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 […]
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A New Welfare Frontier: Celebrating Visionary Leadership and Building Tomorrow’s Bar Today Congratulations to NBA President Mazi Afam Osigwe SAN, Welfare Committee Chairman Chief Ogwu Onoja SAN, and Welfare Secretary Auta Nyada on this remarkable milestone; The unveiling of the […]
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 […]
By Ayox Ojo/Abuja Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, accused the defence counsel Temitayo Sonuyi, SAN of adopting time wasting antics in the trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman. […]
A prosecution witness on Wednesday told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that Chioma Okoli did not directly ask members of the public to stop using Erisco Foods’ tomato paste. The witness, Mr Nnamdi Nwokolo, a representative of Erisco Foods and […]
Former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has appeared before the Southwark Crown Court in London, United Kingdom, for the preliminary hearing on her trial premised on bribery charges. Alison-Madueke, who was in office from 2010 to 2015, was Nigeria’s first […]
I participated in the 2026 Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture, a timely and thought-provoking engagement centred on the theme “Integrity Deficit within the Justice Architecture: What Path Lies Ahead for the Legal Fraternity?” The lecture was deeply illuminating and served as […]
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A prosecution witness, Hamma Adama Bello on Tuesday presented a video evidence to dispute the claim that former Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita’s statement in her ongoing trial for N3 billion fraud by the […]
By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR —A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced Okon Effiong, a 33-year-old man to death for aggravated assault, rape and armed robbery. The convict was sentenced by Justice Blessing Egwu, on […]
An Oyo State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan has summoned the medical doctor in Agodi Custodian centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service to appear before it today over a matter that bothers on the health status of a former Chairman […]