By Adenike Ayodele The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) and the Nigeria Police have agreed to review the tinted glass permit policy. Prof. Paul Ananaba, the Chairman of NBA-SPIDEL, disclosed this in Ikeja on […]
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The team empanelled by the President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said the ailment complained about by detained self acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is not life threatening. The medical team was ordered by […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Aliyu (SAN), and the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice Babatunde Adejumo, have expressed […]
A Kaduna High Court has delivered judgment against the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, declaring the attempt to ban opposition political meetings as unconstitutional and awarding N15 million in damages to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Social Democratic Party […]
A Bayelsa State High Court has sentenced 29-year-old Mariam Omokiri from Delta State to seven years in prison for human trafficking. She was also fined one million naira. Omokiri was convicted for trafficking, exporting, and promoting the prostitution of young […]
By Henry Ojelu & Deborah Oladeji The Lagos State Government has warned the National Assembly against proceeding with the proposed Central Gaming Bill, describing it as a direct violation of the Nigerian Constitution and a subsisting judgement of the Supreme […]
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin An Ilorin based Constitutional lawyer, Professor Yusuf Olaolu Ali(SAN) yesterday tasked the National Assembly as a matter of urgency to amend section 136 of Electoral Act that empowers the courts or tribunals to declare anybody as […]
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has assured Nigerians that the ongoing amendment of the Electoral Act 2022 will be concluded on or before December 2025, noting that the reviewed law will guide the conduct […]
Justice Helen Moronkeji Ogunwumiju of the Supreme Court has called for the urgent integration of Law and Religion Studies into the country’s legal education curriculum, highlighting their potential to promote national unity, justice, and sustainable development. Delivering the keynote address at the […]
By Innocent Anaba The Supreme Court has struck out an appeal by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, effectively bringing to an end its attempt to overturn the acquittal of Dismass Adoon, a former aide to ex-Director-General of the Nigerian […]