By NAN Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that his government’s directive on no access to public places without being vaccinated still stands. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the state government had announced plans to make it […]
It was a great delight and privilege for me to have participated in the just concluded NBA Abuja Branch Law Week, which took place from 27th to 31st of August, 2021. The series of lectures that took place in the […]
NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Six members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death on Tuesday by a court in Bangladesh for the brutal killing of two gay rights campaigners five years ago. Xulhaz Mannan, 35, and Mahbub Rabbi […]
NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA A 22-year old man, Rasaq Adeosun, on Tuesday appeared before a Magistrates’ Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, for alleged unlawful possession of a human bone. Mr Adeosun was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful […]
JUSTINA MBOHO The Nigerian Bar Association has condemned lawyers ‘shopping’ for judgment, accusing them of ridiculing and perverting the course of justice. “These developments in our courts are antithetical to the actualisation of the just society and independent judiciary that […]
by Bolanle Olabimtan A federal high court sitting in Lagos has frozen a Kogi state salary bailout account domiciled in Sterling Bank Plc, over a N20 billion loan obtained from the bank. Tijjani Ringim, presiding judge, granted the order following […]
By Daily Trust News The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to hear a fresh bail application filed by a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. The vacation judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, refused […]
By AFP The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party appeared in the High Court on Tuesday to face terrorism charges in a case described by his party as a politically motivated move to crush dissent. Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe and […]
By AFP The entire board of Iceland’s football federation (KSI) has resigned after a woman accused it of covering up claims of alleged sexual assault by a national squad player. KSI chairman, Gudni Bergsson, already stepped down late Sunday and […]
By Joseph Onyekwere A Federal High Court, Abuja has upheld the powers of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to fine motorists for alleged traffic offences, without first prosecuting them in a court of law. Justice Taiwo Taiwo gave […]