Judiciary
Some judicial amendment proposals lack utilitarian values – JB Daudu
By Ebere Agozie A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), JB Daudu, has said some of the judicial proposals submitted to the National Assembly for…
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Judiciary
Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee releases names of 57 new SANs
By Ebere Agozie The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has released the list of lawyers newly elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of…
Entertainment
Court adjourns VDM’s trial until Dec. 2 for allegedly cyberbullying Tonto Dikeh, others
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, adjourned the trial of controversial social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly called VeryDarkMan…
Judiciary
Alleged N3.1bn fraud: Court says ex-Benue governor has case to answer
By Wandoo Sombo The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, said former Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswam, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Omadachi Oklobia,…
Judiciary
Court strikes out charge against Oba Otudeko, others
By Sandra Umeh A Federal High Court Lagos, on Wednesday, struck out a charge preferred by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), against…
Judiciary
You cannot enforce a judgment you appealed, lawyer tells Natasha
By Taiye Agbaje A legal practitioner, Ken Harries, says Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan cannot enforce a judgment of the lower court in which she has…
Judiciary
Court dismisses suit seeking to stop allocation to Kano LGAs
By Ramatu Garba A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by Abdullahi Abbas of the All Progressives Congress…
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NHRC, NGO secure 4 inmates’ release from Suleja corrections centre
By Edith Nwapi The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Hope Behind Bars Africa (HBBA) on Monday facilitated the release of four Suleja…
Features
Rethinking the Death Penalty dilemma in Nigeria
By Judiciary Reporters, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) With hundreds of inmates languishing on death row and governors increasingly reluctant to sign execution warrants,…
Judiciary
Appeal Court orders reinstatement of retired ACP Idachaba
By Taiye Agbaje The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, ordered the immediate reinstatement of ACP James Idachaba, who was compulsorily retired by…