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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the remand of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing and determination of his bail application. Justice Emeka Nwite

Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a drug dealer, Ibemesi Chijioke Francis a.k.a. Chisco, to seven years imprisonment, for trafficking in 1, 762. 8 Kilograms of cannabis sativa popularly called marijuana. Apart from the jail-term,

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “A Judge who takes advantage of the judicial office for personal gain or for gain by his or her relative or relation abuses power…. such abuse of power profoundly violates the public’s trust in the judiciary.” Code of Conduct

Warns Nigeria’s justice system is failing investors and the poor Nigeria’s judiciary is locked in a crisis of delay, technical obsession and misplaced priorities that is choking economic growth, eroding public trust and entrenching inequality, senior lawyer Fidelis Oditah KC, SAN warned

By Okechukwu Nwanguma Nigeria’s policing crisis is often discussed in terms of brutality, torture, and unlawful killings. Less discussed, but equally destructive, is the systematic theft and conversion of recovered property by police units, a practice that turns law enforcement into a

Lawyers under the aegis of the Nigerian Law School Class of 1985 will today in Lagos honour the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma, SAN and 26 other class members. This event which holds at the prestigious Lagos

The Supreme Court’s endorsement of the state of emergency in Rivers State, has effectively handed President Bola Tinubu the weapon, not only to act God, but to put the states in his pocket, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lamented on Monday. Reacting,

The Supreme Court of Nigeria, has held that a sitting President has the power to declare a state of emergency in any state of the Federation in a bid to forestall breakdown of law and order or a descent into chaos or

𝘼 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙮, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 70% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁. 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶

The recent decision by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to withdraw police personnel attached to personalities often described as Very Important Persons (VIP) on guard duties, has largely been applauded across the country by many discerning Nigerians. Though it is not as