FG, states pardon over 8,300 inmates
No fewer than 8,300 inmates have been pardoned or had their sentences reduced at different custodial centres across the country between January 2022 and March 2026, as federal and state…
Right advocates petitions Lagos AG over alleged mishandled abuse cases
A child rights advocacy group, Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network, has called on the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro (SAN), to urgently…
Gale of political party defections and judicial inadvertence
By Ameh Ochojila Disloyalty within political party structures has long been the hallmark of Nigerian politicians, provoking the need for judicial intervention. However, when it did, its interpretation of the…
Nigeria appeals as FIFA rejects petition against DR Congo
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), yesterday, said that it has commenced the process of appealing the decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to reject its petition against the Democratic Republic…
Drama in Court as Judge threatens to jail Sowore’s lawyer over courtroom outburst
“…Come here! Come and kneel down here!”: Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday threatened to commit the lead defence lawyer to politician and online…
Mordi charges law students on leadership, responsibility
Inaugurates first corporate governance club at UNILAG The Managing Director/CEO of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria (SCGN), Mrs Chioma Mordi, has urged law students at the University of Lagos…
Lawyer warns against over-reliance on AI, election technology
A senior lawyer, Dr Yemi Omodele, has cautioned against excessive reliance on technology in Nigeria’s electoral process, warning that electronic systems could still be vulnerable to manipulation if adequate safeguards…
Reintroduction of Lagos monthly sanitation illegal, contemptuous – Activist Falana SAN
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has criticised the plan by the Lagos State Government to reintroduce the monthly environmental sanitation exercise that restricts residents’ movement for three hours on…
Wike fanfare to judges suspicious, judges are not puppets to politicians, Adeyanju warns
Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has criticised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over what he described as the minister’s constant public display of welfare initiatives for…
Don’t interfere in probe of Justice Tsoho, Rights group urges Tinubu
A civil society organisation, the Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED), has called on President Bola Tinubu to resist alleged pressure to intervene in the ongoing investigation…