Anti-demolition protesters accuse Lagos CP of assault, torture
Two human rights activists, Hassan Taiwo, popularly known as Soweto, and Zikora Ibeh, have accused the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Jimoh Olohundare, of assault and torture during anti-demolition protests…
Abandoned mansion: Knowledge, history, intellectual legacy of S. L. Akintola in dust
By Daniel Ayantoye “We don’t enter that house. It is a powerful house. Don’t you know it belongs to a powerful person? Some people even say there are spirits there.”…
Negligence allegations: Family, Lagos ambulance clash over patient’s death
A dispute has erupted between the family of a 42-year-old woman, Adunola Abiola, and a Lagos-based firm, Medical Ambulance Service, over the circumstances surrounding her death at a hospital in…
Royal family warns Ondo govt against plot to subvert selection of monarch
The family of the late Owa of Idanre Kingdom, Oba Frederick Adegunle Aroloye, in the Idanre Local Council Area of Ondo State, has expressed concern over the alleged attempt by…
Community land acquisition: Supreme Court nullifies FHC ₦379.9m Mobil award, affirms State High Court jurisdiction
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal contesting the jurisdictional ruling of the Court of Appeal, Calabar Division, thereby striking out a long-running compensation suit against Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited…
FHC judgement, mandatory CPD, and the misplaced priorities of NBA leaderships
The Nigerian Bar Association is not implementing CPD in a manner that delivers genuine value to lawyers. Beyond that, discussions about mandatory CPD programmes should rank very low among the…
Ogun State’s claim of ownership of Eba Island absolutely false, unacceptable – Ondo
In recent times, the Ogun State Government has engaged in a series of sensational media briefings, misleading public statements, and inaccurate official claims regarding a long-existing oil well located on…
Ondo environmental sanitation exercise without restriction of movement
The Ondo State Government has announced that the January edition of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise will take place across the state on Saturday, 31st of January, 2026. The public…
Petition against Nasarawa judge dismissed, NJC posits lawyer’s detention right
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has thrown out a petition accusing a Nasarawa State High Court judge of bias and abuse of judicial authority, describing the complaint as unsubstantiated and…
‘Pay What You Owe’: Lawyers joins clients in protest against FG ₦4 Trillion debt
At least over 500 legal practitioners, operating under the banner of Concerned Lawyers for Probity and Justice, on Thursday stormed the Federal Ministry of Finance in solidarity with indigenous contractors…