No gun shots fired at anti-demolition protesters – Lagos CP
The Lagos State Police Command has denied claims that its officers shot at residents protesting the demolition of their homes, insisting no gun was fired during Wednesday’s demonstration. Protesters from…
Police arraigned two activists over Lagos anti-demolition protest
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday arraigned activist Comrade Hassan Taiwo, popularly known as Soweto, alongside Dele Frank before the Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court over their alleged roles in…
Group unveils new methods of building construction show
Skillers League, the organisers of The Builders Show, have unveiled a new season of the Pan-African construction competition reality series, themed ‘The Rise of the Artisan’, with a call to…
Internal rival Ogun towns clash over Eba Island oil rights, Ondo ownership clearers
After the Atijere community of Ondo State laid claim to Eba Island, two neighbouring towns in the Ogun Waterside Local Government of Ogun State, Ode-Omi and Makun Omi, have laid…
Lawyer hails Tinubu for bill to increase Appeal Court Justices
*Says increase not enough for judiciary A legal practitioner, Opatola Victor, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for seeking to increase the number of Appeal Court Justices. Speaking during an interview…
Niger gets four new High Court judges, three Khadis
The swearing-in ceremony, held at the Niger State liaison office in Abuja, was presided over by the governor. According to him, “I took advantage of the presence of the Niger…
Lagos court jails firm director over N21m fraud case
Hon. Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted Rahvet International Limited for the unlawful conversion of N21 million belonging to one Chioma…
FRN v. CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN: Activism, the price of conscience, and the theatre of persecution, when a State puts history on trial, and calls it justice
Human rights activism has never been a gentleman’s pastime. It is, by its very nature, an inconvenient vocation, one that unsettles power, interrogates authority, and stubbornly refuses to genuflect when…
Akangbe SAN gets free NWLR online access for 25,000 Young Lawyers
In a landmark initiative aimed at reshaping access to legal research for young practitioners across Nigeria, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Chairman of the NBA Lagos Branch, Yemi Akangbe,…
Lagos-Calabar coastal highway traffic offenders will face arrest, prosecution – Police
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Olohundare Jimoh, has warned motorists using the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Road to obey traffic rules or face arrest and prosecution, as police intensify enforcement…