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…
VIDEO: Police tear-gas Makoko, Oworoonsoki residents protesting Lagos eviction, demolition
Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday, as men of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command, at the scene of the ongoing protest over the demolitions carried…
Tinubu proposes 110 Court of Appeal justices
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve a bill seeking to amend the Court of Appeal Act to increase the number of justices from 70 to 110, as…
NHRC caution Anambra govt over market closure, condemns Lagos govt over demolition without adequate notice, compensation, or resettlement plans
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has expressed grave concern over house demolitions and evictions of occupants in Lagos and Anambra States. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr Tony Ojukwu…
Gov Sani revokes land titles, returns farmlands to owners in Kaduna
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has ordered the cancellation of all land titles covering farmlands in Gadan Gayan, Igabi Local Government Area, that were allocated to investors without proper…
Lawyer discloses why national grid collapses
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Oke, has revealed the major challenges of the country’s power sector. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television monitored by newsmen on Wednesday,…
Farmers protest alleged planned illegal eviction from Aduhanhan community by Edo govt
Over 400 pineapple farmers in the Aduhanhan community in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area have protested over the alleged plan by the Edo State government to illegally evict them from their…
Veteran actor, Jide Kosoko, appointed as Oloja of Lagos-elect by King Kosoko Royal Family
The King Kosoko Royal Family has announced veteran Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Jide Kosoko, as the Oloja of Lagos-elect. The position became vacant following the death of Chief Adebola Ige…