Agency launches outreach after viral assault video in Lagos
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has launched an outreach effort to locate and support a young woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted, following a viral video…
HURIWA faults antagonistic political aimed legal move against Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has dismissed the recent legal moves targeting the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. The group described it as a politically motivated distraction…
2027: Falana, Iyere, Utomi unveil NYWOPEM, launch #FixNASS2027
Political economist Pat Utomi, human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and humanitarian activist Comrade Kennedy Iyere have unveiled the Nigerian Youths and Women Political Emancipation Movement (NYWOPEM) and formally launched…
Osun: Gov assures residents of timely completion of road projects
Osun State Government has disclosed that it has splitted the 55.6km Osogbo-Iwo-Ibadan road to three different contractors with a view to ensuring its timely completion. This was disclosed by the…
Tinubu endorses Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment) Bill into law, setting the legal framework for the conduct of the 2027 general elections just days after the…
NBA President charges LPDC Prosecution Team on integrity of the Bar
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, attended the two-day residential training programme organised for members of the NBA Prosecution Team at the Legal Practitioners…
Lagos couple seeks judgment enforcement against landlord over alleged breach of tenancy agreement
A Lagos couple, Mr Olusola Alabi and Mrs Olufunmilola Alabi, have lamented that justice has not been fully served despite a court ruling in their favour over alleged breaking and…
Abuja: Court hears details of 2022 Owo Church attack
A Department of State Services (DSS) operative on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja how suspects accused of carrying out the 2022 Owo church massacre were allegedly funded,…
Ondo: Ayedatiwa and the march towards urbanisation
By Olu Ayela When Ondo State was carved out of the Western Region in 1976, the pomp and ceremony that attended the wise decision reached a crescendo. One, the old…
Edo: Ekpoma protest and incessant nationwide kidnappings
By GEB The reaction of law enforcement agencies and the government to the recent protest in Ekpoma, Edo State, against incessant kidnappings in the town and its environs is negative…