Plea bargain or pardon – The troubling signal in Oduah’s discharge
Few developments in Nigeria’s long and uneven fight against corruption have stirred as much unease as the recent plea bargain discharge of former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah. Beyond the legal…
Legal Practitioners Bill 2025: Reform at the expense of young lawyers
By Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe The Legal Practitioners Bill 2025, is presented as a bold effort to modernise the regulation of Nigeria’s legal profession. Reform is necessary. Standards must improve, accountability…
SDP hails judiciary over restoration of Gabam led NWC, call for members support
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has welcomed what it described as the restoration of lawful leadership within its ranks, following the formal recognition of its National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa…
Akwa Ibom police foil bomb plot at Ikot Ekpene Custodial Centre, recover explosives
Police in Akwa Ibom state say they have prevented what could have been a major security breach at a correctional facility in Akwa Ibom State. Officers recovered high explosive devices…
Odeomu High Court: JUSUN, Osun lawyer at daggers drawn over arrest, detention of court Registrar
A dispute has emerged in Osun State judiciary circles following conflicting accounts of an incident at the Odeomu High Court involving judiciary staff and legal practitioners. A Senior Advocate of…
Forgery allegation: Court rejects Onyejeocha’s bid to join suit
As Rep Amobi Ogah scores legal win An Abuja Federal High Court, presided over by Justice M.G. Umar, on Monday, April 27, 2026, dismissed an application filed by former Minister…
Group defend Diezani, call for due process in UK Court
The Ijaw Women Advocates for Justice across the Ijaw Nation and diaspora have cautioned against what they described as sustained attempts to try former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani…
Bature promises sustainability factor in projects
The new Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Engr. Muttaqa Rabe Darma has resumed duty, promising that they will make sustainability factor to play major role in the construction of…
Cross River Command secures conviction of woman over baby trafficking, court orders compensation
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Cross River State Command, has secured the conviction of a 38-year-old woman, Mbika Asuquo Edem, also known as Ikwo, for…