Nigeria has recorded a major diplomatic milestone with the election of Nigerian-British legal scholar, Professor Dapo Akande, as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the […]
The Federal Government has secured a total of 2,512 convictions in terrorism-related cases over the last nine years, the National Counter Terrorism Centre has said. The National Coordinator of the Centre, under the Office of the National Security Adviser, Major […]
Lawyers in Osun State have called on Governor Ademola Adeleke to urgently renovate and modernise court buildings across the state, warning that deteriorating facilities are disrupting proceedings and making access to justice increasingly difficult. The appeal was made by the […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the nomination of Major General Nuhu Angbazo (retd.) as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Nasarawa State for the 2027 election. The court held that the party’s governorship primary was […]
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and 45 lawmakers before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged defections from the party. The party is asking the court to determine the constitutional […]
Nigerian-born international law scholar, Professor Dapo Akande, has been elected a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), with Nigeria welcoming the development as a significant achievement in the country’s contribution to global legal affairs. Akande emerged following an […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has accused activist Omoyele Sowore of attempting to delay his ongoing trial by seeking to subpoena the agency’s lead counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, as a defence witness. The agency made the allegation on Tuesday […]
The United Nations General Assembly and Security Council have begun voting to elect five judges to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the world body’s principal judicial organ. The two UN organs are holding separate but concurrent elections on Tuesday […]
A Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odia, also known as Kristein Uyanwanne, to 14 years’ imprisonment each over a ₦67.6 million fraud case. The court, presided over by Justice […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Akure Branch, has called on the Ondo State Government to deploy more legal officers to the state’s security outfit, Amotekun Corps, to strengthen the review of criminal charges and other court processes. The association said […]