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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, on Monday asked the Federal Government to start acting on intelligence from security agencies, especially the Department of State Services following a recent attack on a church in Ondo State. Gunmen had […]

Experts, in recent times, have proposed regular and constant legal reforms as a way to resolve some of the social and political challenges confronting the nation’s justice administration. They argue that law reform advances freedom, which is crucial for comprehensive national development. In […]

ABUJA — The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, yesterday, warned that the rising spate of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes posed existential threat to the survival of the country. The CJN, who spoke at the […]

The National Assembly, on Monday in Abuja, asked the National Industrial Court, NIC, to allow an out-of-court settlement in a suit instituted against it and three others, challenging the poor payment of judges in the country. The NASS, through its […]

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has warned that no one is safe anymore if Muslims could accuse one of their own of blasphemy, lynch him and set him on fire in broad daylight. The group also noted that […]

Chief Sebastien Tar, SAN, has dragged the National Assembly and three others before the National Industrial Court over poor salaries for judges. Tar, the claimant, during Monday’s proceeding had in his team of counsel 32 SANs referred to as learned […]

The Delta State Government has commenced virtual sitting in Asaba, the state capital. The state Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Diai, kick-started the first Virtual Court hearing at High Court 1, Asaba, the state capital with personal injury case. In the […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 185 Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). They want the court to declare the failure of the electoral body to extend the deadline for voter registration unconstitutional. […]