+ Embattled Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) was yesterday arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, for allegedly  jumping out of a police vehicle.He was accused, in a First Information Report (FIR), of destroying the side glass […]

+ What is the Achilles’ heel of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015? According to some legal experts, it is lack of funding and attitudinal factors, among others. How can the law become better? What other reforms are […]

Dame Patience JonathanThe Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria has ordered an interim forfeiture of two properties belonging to Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s former President.The said properties are located at Plot No. 1960, Cadastral Zone A05, Maitama District […]

+ A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced one Ifeanyi Chibuzor to two months imprisonment for inflicting injuries on his friend.The Judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, said the punishment would serve as deterrent to others.Sadiq also ordered […]

President Muhammadu BuhariIn a strongly worded statement on Thursday night, President Muhammadu Buhari urged Nigerians in Benue, who have been bearing the brunt of unparalleled violence in the country since the New Year to look beyond the surface, as agents […]

By Yetunde Ayobami Ojo Lagos Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Mr. Adeniji Kazeem‎ Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem said the Ministry of Justice has generated N107, 432,862 million for the state government.He disclosed this at […]

By Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, Juliet Akoje (Abuja), Emmanuel Ande (Yola) and Joseph Wantu (Makurdi) Members of the House of Representatives . PHOTO: TWITTER/HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • Lament Benue killings, suspend sitting• Pass vote of no confidence on service chiefs• Scores feared killed […]

Court gavel.An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi on Wednesday dismissed a suit seeking N10 million fine against the Police for alleged breach of fundamental human right of a businessman, Yakubu Salihu.Salihu had in October 2017 filed the suit against […]