Tag: Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA)

The bill aims to ensure that Nigeria's criminal justice system promotes efficient management of criminal justice institutions and guarantees the ...

With the prosecution poised to proceed with the arraignment, Mr Sowore’s lawyer, Marshall Abubakar, told the judge that the charges ...

Organisers say the training seeks to close the digital divide among young Nigerians, particularly those from vulnerable backgrounds, by offering ...

First, as a matter of law, the Chief Judge may be a first among his peers but he is no ...

This initiative could not have come at a better time, as it aligns with the Supreme Court's recent jurisprudential pronouncement ...

The four defendants, who looked malnourished and unkempt, slumped shortly after they were called into the dock to take their ...

The CJN was earlier inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu as the substantive CJN before returning to preside over the ceremony ...

Mr Fagbemi said the harmonisation of the law would prevent offenders from exploiting legal loopholes by moving between jurisdictions, a ...

Last month, the court granted Mr Kyari, who is standing trial from detention, temporary bail for two weeks to attend ...

The federal government filed nine additional grounds of appeal to the four it earlier filed in a hurry to block ...

EFCC alleged that the defendants agreed among themselves to hack into the database of Union Bank Plc and transferred about ...

The police applied for the withdrawal of the attempted murder charges on Thursday, citing Mr Fani-Kayode's decision to withdraw his ...

The ex-NSITF boss, Ngozi Olejeme, is accused of mismanaging N1.3 billion while in office.

The AGF office arraigned the HEDA boss, Suraju, on amended two counts of cyberstalking a former Attorney-General of the Federation, ...

The 19-year-old said he was influenced into the crime by his friends and that he had learnt a lesson.

The tour of police divisions in Abuja by the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee (ACJMC), began on January 6.

The bill seeks to amend some sections of the ACJA that contradict the principles of fair hearing and court jurisdiction ...

Judges, lawyers, civil society groups, and the media met to review about 110 proposed amendments to address the gaps in ...

The CJ said the judiciary will ensure that perpetrators of human rights violations receive their deserved justice and their victims, ...

Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling, held that granting the EFCC’s application would amount to breaching the decision of the ...

The lawyer says his mind and that of his client, are at 'cross-purpose'.

Mr Maina was arraigned before Justice Abang, on October 25, 2019, by the EFCC alongside his firm, Common Input Property ...

Based on a plea bargain agreement entered with the convict, the charges slammed against him were amended to four counts, ...

However, the judge said it would grant the anti-graft agency time to make effective changes to the case.

A Supreme Court on May 8 ordered the retrial of the former Abia State governor's case.