Tag: judiciary

The governor recently had his election affirmed by the Supreme Court.

The NBA president, Yakubu Maikyau, issued a statement to commemorate the 2023 International Human Rights Day.

“I have been in the North-east; there were a lot of Boko Haram elements that have been captured. We have ...

Orphanages are sometimes used for trafficking of children in the state.

Financial autonomy has been a nagging issue in Benue and other states, leading to protracted closure of courts across the ...

A certified true copy of the judgement of the PEPC bearing the header, 'Tinubu Presidential Legal Team' on the top ...

The Appeal Court president spoke at the 63rd Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

Section 104 prescribes the creation of a Nigerian Content Development Fund, while Sections 37, 38, and 39 deal with Research ...

The disregard of court orders or use of the court to influence or repress citizens was one of the shortcomings ...

This year, we witnessed the most keenly contested presidential elections since the First Republic.

Ali Ahmad says the constitution amendment bills the president declined assent to would have strengthened the National Assembly as an ...

President Buhari says Bola Ajibola took his brilliance in law practice to the International Court of Justice at The Hague, ...

In most of such cases of signing results under duress, the judiciary has chosen to play dumb by ruling that ...

“Imo State must not be reduced to a theatre of war for any reason, known or unknown.”

The Senate passed the bills after considering the reports of its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters.

For most of 2022, the attention of senators was divided and mostly focused on party activities

The report covered many issues, including civil and human rights, corruption in the public sector and impunity in Nigeria's security ...

The Federal High Court had restrained the President, the AGF and the National Assembly from removing section 84 (12) of ...

Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, who chairs its ad hoc committee, asked his colleagues to go back and reconsider the ...

In the bill, each local government council is to create and maintain its own special account to be called Local ...

Some leaders of the South-east had met with President Buhari and appealed to him to release Mr Kanu as part ...

The bill seeks to guarantee the rights of women to equal opportunities in employment, equal rights to inheritance for both ...

The witness said on June 18, Ms Ojukwu visited his store at Computer Village, Ikeja, to sell a MacBook Pro ...

Copies of documents received from the prosecution team by the defense lawyers were faint and not legible.

The Abuja home of Mrs Odili, wife of a former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, was raided by security ...