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Azeez December 12, 2017

Armed robbery suspects no longer appear in courts…they are usually killed – Falana

Lawyer and rights activists, Femi Falana has weighed in on the recent discourse on personnel of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS). Falana said the police unit is already becoming a…

Rachel Ogbu May 28, 2017

Conservative MP, Helen Grant is speaking out in support of a free press

by Rachel Ogbu// 56-year-old British-Nigerian, Helen Grant has spoken out in support of a free press in her constituency where she serves as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone…

Op-ed Editor April 13, 2017

The Thread: Lawyers take Omojuwa to school on the actual role of the Judiciary

Everyone on Twitter NG knows Japheth Omojuwa is an overlord, right? He has 449k followers on Twitter. He is an entrepreneur as well as a social media influencer. He is…

Oludolapo Adelana February 7, 2017

Threat from radical Islamic terrorism real – Trump

US President, Donald Trump says the threat from radical Islamic terrorism is real. Trump stated this early Tuesday via his Twitter account citing the happenings in Europe and the Middle…

Ada Igboanugo April 24, 2015

After 5 years in prison, court acquits policeman of murder charge

by Chinwe Okafor 34-year-old Paul Ogbeh, was yesterday discharged and acquitted by a Lagos High Court sitting over a murder charge. The former police constable was said to have murdered…

Isime Esene November 18, 2014

Caught in the act: Fake soldier arrested in Port Harcourt (PICTURED)

by Isi Esene Samuel Ita-Ekeng, a 30-year-old man living in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been arrested four days ago by a group of security men on Ikwerre road of…

Kolapo Olapoju October 5, 2014

“Declare your assets” || Outgoing Governor of Ekiti, @KFayemi has been served

by Godwin Akanfe The Director of 'Code of Conduct Bureau, in Ekiti State, Akinfolarin Feyisola, has instructed Governor Kayode Fayemi to declare his end of tenure assets before the expiration of his tenure,…

Op-Ed Editor September 29, 2014

Femi Falana: Why Nigeria needs private prosecutors

by Femi Falana Corruption manifests itself in numerous and varied ways. It could be petty or incidental, involving small-scale embezzlement, misappropriation, bribes, favouritism or discrimination. Corruption can also be more…

November 7, 2013

Opinion: Is Justice Salami really a hero (or just for the APC)?

by Hakeem Baba-Ahmad Could the career-long, difficult personal relations between former Chief Justice Katsina-Alu and Justice Salami have survived all the checks and balances in the judicial system to have…

September 28, 2013

Count us out: Legal practitioners to boycott Edo courts over judge’s kidnapping

by 'Jola Sotubo Lawyers in Edo State have decided not to take the kidnap of one of their colleagues, a judge, lying down. The members of the Benin chapter of…

August 15, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: PIB, Malabu and the $1 billion bazaar

by Olusegun Adeniyi While the Malabu controversy remains a business deal gone sour in a sector that is lacking in transparency, the circumstances surrounding a tri-partite transaction involving the Federal…

September 6, 2012

Dana Airline joins others to quash inquest into plane crash

by Isi Esene Dana Air yesterday joined the plaintiffs, Dele Ore and the Civil Aviation Round Table Initiative (CARTI), to make attempts at stopping the coroner's inquest into the airline…

May 24, 2012

Blessing Effiong: In jail since 16, held for 3 years without charge

by Tolu Orekoya While former president Olusegun Obasanjo rants about the corrupt judiciary, there is real-world fall out and consequences due to an overburdened and underperforming legal system. There’s the heart-wrenching case…

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