Tag: legal
‘Rule of law must be followed for effective democracy’ – Deputy Senate President, Ekweremadu
In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu ...
Court orders Federal Government to produce Dasuki
A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Federal Government to present the former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo ...
BREAKING: Court orders Nnamdi Kanu to be taken to prison
A Federal High Court judge has ordered that the custody of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and ...
Read the charges brought against Nnamdi Kanu as he appears in court
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Biafra Radio, Nnamdi Kanu has appeared before a Federal ...
‘Fashola has the best record in governance since Awolowo’ | 7 things to note from Prof Sagay’s interview
Itse Sagay, a professor of Law, was at the commencement of the new administration’s tenure, appointed by President Buhari as ...
MTN faces fresh battle with another NCC
As MTN prepares to battle the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC in court, another NCC, the Nigerian Copyright Commission has slammed accusations ...
Nnamdi Kanu discharged by Abuja court, DSS files fresh charges
Magistrate of the chief magistrate court, Wuse zone 2, Abuja, Shuaibu Usman has on Wednesday, December 16 discharged director of Radio Biafra and ...
Like father like son: Fashola’s son gets ‘called to bar’ (PHOTOS)
Son of former governor of Lagos state and current Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Babatunde Fashola has become a colleague ...
One newspaper denies receiving N10m from ThisDay boss, another says it got N9m
Publisher of ThisDay newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, had in a letter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, confirmed receipt of N670,000,000 from the office of ...
Court freezes Kanu Nwankwo’s asset over unpaid debt
A Federal High court sitting in Lagos has given a directive for all accounts belonging to former Super Eagles skipper ...
This is what transpired in court during Nnamdi Kanu’s hearing today
The Department of State Services has requested that the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra ...
This is the amount Nigeria loses yearly to illegal mining… according to the Senate
In the midst of cries that Nigeria is broke, the Senate on Thursday, November 19, revealed that the country loses about N4 trillion ...
24 years a slave! True story of a Nigerian slave in Britain
Here is another tragedy-filled potential Oscar winning story. A British couple accused of detaining a Nigerian immigrant as a slave ...
MTN fined N190m in Uganda – Read why
It appears Nigeria isn’t the only country where telecommunications giant, MTN has been found wanting. On November 6, a commercial court ...
Olatunde Bakare: Dual Citizenship and the law, Is Bukola Saraki a Nigerian citizen?
by Olatunde Bakare It is my respectful view that the court’s pronouncement and reasoning is clear and cannot be controverted. ...
Nana Nwachukwu: That ‘harmless’ prank may land you in jail! (Y! Legal)
by Nana Nwachukwu We have seen kids sent to jail for April fool jokes et al. You know those pranks ...
APC voltrons take note – The deployment of soldiers for elections is legal (Y! Legal)
by Orji Agwu Uka However, in the absence (to my knowledge) of any law or regulation passed by the ...
#YNaijaLegal: A legal review of the same sex marriage law
by Uzochiel Uriel Okoroma The Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act does not criminalize or prohibit homosexuality in itself, it only ...
Opinion: What you should know about Nigeria’s anti-gay law
by Adedunmade Onibokun It should be noted that civil union according to the law means any arrangement between persons of ...
Opinion: Is it wrong to criticize court judgements in the media?
by Jiti Ogunye There is no provision in the Criminal Code Act and Rules of Professional Conduct that prohibit media ...
Opinion: Another election, another blunder by INEC!
by Levi Obijiofor Would Jega accept responsibility for the botched governorship election in Anambra State? No, he won’t. It is ...
10 things you didn’t know about the history of marriage
by Julia Austin When did government get involved?Only in the last several centuries did marriage become a legal matter 1. Polygamy was ...
Opinion: Revisiting Amaechi’s 2007 mandate
by Jite Ogunye There is a political crisis in Rivers State and obviously the PDP wants Amaechi out of power. ...
Sandy handy: Swedish court rules that it is legal to masturbate on the beach
Public masturbators in Sweden now may be able to get off without charges. A recent court ruling in Sweden’s Södertörn ...
Demola Rewaju: ‘Church wedding’ and the mockery of it
by Demola Rewaju The major problem is a religious one – people don’t take marital vows as seriously as they ...
Opinion: Al-Mustapha and the unnecessary public outburst
by Gabriel Okoro It is not in doubt, like the appellate court rightly observed, that someone “pulled the trigger” that ...
Sen. Yerima is quite a reasonable fellow – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze
by Cheta Nwanze My own little problem with him remains his continued use of Islam to defend his tastes. In ...
Opinion: A brief legal perusal of the child marriage campaign
by Oluwatosin Falaiye I believe a large part of the raging debate lies is who exactly the law would construe ...
She got served: Ciara handed legal papers while performing on stage, tosses them back
She is being sued by a nightclub in Hollywood for canceling a performance. And Ciara received an unpleasant reminder of ...
Temie Giwa: The case for legal abortion in Nigeria
I, of course, believe that access to abortion is a human right that Nigerian women deserve. Forty years ago, in ...
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- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
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- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy