The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters says at least nine persons were confirmed dead at the Lekki toll plaza on the night soldiers stormed there to disperse #EndSARS…
The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, said N258m was paid annually to 860 lawyers in the ministry as robe allowance. Malami said each of the counsel was getting N300,000 annually. The minister disclosed this when…
Lawyers under the aegis of Lawyers for Reform Group, LRG, has submitted a memorandum to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters seeking the Inclusion of their proposals into the soon-to-be re-enacted Legal Practitioners Act, 2004. Last…
The Nigerian Army has said a Brigadier General and three soldiers were killed during an encounter with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Saturday in Askira Uba, Borno State. The director, Army public relations, Brig Gen Onyema…
The special investigator of the Nigerian Bar Association probing the invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s home by security agents, Mr Monday Ubani, has said the parade of 14 suspects in Abuja by the police on Thursday is only the first…
The Ogun State Government has launched a case management and scheduling system to accelerate justice administration and dispensation by deploying Information Communications Technology (ICT). Launching the system inside the Ceremonial Court, Judiciary Complex, Abeokuta, Ogun Governor, Dapo Abiodun, said the…
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a 2021-2025 National Development Plan with an investment size of N348.7 trillion. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this after the virtual meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo…
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State, has said the bill in the National Assembly, seeking the establishment of two campuses of the Nigerian Law School in each of the geopolitical zones in the country, is politically motivated. He said…
The death toll in the collapsed 21- storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi Lagos has risen to 45 as rescue operations in the ill fated building entered the tenth day. The state’s commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso,…
The Federal Government is opened to all kinds of solutions, including political ones, in order to resolve the crisis surrounding separatist agitations in Nigeria. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), gave the indication on…