Fourteen persons have been arrested in connection with the raid on Justice Mary Odili’s residence in Abuja, the police said on Thursday. Some of the suspects include a fake Chief Superintendent of Police, Lawrence Ajodo; a contributing editor with one…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Thursday, said Nigeria has lost a hardworking, courageous and brilliant jurist in the person of Justice Samuel Oseji who, until his death, was a Justice of the Supreme Court….
A Kano Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Gidan Murtala and presided over by Hauwa Minjibir on Tuesday sent a lawyer, Hashim Hussein Hashim, to correctional centre for allegedly abusing the state Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Tahar Adam. The lawyer had…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal next week, where he will discuss ending the Covid-19 pandemic and battling climate change, his spokesman said Thursday. Blinken will meet with the president of each country to…
For Africa to attain the high level of post-COVID-19 recovery recorded in more developed economies, stakeholders in the continent must begin to develop the required collaborations for local production of vaccines, according to President Muhammadu Buhari. The President, represented by…
In response to the recent travel advisory issued by the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC), the CLA Executive Committee met to review the position in relation to the forthcoming Commonwealth Law Conference 2021. With the welfare of our delegates…
The YCLA “In Conversation with” series with Steven Thiru, CLA Vice President Australasia Hub YCLA Committee member Darshani Parsuramen interviews Steven Thiru about his work within the CLA community and his advice to junior practitioners in an inspiring conversation with…
Between 5th-9th September 2021, the 21st Commonwealth Law Conference took place in The Bahamas. While varying views had been expressed about the wisdom of meeting in person and various approaches were taken to participating in an in-person conference during the…
With a significant delegation from the Judicial office of Papua New Guinea attending the Commonwealth Law Conference Nassau 2021, we are delighted to further the warm relationship established with our colleagues from that jurisdiction, by featuring a report from Dr…
I am delighted to have the opportunity to further contribute to the work of the YCLA, in my new role as Co-chair. Having been involved with the CLA since 2018, I have eagerly welcomed the developments the Association has made,…