TITLE: WILL THE PENDENCY OF A CRIMINAL ACTION AGAINST A PERSON BAR SUCH PERSON FROM ACCESSING THE COURT TO ENFORCE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS CASE TITLE: NDLEA & ORS v. DAHIRU BWALA (2022) LPELR-56566(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 14TH JANUARY,…
The Nigeria Government has approved the request by the United States for the extradition of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Kyari is wanted to stand trial for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft….
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has remanded businessman, Prince Rahman Adedoyin and six other suspects over the death of an OAU student, Timothy Adegoke. Adedoyin is the chairman of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun…
The Nigerian Bar Association Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC), led by Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN paid a courtesy visit on the Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI) of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), Major General S.A. Adebayo, today, Wednesday, March 2,…
Statement by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association on the attack on Ukraine The CLA condemns the brutal, unjustified and unlawful invasion of Ukraine by the Russian State. International Law is clear. The brutal and unprovoked attack on the Ukraine breaches fundamental…
The National Assembly on Tuesday granted financial and administrative autonomy to all the local governments across Nigeria as it sought to amend the 1999 constitution. Lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly voted on 68 Constitutional Amendment bills, accepting…
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, says work has commenced to ensure a befitting complex for the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State before May 29, 2023, as he flags off the development of a Residential Estate for judges…
The International Court of Justice said Tuesday it would hold genocide hearings on March 7 and 8 over the war in Ukraine, as fighting intensifies. The United Nations’ top court, will open the public hearings after Ukraine lodged a complaint…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N3, 535,150,000 ($8.5million) for the evacuation of Nigerians from Ukraine. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, announced the approval on Wednesday. Briefing newsmen after the Federal Executive…
The Federal Government has given conditions for stranded Nigerians to be evacuated home tomorrow (today). The conditions were contained in a statement on Wednesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs titled, “Nigerians in Ukraine Daily Update (6)”. One of the…