British lawyer Karim Asad Ahmad Khan has been sworn in as the new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He will perform his duties “honourably, faithfully, impartially and conscientiously,’’ Khan promised before the judges in The…
Determined to remove every obstacles on its way to conduct free, fair and credible elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday in Abuja announced the dates for the conduct of two off- season elections in Ekiti and Osun…
Lawyers have supported a call for the cancellation of the 2021 annual vacation for judges. Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), a former chairman of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, had written a letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria requesting the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has admonished the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, not to transfer the case of Ex-pensions commission boss, Abdulrasheed to another judge. The Anti-graft Commission called on Justice…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the Ondo State government from investigating the state’s Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Oluwatoyin Akeredolu over a viral video made by a citizen of the state, Olupelumi Fagboyegun. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who…
Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue State, has approved Thursday and Friday in the month of June and July 2021 as work-free days to enable civil servants in the state to engage themselves in farming activities. The governor stated this…
There was a tense atmosphere in an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night as Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director (MD) of Bank PHB, begged Justice Lateefa Okunnu not to send him to prison following his conviction for defrauding the…
A group of music producers and distributors has filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against Frontier Communications Corporation for copyright infringement. The plaintiffs referred to as the Universal, Sony and Warner […]
We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply concerned about challenges to the rule of law in Samoa following the general election held on 9th April 2021. Decisions made by the Courts have been unduly criticised in a manner which has had…
Former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has lamented that the APC-led government is yet to implement its change agenda for the nation six years after coming to power. Oyegun, a former governor of…