Nigerian Bar Association’s Respond’s to EFCC’s Rejoinder!
The newly elected Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association A.B Mahmoud SAN had during his Inaugural Address suggested among other things that the powers...
Port Harcourt lawyer killed, police rule out assassination
A frontline Human Rights lawyer, Mr. Ken Atswete, was in the early hours of Monday assassinated by unidentified gunmen in Rivers State.
Atswete was killed...
Priest remanded in custody over rape of minor
A Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja on Monday remanded a priest, Rev. Anthony Ochuigbo in police custody for alleged rape of a 10-year-old girl.
The...
Woman in court for attempting to burn co-tenant with petrol in Lagos
A 27-year-old woman, Achonu Ugochi, was on Monday brought before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly threatening to pour petrol on her...
Slain lawyer, Atsuete, defended the poor’
A human rights activist and the National Convener of the Doing Democracy Movement, Mr. Anyakwe Nsirimovu, has described the late Ken Atsuete, who was...
An Nsukka Pastor in court for allegedly marrying mother, daughter
A pastor, Timothy Ngwu, was on Monday docked at an Enugu North Magistrates’ Court for allegedly marrying another man’s wife, daughter as well as...
Court turns down request to release El-Zakzaky
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has declined the application of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, seeking his immediate release from detention by the Department...
New NBA president, Abubakar Mahmoud, under fire over alleged plot to ‘weaken’ EFCC
Newly sworn-in President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abubakar Mahmoud, has come under severe criticism over a proposal he made that the Economic and...
Child right bill: Kaduna proposes life imprisonment for rapist
The Kaduna State Government said on Monday that it has proposed life imprisonment for rapists in its bill for Child Right, currently before the...
Lagos lawyer commends FG’s stripping of police prosecutorial powers
Lawyers in Lagos have given a groundswell of support to the Federal Government’s reform of the criminal justice system barring the police from prosecuting...
The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 (ACJA)
INTRODUCTION
The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 (ACJA) is unmistakably the hottest Law in Nigeria presently and it is without doubt due to its...
Deaf and dumb appears in Yobe court for defiling 6 months old baby
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), on Monday, charged 40 year old Shaaibu Danladi, before Magistrate court ll Potiskum, Yobe, for alleged...
Breaking: Renowned lawyer, Atsuete, murdered in Rivers RIVERS
A popular Port Harcourt-based lawyer, Mr. Ken Atsuete, was, last night at 8pm, assassinated by unknown gunmen at his residence.
It was gathered that the gunmen stormed...
Breaking : Renowned lawyer, Atsuete, murdered in Rivers RIVERS
A popular Port Harcourt-based lawyer, Mr. Ken Atsuete, was, last night at 8pm, assassinated by unknown gunmen at his residence.
It was gathered that the gunmen stormed...
