Law

Human Rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has slammed Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for declaring President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba and other union leaders wanted. The NLC had on Monday embarked on a protest and strike to press home their demand bordering on the mass sack […]

A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has asked the Federal Government to start complying with Nigerian Court injunctions the same way it heeds the ruling of foreign courts.  Mr. Falana a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), accused the Federal Government of disobeying valid court orders in Nigeria while it complies with orders from Britain. […]

A High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday dismissed the certificate forgery case filed against Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, following the claimant’s application to withdraw the case. Judge Adenike Akinpelu, struck out the case after Adekunle Olufemi, who filed the case, told the court he had presented a notice of withdrawal of the case. […]

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to designate judges of the court to conduct a monthly inspection of detention facilities of agencies of the Federal Government. He made the appeal in a letter addressed to Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati, and made available to Channels TV. The […]

The presidential election petition tribunal has dismissed the application filed by a factional chairman of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP), Mr Poland Tambre seeking to expunge the name of HDP as a party in the petition challenging the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The presidential election petition tribunal has dismissed the application filed by a […]

The Chairman of Innoson Motors, Mr Innocent Chukwuma, has described the warrant for his arrest by a Federal High Court in Lagos as an abuse of court process. According to a statement signed by Mr Chukwuma, the order is a nullity and does not have any ground in law, adding that the court lacked the […]

The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has signed the Health Insurance Agency Bill into law. The governor also signed into law the Youth Development Commission Bill and six other bills for the benefit of the state. Speaking shortly after signing of the bills at the Government House in Lokoja, the governor said some of the […]

Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku has banned the use of polythene bags and other relative products in the state. He gave the order at the launch of the state Water, Sanitation and Hygiene policy implementation programme. According to Mr Ishaku, emphasis will be shifted from the use of non-degradable polythene and plastic materials to the […]

The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has heard how suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudume­me Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans shot the Chairman of the Young Shall Grow motors, Obianuju Vincent, in an attempt to kidnap him. A police officer attached to the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Idowu Haruna, on Wednesday told Presiding […]