President Muhammadu Buhari has decried what he described as the “slow pace” of justice administration in the country. The President proposed a 12-month time limit for...
The National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has struck out two cases in respect of the crisis rocking the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Justice Jeremiah Essien...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says an effective synergy among the three arms of government including representatives of the legal profession would be a useful approach to...
The Federal Government on Monday reviewed the 2020 Draft Federal Capital Territory Courts Sentencing Guideline and Practice Directions, geared towards the effective implementation of the Nigerian...
Four judges have been nominated for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court by the National Judicial Council Justices Abdu Aboki, Mohammed Garba, Tijjani Abubakar and...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday adjourned the trial of former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, and an Abuja-based businessman, Aliyu Abubakar. The...
A Kano Upper Shariah Court has on Wednesday sentenced a sixty, 60-year-old man, identified as Mati Abdu to death by stoning for raping a minor. Abdu,...
Pro-Democracy and Human Rights group, Concerned Nigerians, has condemned the sentence to death by hanging of Kano based musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for blaspheming against the Prophet...
Mrs Yinka Adeyemi, the Director of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), on Tuesday said that courts in Lagos delivered 122 judgments on sexual...
The court of appeal in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enlist 22 political parties which were previously deregistered. In February, INEC had...
An Upper Shari’a Court in Kano has sentenced a 22-year-old singer Yahaya Aminu Sharif to death by hanging for blasphemy against Prophet of Muhammad. Ruling on...
Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has said the elite in Nigeria influence the appointment of judges in Nigeria. Osinbajo said this on Saturday at a webinar tagged, ‘Selection...