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Nigeria’s Supreme Court, ECOWAS Court launch e-case management system in judicial administration
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has launched a nationwide digital case management platform as it also introduced mandatory electronic filing requirements for appeals. This move is aimed at modernising judicial administration, improving efficiency, strengthening record security and aligning the country’s justice system…
Diezani: When spirited woman is caught in the web of power
Sopuruchi Onwuka The acquittal of former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke by a London jury after more than a decade of investigations and legal battles has reopened a larger conversation about one of the most consequential and controversial figures in the…
Court stops Akpabio, Abass over proposed N110bn vehicle procurement scheme for lawmakers
Federal High Court in Lagos has declared as unlawful the controversial National Assembly (NASS’) N110 billion vehicle and allowance schemes, ruling that the spending of N40 billion on 465 vehicles for lawmakers and N70 billion in support allowances for newly-elected…
Nigeria’s crackdown on Justice Crack: When does a state fear its citizens?
By Ebuka Ukoh A clarion call for justice for Justice Crack is not merely a campaign for an individual; it is a call for justice for all, a test of whether Nigeria still upholds the constitutional guarantees of free speech…
Nigeria’s Mass terrorism trials, US labels and Tinubu’s political optics
Rita Olaniyi The United States’ decision to issue a travel warning on Nigeria, citing terrorism, kidnapping risks and civil unrest, has intensified scrutiny of the country’s security situation at a moment when authorities are staging one of the largest terrorism…
FG seeks to appeal judgment on attacks on journalists, MRA alerts
Nearly two years after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Federal Government to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of attacks against journalists and other media practitioners, the Attorney-General of the Federation has asked the Court of Appeal in…
How Abuja High Court sentenced Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, finally handed down life jail to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, after convicting him on terrorism charges. Th sentence came within hours after prosecution…
DSS demands death sentence for Nnamdi Kanu
Following conviction of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on all charges brough against him, the prosecution lawyer is calling for death sentence for the embattled leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The government lawyers also call for continued detention of Nnamdi…
Abuja court convicts Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism charge
Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has been convicted of terrorism based on the prevailing charges pressed against him by the government. Early reports from the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has it that the judgement is…
Man in Albania kills judge in Tirana courtroom shooting
Three people in the Albanian capital Tirana have been arrested after a man on trial shot dead a judge in a courtroom, according to police. Judge Astrit Kalaja was presiding over a hearing about a property dispute in the Tirana…
