A Lagos High Court has imposed life imprisonment on former teacher Nwatu Isaac after finding him guilty of defiling an eight-year-old pupil, closing a criminal case that placed the vulnerability…
Nigerian lawyers are pressing the judiciary to move beyond repeated promises of speedy justice and introduce practical consequences for unnecessary delay. Their proposals range from realistic financial sanctions against dilatory…
Nigeria’s 66th Independence anniversary offers more than an opportunity to examine constitutional history; it also provides a measure of how effectively the judiciary has developed from a colonial institution into…
One of Nigeria’s most unusual public-sector criminal cases has reached the Federal High Court, where Adeniyi Adeyemi is accused of creating a government agency that authorities say never legally existed,…
More than three years after the death of Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, the case has entered another investigative phase as Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu approves…
Oyo lawmakers approved the State Police constitutional amendment bill, joining three other state assemblies in the approval process.
Jordan Nyesom-Wike has denied receiving $2.1 million in an Abuja land transaction, telling the FCT High Court that he was outside Nigeria when the alleged payment was made and that…
