Nigeria's proposed State Police constitutional amendment is facing a new court battle — not over whether state policing is desirable, but over how the House of Representatives passed the amendment.…
A Federal High Court judgment has drawn a significant line around the power of the Nigeria Customs Service to classify and auction imported goods. The court held that an importer…
The Federal High Court has fixed October 27 for definite hearing of Nasir El-Rufai’s ₦1 billion fundamental-rights suit challenging the search of his Abuja residence, after the Attorney-General of the…
A Federal High Court has rejected an attempt to compel the police to reopen the investigation into Mohbad’s death, ruling that the applicant lacked standing and failed to place sufficient…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has restored key Electoral Act provisions governing party membership registers and candidate selection, putting statutory compliance back at the centre of political party primaries ahead of the…
A fresh petition to the Inspector-General of Police has raised questions over obedience to judicial orders after a lawyer alleged that his client remained in custody despite an FCT High…
A Court of Appeal decision attracting fresh attention has strengthened an important criminal-procedure principle: a genuine jurisdictional challenge cannot simply be postponed until after arraignment.
The Court of Appeal has drawn an important line between reporting suspected wrongdoing to law-enforcement authorities and becoming legally responsible for what investigators subsequently do. Fidelity Bank has been cleared…
An alleged attempt to interfere with evidence has forced a Federal High Court judge to withdraw from a major ₦10.2 billion money-laundering trial. With a court registrar said to have…
A construction worker’s workplace injury has produced an important labour-law ruling on what employers must do before accidents occur — not merely after them. The National Industrial Court has held…
