The Federal High Court in Abuja has cautioned defence lawyers against delays in the trial of four suspects accused of kidnapping and killing Department of State Services operative Ekpeyong Asuquo…
Britain has abandoned one of its most controversial criminal-justice proposals after judges, lawyers and politicians pushed back against plans that could have removed juries from thousands of criminal cases.
The Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch, has called for the speedy-trial model used by the Edo State Special Criminal Court to be extended to other serious criminal cases, arguing that…
A business transaction involving grains and an outstanding ₦6.75 million has left an Adamawa man behind bars for about one year, even as questions remain over his precise role in…
Nigeria's next phase of criminal-justice reform could fundamentally change how trials are managed. Attorney-General Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, says proposals now being advanced include compulsory pre-trial case management, fully digitised proceedings…
Fourteen inmates have walked out of the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Custodial Centre after a judicial review exposed cases of detention extending beyond possible sentences, missing files and investigations that…
Documentary evidence has raised fresh questions about the circumstances in which a 30-year-old man was prosecuted and remanded following an ₦8,000 dispute before later dying by suicide, after police disputed…
A child-abuse case that drew public outrage after images circulated online has moved from police investigation to prosecution, with the accused father remanded and the 13-year-old victim placed under protective…
A Lagos sexual-offence case involving an elderly woman has moved before the courts, with prosecutors accusing a 41-year-old man of raping a 72-year-old woman in Agbowa — an allegation carrying…
An 87-year-old man has been remanded after allegedly attacking a sitting Adamawa judge with a cutlass, raising serious questions over courtroom security.
