Falana Seeks $10m at ECOWAS Court Over Rights Claims
More than three decades after a series of arrests and detentions under Nigeria's former military governments, Femi Falana, SAN, has taken his claims beyond the domestic courts. His new ECOWAS…
ONE YEAR IN CUSTODY: GOMBE DETENTION OVER BUSINESS DEBT RAISES FRESH RIGHTS QUESTIONS
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…
NBA PRESIDENT TASKS SPIDEL ON DETENTION, DISABILITY RIGHTS REFORMS
The Nigerian Bar Association is pushing its public-interest arm beyond statements of condemnation toward measurable legal intervention. NBA President Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, has challenged SPIDEL to translate concerns over deaths…
RULAAC Seeks Independent Probe of N150m Theft Case
A telecommunications-equipment theft investigation has developed into a wider police-accountability controversy. RULAAC is asking the Inspector-General of Police to remove the matter from the immediate investigative team and independently test…
ECOWAS COURT TARGETS JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT GAPS
The ECOWAS Court of Justice is bringing judges, governments, lawyers and regional institutions together in Dakar for high-level talks on one of its most persistent challenges — ensuring that judgments…
CHARGE SHEET RAISES QUESTIONS IN OYO REMAND DEATH
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…
ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE SET TO HOLD ITS 2026 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN DAKAR, SENEGAL
The ECOWAS Court of Justice will gather judges, government officials, lawyers, academics, and other regional stakeholders in Dakar from September 21 to 25, 2026, for a major international conference examining…
NBA DEMANDS PROBE INTO 37 NSCDC CUSTODY DEATHS
The Nigerian Bar Association has demanded a thorough, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of 37 persons in NSCDC custody in Minna, insisting that arrest does not extinguish the…
37 DIE IN NSCDC CUSTODY AS SURVIVOR ALLEGES 65 DETAINEES WERE CRAMMED INTO CELL
Disturbing survivor accounts have deepened the mystery surrounding the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in NSCDC custody in Niger State, with one detainee alleging that 65 people were packed…
NBA SEEKS SAFEGUARDS IN LAGOS ANTI-BEGGING BILL
The NBA Lagos Branch has backed efforts to tackle organised street begging while warning lawmakers that enforcement must not turn poverty and vulnerability into criminal offences.