As Groups of Death go, they do not come much more fatal than Group G. Three of anybody’s pre-tournament favourites Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast brought together to fight it out for only two second round places, along with the distinctly unknown quantity of North Korea. The form guide would suggest Didier Drogba’s men ought […]

Anybody who has any structure on the land without lawful government certification is an illegal squatter. What the state government offered to pay was technically not compensation but simply a commercial bonus to encourage the squatters to go and live a normal human life among normal human beings.

Mr Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), is our guest for the week. In this interview, he  spoke on the controversy trailing the delay in passing into law the Freedom of Information bill still pending before the National Assembly and concluded that the lawmakers must urgently act on the bill, realising that FOI is a human rights issue. […]

By Innocent Anaba The fear of NJC is the beginning of wisdom for judicial officers, particularly judges of superior courts of record. Any memo, query or invitation extended to a judge by the NJC is always received with apprehension, particularly when such memos are related to complaints of wrong doing or impropriety. Set up by […]

By Itoro Eze-Anaba Efforts to carry out law reforms in the area of domestic violence and violence against women generally have been fruitless, especially at the national level. It is on record that the two oldest bills pending at the National Assembly are the bill on Violence Against Women and the Freedom of Information bill.  […]