IN this report, Vanguard’s Law & Human Rights explores the background facts surrounding the ongoing ‘war’ in the cyber sphere on the appropriateness of the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun attending a dinner organised in her honour by Lagos State Government, last Saturday, to celebrate her achievement in the legal profession.

In this report, Vanguard Law & Human Rights captures the perspectives of senior lawyers, academics, and rights activists on the decision by President Bola Tinubu’s government not only to slam Nigerians who protested against his government in August this year with treason charges but also to detain underage protesters for 90 days in the prison with hardened criminals before finally  arraigning them before a Federal High Court in Abuja.

Recently, tongues have been wagging, particularly on social media, over the decision by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to attend the foundation-laying ceremony for the construction of 40 housing units (owners-occupiers) for different categories of judicial officers in the Federal Capital Territory.

Prof. Yemi Akinseye George, SAN is the Executive Director, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies.  In this interview with Vanguard’s Law & Human Rights, he  spoke on the need for the judiciary to have a Roll of Dishonour to name and shame judges and justices who are adjudged to have deliberately refused to follow judicial precedents.

Federal and states legislatures make ordinary laws establishing government authorities, and conferring on them with the power to arrest and/or detain civilians, even in periods during which there is not in force a Proclamation of a state of emergency declared by the President of Nigeria.