Justice for Children: UNICEF’s N120m offer, NBA’s pledge & LACoN’s cry for help
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri On November 1, 2024, the nation shuddered in palpable disbelief after 32 malnourished minors were marched into the dock of the Federal High Court in Abuja to face charges that bordered on treason. The children, aged 13 to 17, appeared in court after spending about three months in police detention. They were […]
Parliamentary democracy: Stakeholders weigh options
In this report, Vanguard’s Law & Human Rights chronicles past efforts by stakeholders to return Nigeria to parliamentary democracy through legislation and documents the opposing views that greeted the latest bill by 60 lawmakers on the same issue with an inference that the proclivity for the recalibration of the country towards economic growth and development requires more of right political culture than switching the mode of governance from presidential system to parliamentary rule.
‘Why new S’Court justices can’t resume now’
Vanguard’s Law & Human Rights digs out factors responsible for the delay in the inauguration of 11 new justices of the Supreme Court
Insecurity: Senior lawyers divided on call to bear arms
In this report, Vanguard’s Law & Human Rights examines few key provisions in the Firearms Control Act (2004), a legislation that regulates ownership and possession of firearms in the country; scrutinizes the attitude of various countries of the world to firearms ownership; tracks past and present campaigns by few top public office holders and corporate bodies against the stance of the extant legislation together with the perspectives of few top lawyers on the desirability of liberalizing firearms at a time of extreme insecurity in the country.
Allowing NASS polls petitions terminate at S’Court dangerous — Adegoke, SAN
In this interview, Mr Kunle Adegoke, SAN, dissects the recent judgment of the Supreme Court which reversed the Appeal Court’s nullification of the electoral victory of Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang with emphasis on the miscarriage of justice occasioned by sacked lawmakers in the state and declared that the glaring error made by the lower […]
Judiciary, one reason 2023 was a difficult year — Prof Odinkalu
In this interview with Vanguard’s Law & Human Rights, former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, and university don, Prof Chidi Odinkalu spoke extensively on a wide range of legal issues including increasing cases of conflicting judgments emanating from all levels of court in the country, quest for the ‘unbundling’ of the S’Court and the need to unbundle the Office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, salary of judges, election litigations and the quality and authority of the judiciary under Justice Olukayode Ariwoola with prescriptions on what Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun should do to reform the nation’s Supreme Court and the entire judiciary from August 2024.
