A construction company, Buebe Ventures Limited and its Managing Director, have sued Skye Bank Plc before a Lagos High Court, challenging the sale of a property the company used as collateral for a loan facility.

Convicted LASTMA official seeks bail pending appeal

Of all the three tiers of government and institutions that underpin our democracy, none has safeguarded Nigeria”s political system like the judiciary. As it is often said, an independent judiciary is the soul of every political system be it presidential or parliamentary.

Over the years, there have been agitations on how to stop domestic violence against children and women in Nigeria which have yielded no result. Recently however, the Lagos State House of Assembly took a giant strides by passing into law, a bill “to provide protection against Domestic Violence and for Connected Purposes.” The Law which came into force in 2007, was specifically aimed at protecting the Victims of domestic violence and it comprises19 sections.

A civil rights organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to compel the personal physician of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua, Dr Salisu Banye, to release information on oath on the present medical condition of the President, in order to definitively decide whether he is capable of continuing to perform his public trust and constitutional responsibility as President.