Legal aid council receives 45 cases in 1 month
The Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Kano State Chapter, said on Saturday that the council received 45 cases in January.
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The Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Kano State Chapter, said on Saturday that the council received 45 cases in January.
Read MoreThe South West elders, operating under the umbrella of Conference of Concerned Yoruba Elders (CCYE), expressed reservation over the alleged continuous sidelining of their Igbo neighbours from the security management team, saying they were losing sleep over the development given that it had happened for the second time, having experienced the first in 2015 when no military officer of South-East extraction made it in the security team composed by the president.
Read MoreCatholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Revd. Matthew Kukah has asked church leaders to go beyond delivering sermons and issuing multiple statements in their fight for justice, peace, and reconciliation in the nation.
Read MoreMr. Justice Iyasere, Vice Chairman of Udu Local Government Area, Edo State, has declared his intention to run for the office Chairman of the council in the 2021 elections, with top political leaders and opinion leaders in the area endorsing his ambition.
Read MoreBy Dennis Agbo Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of former Executive Secretary of Enugu State Committee on Adada state creation, Mr Ejimofor Ozongwu, have been sentenced to death by an Enugu State High Court. Delivering Judgment in the Enugu Court, Justice Afam Nwobodo, said he found a former President General of Okwojo-Ngwo
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In the face of the continued assault on the constitutional rights of Nigerians, one civil society organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has remained resolute in the fight against all forms of such violations.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court, the Apex Court, the last bus stop, is supposed to establish a profound code of conduct for social behaviour and interaction between man and man, man and society, and man and government itself. Its judgments are expected to be the embodiment of the highest values in the nation’s social and political culture. It must raise the standards of our collective conduct to a high level of civilization and social responsibility and discipline. Above all, based on its duty to promote an enhanced level of social conduct, responsibility, and a sense of right and wrong, in the polity, it must do justice in all cases. The Court must always ask itself this paramount and overriding question when any matter is brought before it for adjudication; namely, “where is the justice in this case?” Justice must always prevail over a technicality. This has been a long principle of the Supreme Court until the very recent years.
Read MoreThe coalition of the Edo State Civil Society Organisations (CSO) has called on the state government to strip the Nigeria police of the power to prosecute criminal suspects in order to end the violation of citizens’ right. The CSO made the call in Benin on Wednesday during a one-day working group meeting on accountable governance,
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…swears-in Tsoho as FHC CJ, Kanyip as NIC President By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Chief Justice Of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Friday, enjoined the newly appointed Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho and President of the National Industrial Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, to abide by their oath of office. The
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The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ending impunity and facilitating recourse to justice for victims, as well as ensuring punishment for perpetrators. Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, said this on Monday, in a statement issued by Dr Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Office, in
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