•Wakili The smile on Saminu Wakili’s face does not tell his real story. His sparkling white shirt, white band, black suit, black robe, and wig depict a young lawyer who had a smooth sail as an undergraduate and is living life on a silver platter. But that is not the case. While living life as […]
•Effiong and Tinubu A lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has accused the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, of insincerity with the supposed autonomy granted local governments (LGs) in Nigeria. Effiong said this on Channels TV today. According to him, with the reported seizure of LG funds in Osun State by [...
•Nigerian workers A legal practitioner and labour law expert, Mr Kehinde Bamiwola, has called for the reform of labour laws in Nigeria, saying workers’ constitutional rights are being trampled. He said this while answering questions from journalists after the public presentation of his two books “Practical Approach To Labour Law in Niger...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun An Abuja constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Barr. Victor Giwa, has written a petition to the Inspector- General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, demanding the investigation of the Commissioner of Police, Legal Services, Nigeria Police, Chiozoba Ehiede and Ms Asabe Waziri, over allegation of frivolous charge f...
•Gunmen Tension gripped residents around Agulu and Nanka communities in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, when some yet-to-be-identified assailants shot dead a lawyer and his client after a court session in the area. According to eyewitnesses in the area, the attackers carried out the brutal killings without facing any opposi...
Popular rights activist and social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), popularly called VDM, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). His lawyer, Deji Adeyanju confirmed it in a Telephone conversation. Operatives of the anti-graft agency apprehended him (VDM...
•Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Victor Giwa, one of the lawyers representing Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused the Kogi State Government of sponsoring the recall of the suspended female lawmaker as senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District. Giwa, who was a guest on Channels Television today, said the state government,...
•NYSC members Human rights lawyer and activist Inibehe Effiong says members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are not civil servants who can’t criticise the federal government administration. The lawyer made this known on Channels Television today in reaction to the ordeal of Lagos-based NYSC member, Ushie Uguamaye, who flayed Tinubu’...
•Incarcerated IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu Human rights lawyer Barr. Christopher Chidera has expressed concern over the Nigerian government’s plan to prosecute Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the repealed Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013, describing it as legally unsustainable. In a statement issued in ...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State Following the denial that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa authorised the petition against a lawyer, Barrister Wale Omolegbon Odusola, on alleged cyberbullying of the governor, the state Commissioner of Police, Wilfred Afolabi has been called upon to investigate the author of the petition. Activist and human r...

