LEGAL

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 185 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to extend the…

Award-winning skit maker, Chukwuemeka Emmanuel fondly known as Oga Sabinus, has slammed Friesland Foods Wamco Nigeria Plc, makers of Peak Milk with a N1Billion suit and UAC Foods, makers of Gala with N100m suit over intellectual property theft. Addressing the companies through…

The Lagos State Government in partnership with the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption has trained over 100 facilitators, magistrates, traditional rulers and police officers on restorative justice procedures. This is as it launched a restorative justice centre and Secretariat of the Criminal Justice…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “immediately extend the deadline for voter registration to give more time for eligible Nigerians to exercise their right to participation the…

Family of detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nmamdi Kanu, has threatened to drag a former member of the pro Biafra group, Simon Ekpa, to court over alleged impersonation. The Kanu family had, through her counsel, Magnus Johnson, in a…

Against  what is being  bandied in the social media, the Supreme Court of Nigeria did not enter into a N6 billion or any such judgment against former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside. In a…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “widely publish the reports on the accounts and balance sheet of every political party submitted by the Independent National Electoral Commission…

A former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke, has written the current occupant of the position, Mr. Abubakar Malami, absolving himself of any complicity in a case instituted by the Federal Government against American Bank,…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has appealed for the vacation of judgement extending the tenure of Area Council Chairmen for an additional one year. Speaking on behalf of the Administration at the Weekend, the Permanent Secretary, Mr Olusade Adesola asked the protesting…