LEGAL

Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Musa Abdullahi Lawan, has revealed that the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria has indicated interest to provide legal representation for Abdulmalik Tanko and his co-defendants in the murder case of the five-year-old Hanifa…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, expressed worry about judicial interventions in election matters, concurring with rising calls for interrogation of the role of the judiciary, especially, the Supreme Court, in electoral issues, specifically, whether it has not been exceeding its remits. Osinbajo…

The Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review has recommended the separation of the office of the Attorney General of the Federation from the Minister of Justice. According reports, the recommendation was considered to avoid the visible politicization of the…

Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed has dragged an online publication, Pointblank News, before an Abuja High court over alleged libel. In a copy of the Writ of Summon obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, the minister is seeking…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his “good offices and leadership position to urgently review and rescind your reported approval for security agencies to access people’s personal details via NIN-SIM linkage without due process of…

The Anambra State Board of Internal Revenue has sued the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, over the collection of stamp duties under the amended Finance Act. In the…

A Lagos based lawyer, Olumide Babalola has dragged online lending platform, Soko Lending Company Ltd before the Lagos State High Court on grounds of breach of his constitutional right to privacy which covers data privacy. In the Originating Summons made available to The…

Justice is arguably the bedrock of peace in every human society. Peace, however, cannot be guaranteed when there is no respect for the fundamental rights or the lack of fair hearing and access to courts as a result of financial constraints on…

The alleged defamation of the Head (Media and Public Relations) at the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, is now a subject of litigation at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Gwagwalada. Benjamin, in a suit filed…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over N3bn of public funds are missing from the Federal Ministry of Finance, and to ensure the prosecution of those suspected…