Human Rights

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, (SAN) says Financial autonomy of States Judiciary is underway to straightened them for standard Justice system in Nigeria.Malami stated this when he Commissioned remodelle…

Poets in Nigeria have called on Nigerians to use poems as a form of expression for tackling social injustice by speaking up about the problems, finding solutions and how to implement them.They made the call at the maiden edition of the LS Annual World …

The National Judicial Council, NJC has recommended the appointment of 26 judicial officers as Justices of Court of Appeal and Heads of Court in Nigeria.The NJC made the recommendation at its 94th meeting held from 17 to 18 March 2021.The council consid…

BENIN CITY – The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which held that Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki did not forge his certificates to contest for the 2020 gubernatorial election.The members o…

Nigeria’s Supreme Court  has affirmed the conviction of the former Governor of Plateau State in North Central Nigeria, Joshua Dariye for fourteen years. The court, however dismissed the criminal misappropriation of funds charge which earned him two years jail term. Delivering the judgment in an appeal filed by the former Governor, Justice Helen Ogunwumiju held […]

Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that it would not tolerate any form of extortion and other fraudulent activities in the process of the National Identity Number (NIN) enrolment.   According to its Director-General, Aliyu Aziz, the NIMC is a responsible and responsive Commission that pursues the highest ethical standard in the discharge […]

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya celebrated his 88th birthday recently, making him the oldest president in Africa. He has been in power for 38 years. Birthday celebrations held across the country were met with protest by the opposition, demanding that he step down. So, how has he acquitted himself in office, and what has been his […]

The Managing Director Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba said the Federal Government is committed to using the Free Trade Zone Scheme to reduce high unemployment indices in the country.   Prof. Adesugba, who made the remark when the District Head of Kerate, Kankara, Katsina State, Northern Nigeria, Mr Usman Kankara, paid […]

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has announced the death of Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, one of the Justices of the Court.Justice Ngwuta was due to retire from the Supreme Court bench on attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on March 30, 20…

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has charged the Church and Christians in Nigeria to stand as the light of the nation and purveyors of justice as well as voices of peace.Spokesman to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, said in a release tha…