By TINA TOLUTOPE NIGERIA stands at a dangerous crossroads. As the country marks the International Day for Democracy, the message from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the United Nations, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is blunt: hate speech and unethical politics are eating away at the soul of our democracy. Dr. Tony […]
By FRED LONGJOHN OBEH FORMER Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Douglas Ogbankwa, has urged the judiciary to embrace innovation and technology as the 2025/2026 legal year begins. Ogbankwa stressed that the new legal year should not only reopen the courts after the annual vacation but also drive reforms to align the justice […]
AS Nigeria begins a new legal year, leading voices in the legal profession have issued a stark warning: unless urgent and sweeping reforms are undertaken, the judiciary risks further collapse of public trust. Speaking with Daily Independent, three senior lawyers — Victor Opara (SAN), Femi Aborisade, and Kabir Akingbolu — set out an agenda for […]
THE Department of State Services (DSS) has filed terrorism charges against two senior commanders of Ansaru, a terror group reportedly linked to Al-Qaeda, over their alleged role in violent attacks across Nigeria. The suspects are Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a Abbas/Mukhtar, who is described as the Emir of Ansaru, and his deputy, Mahmud […]
THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has filed a suit against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, challenging the newly introduced tinted glass permit policy, which it described as unlawful and a violation of citizens’ fundamental rights. At its pre-conference National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Enugu on August 23, the association resolved to […]
THE Department of State Services (DSS) has filed charges at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against nine suspects allegedly linked to the recent deadly attacks on Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue and parts of Plateau. Report stated that the attacks left no fewer than 40 persons dead, many others injured, and hundreds displaced […]
By BASHIR MANI REMAND homes, also known as remand centres or juvenile detention centres, are facilities where children or young people are held in custody while awaiting trial or sentencing. They are typically used for minors who are accused of committing a crime and are awaiting further court proceedings. Remand homes aim to provide a […]
By FEMI D. OJUMU SEVERAL centuries later, the aforementioned Thucydidean quote from The Melian Dialogue is a hawkish exposition of the warring vicissitudes of insatiability, power, and annexation or forcible land acquisition, that remains relevant in contemporary times. Adam Smith’s postulation in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and The Wealth of Nations (1776), adopting […]
A lawyer, Victor Giwa, has said that the recent judgment by a Canadian court, which tagged the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) as terrorist organisations, was in line with the country’s criminal law. Giwa, who spoke on Channels TV’s The Morning Brief on Monday, said that the Canadian court did […]
By IBIRONKE ARIYO THE Independent Investigative Panel on Alleged Corruption, and Other Human Rights Violations in the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s non-custodial justice system. On the fourth day of a public hearing in Abuja, the panel examined the gaps in alternatives to imprisonment such as fines, compensation, […]