The National Industrial Court on Monday ordered the Benue State government to pay a retired Deputy Director, Paulina Enejo the sum of N6.9 million, being her gratuity and pension arrears.
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A non-governmental organization, BraveHeart Initiative (BHI), has secured the conviction of a 55-year-old man identified as Frederick Agbozuadu for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl.
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has applauded the recent sentencing of a 41-year-old man to life imprisonment for defiling a six-year-old girl.
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit seeking to stop the forthcoming general elections over the exclusion of eligible Nigerians living abroad.
An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has fixed March 27 to hear a fundamental human rights suit filed by female Muslim students of the University of Ibadan International School Ibadan (ISI) over alleged refusal of the school to allow them to wear hijab on their school uniform.
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has admitted Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, a Nollywood actress to N5 million bail for spraying the newly designed Naira notes during an event.
The Nigeria’s Supreme Court has adjourned the suites filled by some state governors against the Federal Government over the cashless policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in old Naira note withdrawal to February 22 for the hearing.
I read with utter consternation, your press statement issued on your behalf by your Director of Press and Information, Festus Akande, wherein you took the unprecedented step to gag the public in criticizing the apex court.
A constitutional lawyer, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has supported the President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Maikyau for threatening to sanction lawyers that are criticising the judiciary over some judgments.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says the Supreme Court’s silence on attacks on its judicial officers must not be mistaken for weakness or cowardice.