When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced…
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed claims that his political future is closed, insisting that nobody has the power to…
Human rights activists have lambasted the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau SAN, and the National Executive Council (NBA-NEC) for dissolving John Aikpokpo-Martins-led Executive Committee of the Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL).
Nigeria’s Supreme Court held a special session on November 27, 2023 to formally usher in a new legal year. It provided an occasion for a retrospective on the performance of Nigeria’s judiciary by its leaders in a season of unprecedented levels of public angst over the political weaponisation of judges and a set piece moment to compare notes on the dysfunctions that afflict the judicial system. The outcome was interesting to the point of anti-climactic.