The Lagos State House of Assembly has asked suspended chairman of Alimosho Local Government Area, Jelili Sulaimon, and his lawyer, Dr. Abdul Mahmud, to recognise the place of law rather than sentiments and emotions as guiding principles of legislative practices in Lagos State. The advice by the Assembly on Tuesday was in response to the purported reaction of the duo …

Ten suspects have been remanded in the custody of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over their alleged involvement in the illegal importation of firearms and ammunition worth N4 billion. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja gave the remand order on Monday while adjourning the arraignment of the 10 suspects till 12 …

How God’s voice changed the direction of what was a difficult case. In 2015, or thereabouts, my friend, Boniface Ekong, had a brief. Someone had introduced him to a Pilot, who has a private airline, undertaking private charters. Now, this airline just happened to be in some severe financial distress and was facing major litigations from several quarters that grounded …

Congratulations to the new British PM, Sir Keir Starmer of the Labour Party. I hope Nigeria will take a cue from the forming of his cabinet with the 24-hour alacrity that serious governance demands. Nigeria concludes her elections three months before the actual swearing-in into office, yet, cabinet members are not chosen in advance, but, months later, while governance is …

The need for holistic reforms of the nation’s laws to safeguard the rights of Nigerians has pitted a federal lawmaker, Oluwole Oke against Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mike Ozekhome, SAN. Oke, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Osun State, chairs the committee on Judiciary. In a telephone interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, Oke noted that human rights …

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested a lawyer, Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, who has been on the run after she allegedly abused her 10-year-old house help. According to a statement Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Women Affairs, Ohaeri Joseph, the lawyer allegedly used a broken bottle to brutalise the girl. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports …

A legal practitioner, Theophilus Omenuwoma has refunded N61.6 million that was mistakenly credited to his bank account. Omenuwoma, a Deputy Director at the Delta State Ministry of Justice, works at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area. Narrating what transpired in a chat with The Nation, the lawyer said at about 1:44 pm on Wednesday, 30 August, he received a credit alert. …

Some civil society organisations, the Take It Back Movement and Youth Rights Campaign, have knocked the Lagos State government over the arrest of some street hawkers. The National Coordinator of the TIB, Juwon Sanyaolu, in an interview with PUNCH Metro on Thursday, said the government was only criminalising poverty and not solving any environmental problem. A statement from the state Ministry …

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arraigned a lawyer, Temidayo Eseyin, for allegedly defrauding the Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, to the tune of N19.3 million. Eseyin, a former member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin Branch, was arraigned before Justice Funsho Lawal of the Kwara State High …

A Nigerian lawyer and activist, Ayo Sogunro has recounted how he slept in a police cell in Abuja after a married female friend visited him in his hotel room. In a lengthy thread on Twitter on Wednesday, Sogunro narrated that he arrived in Abuja for a human rights meeting last Friday and reached out to some of his friends to …