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NBA insists governors must respect Judicial autonomy

The Ado-Ekiti branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) insists that the 36 state governors must respect the provisions of the 1999 Constitution on...

Rape: lawyer blames low conviction rate to unwillingness of victims to testify

A legal practitioner, Mr Isaiah Odje, says the unwillingness of victims to testify against their assailants was responsible for the low conviction rates for...

Benin Mobile Court convicts 24 for traffic offences

A Mobile Court in Benin, the Edo capital,  on Friday convicted 24 people for illegal parking and violating the state’s one-way traffic rule.The Prosecuting...

72-year old, 2 others arraigned for allegedly stealing 50 tricycles

The police in Edo on Friday arraigned a 72-year old man and two others before an Ogbeson Chief Magistrates’ Court, Benin for allegedly stealing 50...

Strike continues until our demands are – JUSUN/PASAN

The leadership of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN)in Oyo State says the strike continues until...

JUSUN strike: Lawyers decry pending cases in court

A cross section of lawyers in Ekiti has decried the long “stay out of court” due to the strike embarked upon by members of...

Lawyers oppose legislative proposal stopping courts declaring election petitions’ winners

Some Lagos-based lawyers on Wednesday expressed their opposition to a legislative proposal that would prevent the courts from declaring the winners of election petitions...

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