Supreme Court goes fully digital, ditches paper records to curb tampering
Christian genocide: Lawyers fault Trump’s invasion threat
Criminalising protest undermines democracy
Mercy on trial: Lawyers question ethics of Tinubu’s pardon
Why Police reform failed in Nigeria
From precedent to 2027: How can our electoral process be sustained?
Digital disruption: Stakeholders chart path for AI-driven justice system
BVAS, IReV require stronger legal backing for poll credibility — Ubani, SAN
Babalakin & Co holds Finance Roundtable, Sept 17
Behind the Victory: Justice Abiru’s cautionary dissent on LG autonomy
Right to Vote: Any hope for prisoners in 2027?
Nigeria needs state S-Courts to end justice delays — Ifemeje
Nolle Prosequi: SANs differ on calls for review

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Restorative justice key to Nigeria’s broken system — Olujobi
Pastor Hezekiah Olujobi is the Executive Director of the Centre for Justice, Mercy and Reconciliation, CJMR and has spent the past two decades fighting for the rights of wrongly convicted inmates and pre-trial detainees.
State creation won’t address corruption, underdevelopment — Edu, SAN
Adekunle Edu is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and former Welfare Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. He currently serves as the head of NBA representatives at the General Council of the Bar. In this interview, he discusses misrepresentation of court judgments, police welfare, constitutional amendments, abuse of the Cybercrime Act, and other burning issues in Nigeria.
Inside Lagos’ drive to fix tax dispute bottlenecks
Lagos State has stepped up its drive for financial self-reliance with a bold initiative to streamline tax and revenue dispute resolution.
Justice on hold: How judges’ transfers frustrate trials
In Nigeria’s already encumbered judicial system, where litigants wait years for resolution, a troubling trend persists: cases being derailed at critical stages due to the reassignment of judges—often requiring trials to begin afresh after years of proceedings.
Rights Enforcement: How S-Court reversed burden of proof in Melrose v EFCC case
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN The first part of this article which was published in March 2025 traced the foundation of human rights enforcement, in making a case for judicial activism from the Bench for the protection and enforcement of fundamental rights. In the previous regime of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, 1979, two major […]
Lagos rewrites chieftaincy law, gives gov final say
In what may be described as a historic legislative intervention aimed at reimagining traditional governance, the Lagos State Government is set to repeal and re-enact the Obas and Chiefs Law.
Local policing crucial to ending insecurity — Gov Mutfwang
By Innocent Anaba What really are you doing with your security vote? People expect you to set up a security outfit and fund it. That way, you won’t always be complaining about not being able to order the police or the army when the need arises. Security vote is not necessarily money you keep and […]
NBA election and its fallout
By Innocent Anaba The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, weekend elected national officers to run the association for the next two years. The national officers are made up of the President, 1st Vice-President, 2nd Vice-President, General Secretary, Assistant-General Secretary, Treasurer, Welfare Secretary, Publicity Secretary, Assistant Publicity Secretary and 20 General Council of the Bar members. Mr. […]
Fresh rumblings over Supreme Court as North-West dominates with 5 justices
-S/East, N/Central have 1 each By Ise Oluwa-Ige Prominent lawyers, including one-time President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr OCJ Okocha (SAN), have expressed worry over the present composition of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SCN), saying the relevant authorities must review the criteria of appointment into the apex bench if it must rescue […]
20 things you don’t know about Don Jazzy
MAVINS Records big boss, Don Jazzy, born Michael Collins Ajereh is an enigma, whom very little is known about. He once boasted that he hates talking onstage and rarely ever grants press interviews.

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