Law & Human Rights

Supreme Court goes fully digital, ditches paper records to curb tampering

Supreme Court goes fully digital, ditches paper records to curb tampering

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri On April 23, Vanguard Law & Human Rights highlighted some of the challenges plaguing the Nigerian judiciary, chief among them the judiciary’s continued reliance on analogue systems. This factor, it noted, was partly responsible for the slow pace of justice administration in the country — a situation that breeds widespread public dissatisfaction […]
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State creation won’t address corruption, underdevelopment — Edu, SAN

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.

Justice on hold: How judges’ transfers frustrate trials

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

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 […]

Local policing crucial to ending insecurity — Gov Mutfwang

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

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

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

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.