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Nigeria @59: CJN, NBA, others condemn growing impunity, lawlessness

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) some senior lawyers and civil society groups ha

NIALS gets new DG

The Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) now has a new Director General. He is Prof. Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan. Professor Ladan has 32 yea

My new wig experience in court

To a layman, a lawyer is one who goes to court to represent his client. Some Nigerians even mockingly address lawyers as CHARGE and BAIL, because to t

Rights violations: FG tasks magistrates on prison oversight

The federal government has tasked magistrates to conduct periodic oversight of police stations or other places of detention within their domains other

Jigawa to begin implementation of ACJA

The Jigawa State government is set for the implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act after it signed the bill into law on June 27.