FeaturedSpecial report Kano Emirate Tussle: Why NJC must wield the big stick–Stakeholders BarandbenchJune 30, 2024June 30, 20240 In this report, Ise-Oluwa Ige examines the background facts surrounding the legal  gymnastics that greeted the dethronement of the 15th Emir… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Abdullahi Liman and the making of a judicial scandal, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJune 30, 2024June 30, 20240 In the month since 23 May 2024, when – during hours reserved by nature entirely for meetings of witches… Read More
Commentary Searching for God on Ori Oke Ikoyi, by Taju Tijani BarandbenchJune 29, 2024June 29, 20240 Two things always make indelible imprint on my imagination. They help fortify my picture of the Almighty God as incomprehensibly… Read More
Litigation Man bags 14-year-jail term for raping, impregnating daughter BarandbenchJune 29, 2024June 29, 20240 A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced a 41-year-old man, Baridapsi Needam, to 14 years imprisonment for… Read More
Commentary Intimate Affairs: I don’t want a mother-in-law, by Funke Egbemode BarandbenchJune 29, 2024June 29, 20240 I met a woman, a mother-in-law, in Jordan. I mean at the River Jordan while I was on pilgrimage to… Read More
Business CBN issues fresh guidelines on foreign currency deposit BarandbenchJune 29, 2024June 29, 20240 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued fresh guidelines to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) on the deposit of foreign… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Oyo court halts move by Soun Of Ogbomoso, kingmakers to remove Chief Imam Ayilara BarandbenchJune 29, 2024June 29, 20240 An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has restrained the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye and kingmakers… Read More
CrimeFeatured NCoS dismisses three staff, sanctions 22 others BarandbenchJune 29, 2024June 29, 20240 The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has dismissed three personnel, including a Controller of Corrections over alleged engagement in various misconducts…. Read More
FeaturedLitigation Sexual Assault: Appeal Court okays 5-year conviction of Baba Ijesha BarandbenchJune 28, 2024June 28, 20240 By a unanimous verdict, the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Friday upheld the judgment of a Lagos State… Read More
News Tinubu appoints eight new Permanent Secretaries BarandbenchJune 28, 2024June 28, 20240 President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the appointment of eight new Federal Permanent Secretaries. The Special Adviser to the President… Read More