News Nigerian Newsleader editor-in-chief loses mother-in-law BarandbenchApril 3, 2024April 3, 20240 Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER Newspaper, Mr Celestine Okafor, has lost his mother-in-law, Mrs Evelyn Happiness Okwosha-Nwabiani. Mrs Nwabiani passed on… Read More
Litigation Alleged ISIS Membership: DSS gets court order to detain ex-convict Osase for 60 days BarandbenchApril 3, 2024April 3, 20240 A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded an ex-convict and suspected member of the dreaded Islamic State in Iraq… Read More
Commentary The illegality of the use of exparte order to remand in Nigeria, by Douglas Ogbankwa BarandbenchApril 3, 2024April 3, 20240 The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, brought about innovations in the criminal justice system in Nigeria. The domestication of… Read More
FeaturedLitigation N855m Fraud: Appeal Court okays five-year jail term for two bankers BarandbenchApril 3, 2024April 3, 20240 The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has endorsed the judgment of a state high court which sentenced two officials… Read More
Commentary Nigeria: Between religion economy and knowledge economy By Bola Bolawole BarandbenchApril 3, 2024April 3, 20240 There was this post on social media which makes a distinction between religion economy and knowledge economy. Nigeria is said… Read More
Business Again, Naira gains, now 1,238.3 per dollar at parallel market BarandbenchApril 3, 2024April 3, 20240 The foreign exchange (FX) resumed on Tuesday after the Easter holiday with the Naira appreciating to 1,238.3 as Bureau De… Read More
Business Diesel prices drop as Dangote Refinery sells to marketers at N1,225-N1,300/Litre, to sell PMS from May BarandbenchApril 3, 2024April 3, 20240 The pump price of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, has dropped from about N1,700/litre which it sold for a… Read More
Bar and Bench Ondo A-G clears the air on appointment of 273 advisers BarandbenchApril 3, 2024April 3, 20240 The recent appointment of no fewer than 273 advisers by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Kayode… Read More
Politics From Prison To Presidency: Bassirou Faye sworn in as youngest Senegal’s president BarandbenchApril 2, 2024April 2, 20240 Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a left-wing pan-Africanist, was sworn in Tuesday as Senegal’s youngest president after sweeping to a first-round victory… Read More
Bar and Bench Why Lagos lawyers must resist new policy on remote court proceedings—Akinlade BarandbenchApril 2, 2024April 2, 20240 Lagos lawyer, Bayo Akinlade has dismissed as unfortunate the latest policy by Lagos State judiciary on virtual court hearing, saying… Read More