CommentaryFeatured This sentinel at the door of Anambra State must succeed, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchMarch 2, 2025March 2, 20250 Comprising five of the country’s 36 states, south-east Nigeria is the site of resilient atrocity. In the eight years from… Read More
FeaturedNews Ramadan begins March 1 — Sultan BarandbenchMarch 1, 2025March 1, 20250 The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared March 1, 2025 as the first day of the Holy… Read More
FeaturedLitigation S’Court nullifies Rivers’ LG polls BarandbenchFebruary 28, 2025February 28, 20250 The Supreme Court on Friday nullified all the local government elections conducted in Rivers State on October 5 last year… Read More
FeaturedLitigation S’Court bars CBN from releasing monthly allocation to Rivers State BarandbenchFebruary 28, 2025February 28, 20250 Orders pro-Wike lawmakers to resume immediate The Supreme Court has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the Accountant… Read More
News Osun LG Crisis: Group hails DSS boss, personnel for professionalism BarandbenchFebruary 23, 2025February 23, 20250 An Osogbo-based pro-democracy group, Osun Democrats for Democracy (ODD) has hailed the Director General of the Department of State Service… Read More
Commentary Legends lost, an era closes, a nation mourns, by Abiodun Komolafe BarandbenchFebruary 23, 2025February 23, 20250 The passing of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, a renowned elder statesman and Afenifere chieftain, and the breaking news about Chief Edwin… Read More
CommentaryFeatured My father refused to swear in Muhammadu Buhari after 1983 coup, by Seyi Sowemimo, SAN BarandbenchFebruary 23, 2025February 23, 20250 I am grateful to Seyi Sowemimo, SAN, and Abdul Jinadu respectively for taking time to address matters of historical record… Read More
Uncategorized Lagos Assembly Report: AIT, Channels TV apologise to DSS BarandbenchFebruary 23, 2025February 23, 20250 Prominent Nigerian broadcasters, Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Channels Television, have both issued apologies to the Department of State Services… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured Purported removal of Benue Chief Judge unconstitutional—Idoma Lawyers BarandbenchFebruary 21, 2025February 21, 20250 The Association of Idoma lawyers has dismissed the purported removal of the Benue State Chief Judge, by the State House… Read More
Commentary Is the judiciary complicit in the Osun state local govt debacle, asks Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN BarandbenchFebruary 20, 2025February 20, 20250 INTRODUCTION In a landmark decision in ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION V. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ABIA STATE & ORS (2024)… Read More