FeaturedPolitics Senate halts public hearing on Tinubu’s tax reform bill BarandbenchDecember 4, 20240 The Senate on Wednesday stopped public hearing on the controversial tax reform bill. The Green chamber has however referred the… Read More
FeaturedLitigation BREAKING: Ekiti Court jails Dele Farotimi BarandbenchDecember 4, 20240 An Ekiti State Magistrate Court has sent renowned human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi to prison. Farotimi is standing… Read More
CrimeFeatured EFCC defends decision to withhold identity of owner of seized Abuja estate BarandbenchDecember 4, 20240 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday defended its decision to withhold the identity of the owner of… Read More
FeaturedNews NBA demands immediate release of activist Dele Farotimi BarandbenchDecember 4, 20240 The Nigerian Bar Association has asked the police to release with immediate effect a lawyer and rights activist, Dele Farotimi,… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Right of Reply: When will the judges who cheated on their age be made to account, by Johnson Agwu BarandbenchDecember 1, 20240 On 20 October 2024, I was gloomy. It was four years since the #EndSARS protests by Nigerian Youths against police… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Court throws out Bobrisky’s N200m rights suit against EFCC BarandbenchNovember 30, 20240 A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a N200m suit by Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju (a.k.a Bobrisky), alleging breach… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Cybercrime: Abuja court grants 109 foreigners N1b bail BarandbenchNovember 29, 2024November 29, 20240 Sends them back to prison pending perfection of bail A Federal high court in Abuja on Friday admitted 109 foreign… Read More
FeaturedPolitics HURIWA worries over FG’s borrowing policies BarandbenchNovember 29, 20240 Demands accountability for $20b savings The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed deep concern over the borrowing… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Court turns down EFCC’s request to arraign Yahaya Bello without his counsel BarandbenchNovember 29, 20240 LThe Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, adjourned sitting on the alleged N80bn fraud charge against the immediate past Governor… Read More
FeaturedLitigation Gombe court jails police, immigration officers over N1.6m employment fraud BarandbenchNovember 29, 20240 A Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 convicted and sentenced two police officers: … Read More