As the work of the about 30 judicial panels of inquiry established nationwide to investigate cases of police brutality against citizens in the wake of the #EndSARS protests to provide compensation for victims where necessary continues, the Federal Government has again assured that there would be comprehensive justice for all affected Nigerians. Vice President Yemi ...

#EndSARS: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s full speech to Nigerian youths I fully understand how many young people feel. Many feel that we have been too silent and have simply not done enough. These feelings of frustration are justified. There are far too many people who have been brutalised at the hands of the police and ...

The National Economic Council (NEC) has asked governors to  supervise the newly formed  police tactical units and other security agencies in their states. NEC made this resolution at the end of its fifth virtual meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The council also directed the immediate establishment of ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, raised a seven-man Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution to investigate cases of brutality and human rights violations committed by operatives of the dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the State. The move is part of the steps being taken by Lagos Government to address the five-point ...

Labour leaders and members of the civil society in Edo State have lamented over the suspension of the proposed strike by the Nigerian labour Congress, rejecting the decision of the national leadership of the organised labour. Led by the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State, Sunny Osayande and Trade Union Congress ...

The Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) has asked its members to withdraw their services and embark on a nationwide strike starting from midnight on Sunday, September 13, 2020. This decision was reached after the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union held a meeting on Saturday. The Union in a statement on Sunday said it ...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced that it would embark on an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday. The National Executive Council of the resident doctors stated this as part of its resolutions after a virtual meeting held on Wednesday. The meeting which was attended by over 200 doctors – NOC, NEC, past ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Chinonye Obiagwu says that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami and Minister of Justice and some other government officials would also have been barred from attending the Nigerian Bar Association conference. Obiagwu, who is also a member of the NBA National Executive Council (NEC), stated this ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Chinonye Obiagwu, believes it is unnecessary for the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to apologise to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, after he was disinvited as a speaker in one of the panel sessions at the lawyers’ conference. Obiagwu, who is also a member of the NBA National Executive ...

The Kaduna state branch of Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN) has announced its withdrawal from the forthcoming annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association over the dis-invitation of the State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as one of the Speakers at the conference. At a press conference in Kaduna on Saturday, the group through its ...