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Crime & Security Law & Justice NewsAdamawa State Coalition Against Rape Celebrates One Anniversary, Laments Over Increase of Rape Cases

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 18, 2020

Disturbed with the rising cases of rape across Nigeria, in 2019 over twenty pressure groups to include Media, Civil Society Organizations came together in Adamawa state and formed a coalition known as “Adamawa State Coalition Against Rape” (ACAR) with the sole aim to fight the monster rolling its ugly head in the society. In September last year, the Coalition held a protest march to draw the attention of authorities concern on the need to take...

Law & Justice NewsImo State Governor Signs Law to Detain Anybody at Will in Imo

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 18, 2020

The Governor of Imo State Sen. Hope Uzodinma has signed the Imo State Administration of Criminal Justice ACJL 2020, with some sections of the law authorizing him to detain citizens at his “pleasure”. The Bill was sponsored by the Minority Leader of Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Frank Ugboma, has come under intense public scrutiny after sections 484 and 485 were exposed. Specifically, section 484 of the Administration of Criminal Justice law reads,...

Law & Justice News NigeriaKaduna Assembly Approves Castration as Punishment for Rapists

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 11, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent KADUNA –– The Kaduna State House of Assembly has approved castration as punishment for those convicted of rape. This follows the passage of a bill to amend the Kaduna state penal court law, 2017, by the lawmakers. The assembly, which announced the development via its Twitter handle, said the bill was passed into law on Wednesday. “The Bill Recommend total Castration for Rapist in the State,” the assembly tweeted. It...

Crime & Security Law & Justice NewsInsecurity: Senator Suswam Condemns Killing of Benue’s Most Wanted Criminal Gana

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Chairman, Senate Committee on Power Gabriel Suswam has condemned the killing of repentant militia leader in Benue, Terwase Agwaza, also known as Gana, by men of the Nigerian Army in Gboko. Suswam, who represents Benue North East, in a statement he issued, said Terwase’s killing after turning a new leaf from crime and criminality by soldiers was counterproductive to peace already returning to the state. According to him, a situation...

Law & Justice NewsI Am Ready to Testify Before Justice Ayo Salami Panel – Malami Replies Magu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 9, 2020

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) has said he is ready to testify before the Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Panel if he is being summoned. Malami said this in an interview on Arise TV. The Nigeria Minister of Justice was reacting to a letter by the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, asking the panel to summon the AGF for questioning. The AGF in his reaction...

Infrastructure Law & Justice NewsNgurore Area Court in Shamble, Affects Dispensation of Justice

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 9, 2020

An Area Court is the lower court in the hierarchy of courts in Nigeria. Such courts handle most civil cases and sometimes criminal. On approaching some Area Courts located in rural areas of Adamawa state Northeast Nigeria, one may mistakenly assume that it is a habitat of rodents and their status is causing a delay in the dispensation of justice. Among these courts, which structures are currently in the deplorable state is Ngurore Area Court...

Business Law & Justice News NigeriaAlleged Misconduct: PCN Seals 157 Pharmacies, 791 Patent Medicine Shops in August-Registrar

PilotnewsSeptember 5, 2020

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has shut down 157 pharmacies and 791 patent medicine shops in Kano and Lagos in August over alleged operational misconducts. Dr Elijah Mohammed, PCN Registrar disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday while giving an update of the council’s activities in August 2020. He noted that the council, in the course of its National Enforcement activity visited Lagos and Kano...

Law & Justice News NigeriaNBA President Kicks as Northern Lawyers Form Parallel NBA

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 29, 2020

The newly sworn-in President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has kicked against the move by Nigerian northern lawyers to form a parallel association. Some Nigerian lawyers of Northern extraction on Friday, had formed the ‘New NBA’, following the recent controversial withdrawal of the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, as a guest speaker at the association’s conference. The new group in a statement by two lawyers, Nuhu Ibrahim (Convener 1)...

Law & Justice News NigeriaBuhari Says Administration of Justice in Nigeria Moves At A “Terribly Slow Pace”

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 27, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the administration of justice in Nigerian courts moves at a “terribly slow pace”. The President said this while speaking at the 60th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), proposing a 12-month time limit for criminal cases to be heard and decided upon. The President who was represented by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said it took so long for the tribunal to hear matters and pass their verdicts...

Law & Justice Politics United StatesTrump Pardons Convicted Bank Robber Amid RNC Convention

PilotnewsAugust 26, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned a convicted bank robber, Jon Ponder, who is now running a post-prison assistance programme. A pre-recorded video of Trump signing an executive order for the pardon, with Ponder standing beside him, aired on Tuesday night. Coming amid the Republican National Convention, the president’s move is seen by some as an attempt to draw attention to criminal justice. Criminal justice reform and the need to give repentant criminals a second...

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