Criminal Justice Focus

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to a cumulative 75 years imprisonment over corruption linked to the Mambilla and Zungeru hydroelectric…

By Stephen Simon A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has discharged and acquitted Ibrahim Usman after spending nearly a decade in detention without conviction, in a judgment that exposed…

As the Nigerian judiciary concludes its annual ritual of new legal year commemorations across the federation, a leading non-governmental organisation has challenged the courts to move beyond celebratory rhetoric and…

with Ben C. Abraham. GOV ZULUM’S OUTCRY Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State is surely a man in the throes of despondency. Why? Boko Haram, that dreaded assemblage of God-forsaken…