Nigeria’s 36 governors have denied hoarding the food items donated by the organised private sector to ease the economic hardship imposed on the poor by the COVID-19 lockdown. A group of Nigerian businesspersons and corporate organizations, which calls itself Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), contributed billions of naira to help the country fight the rampaging coronavirus

As the Judicial panel of inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government, one of the more dozen states to do so, starts sitting on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his full support and optimism that it will assist the nation to give justice to peaceful protesters who lost their lives, security men who

Dear Colleagues, Following the attack on the Lagos State High Court by hoodlums on 21/10/2020, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association Mr. Olumide Akpata alongside the Chairman of the Lagos Branch of the Nigeria Bar Association, Yemi Akangbe, with other Bar Leaders visited the High Court Complex, Igbosere to conduct physical inspection of the

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria expresses her strong dismay at the current situation in the country and condemn in its totality the brazen killings of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Tollgate by uniformed military personnel. It was a horrific Tuesday evening (20/10/2020) watching recordings of the killing by uniformed Nigerian soldiers of

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has announced the easing of the curfew imposed on the state. The governor said, “People can now go out between 8am and 6pm in Lagos from Saturday.” Governor Sanwo-Olu made this disclosure during a statewide broadcast on Friday. The governor also warned against protests in the state, saying “enough

Foremost Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has criticized the speech delivered by the President in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests and military shootings in the country. According to Falana, the speech contained avoidable gaps like where Buhari accused the international community of jumping into hasty conclusions over the shooting of unarmed peaceful protesters by

A senior official of the United States Government, Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbühl, on Thursday met with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo at the State House, Abuja over the current situation in the country. The meeting, which also had Assistant Secretary Robert Destro and Assistant Secretary Denise Natali, in attendance, was held to raise U.S. concerns