Controversial Nigerian social critic Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
Category: Law and Society
CRISIS IN THE DELTA: LAWYERS STORM STREETS OVER “UNCONSTITUTIONAL COUP” IN RIVERS STATE
In a defiant display of outrage, a coalition of Nigerian legal professionals—Lawyers in Defence of Democracy—took to the streets this week to protest what they […]
DELE FAROTIMI WARNS OF IMMINENT REVOLUTION, SAYS NIGERIA IS UNRAVELLING
Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has warned that Nigeria is on a dangerous path toward an inevitable revolution. According to him, the ruling class’s “hubristic […]
OUTRAGE IN PORT HARCOURT: FAMILY ACCUSES POLICE OF KILLING UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND ATTEMPTING COVER-UP
The Rivers State Police Command is at the center of a brewing storm after being accused of fatally shooting a 300-level student of the University […]
NBA PRESIDENT DEMANDS SUPREME COURT REFORMS AND DIGITAL REVOLUTION IN JUDICIARY
In a bold and impassioned keynote address that electrified the 2025 NBA Section on Legal Practice (NBA-SLP) Annual Conference in Jos, the President of the […]
RIVERS IN THE DARK: STATE ADMINISTRATOR SHUNS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SUMMON TWICE, STIRS FRESH CRISIS OVER ACCOUNTABILITY
The political tension in Rivers State deepened this week as Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), the controversial Sole Administrator of the state, once again failed […]
BENUE UNDER SIEGE: GOVERNOR ALIA DECLARES STATEWIDE EMERGENCY AMID DEADLY INVASIONS
Benue State is bleeding. Governor Hyacinth Alia has sounded a chilling alarm, declaring that the state is under a full-blown security siege following a terrifying […]
FEMI FALANA REPLIES WIKE: “I DID NOT LIE AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT”
Prominent human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has strongly denied allegations made by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, […]
TRAGEDY ON THE ROAD: FATHER MOURNS 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ALLEGEDLY KILLED DURING FIRST LADY’S CONVOY VISIT TO AKURE
In a heartbreaking turn of events, a grieving father has recounted how his nine-year-old daughter, Saratul Lawal, was allegedly struck and killed by a […]
HOUSE SUMMONS RIVERS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR AS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PROBES STATE OF EMERGENCY
A political reckoning looms in Rivers State as the House of Representatives takes decisive action to scrutinize governance under the newly declared State of […]