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Judge Robert Nalley, the judge who pleaded guilty to civil rights violations after ordering the shocking of a non-violent defendant was sentenced to a year of probation and anger management classes. The incident took place in 2014 when Robert Nalley, then sitting judge, asked the defendant during voir dire if he had any questions for […]

In a recent case in the Sixth Circuit, the court upheld a lower district’s decision to deny a motion to suppress evidence. The case, United States v. Binford, underscored the distinction between an arrest and a detention. Detention or Arrest? In brief terms, a Law Enforcement Officer’s (LEO’s) “brief and cursory” holding and questioning of […]Read More

Forget what Hollywood says; law school (and legal practice) isn’t full of betrayal and mystery, romance and revenge. This isn’t ‘How to Get Away With Murder,’ after all. It isn’t even ‘The Paper Chase.’ Except, of course, when it is. For, while the vast majority of us spent law school stressed-out, studying, and trying to […]Read More

Legal tech promises to make the industry quicker, more agile, more efficient. You can take in clients online, have your AI-robots handle their simplest matters, even mine your email data to determine how happy they are with your services. But do you? When it comes to law firms and legal technology, there’s a lot more […]

President Muhammadu  Buhari  has returned to Nigeria, after participating at the 4th edition of Nuclear Security Summit in the United States.   The presidential jet touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at the early hours of Monday.   He was received by the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase and other prominent […]

Tope Aluko, the former PDP Secretary in Ekiti State who went on Channels TV to openly accuse the state governor, Ayo Fayose of rigging the state’s governorship election in 2014 has reconciled with the Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose. Aluko and Fayose met at the governor’s house yesterday night where they buried their old grievances.  […]Read More

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2),weekend said it is still awaiting regulatory approval from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) before commencing operations, despite obtaining authorisation from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to commence regional operations at MMA2 as set out in the concession agreement between […]

Apart from the recent arrest of Khalid al-Barnawi, the leader of Ansaru terrorist group in Lokoja, Kogi State, the Nigerian Army has confirmed that more terrorists have been arrested while other Boko Haram members have also surrendered to the security agencies. The Director Defence information, Brigadier Rabe Abubakar who confirmed this development to PRNigeria, disclosed […]

As the Nigeria Police Force commences its nationwide recruitment, former Commissioner of Police in Rivers State and now an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Joseph Mbu, is appealing to the Federal Government to rehabilitate police colleges. This, he believes, would assist the new recruits in proper training ahead of the challenges they would meet in the […]

An outlawed group operating from Kebbi State and known as Yansakai, has killed 13 residents of a village in Zamfara State in alleged connivance with the village head. The 13 villagers were killed in Tugbar Wabi, a neighbouring Fulani settlement in Maru Local Government Area, on the evening of March 24 by members of the […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted four special committees in preparation for the party’s National Convention and the overall rebuilding and repositioning process. The Committees, which are to be inaugurated on Tuesday 5th April 2016 are the National Convention Committee, Reconciliation Committee, Zoning Committee and the Finance Committee. A statement by the spokesperson of […]

Former governor of Ogun State and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Aremo Segun Osoba, has finally returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).   This has confirmed a recent report by Huhuonline.com that Osoba and his successor, Gbenga Daniel, were planning to defect to the APC.   Osoba had left the party […]