Human Rights Law

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Adegboruwa

Fundamental rights jurisprudence (3): Melrose v EFCC – landmark judicial endorsement

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN INTRODUCTION The second part of this article which…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha
Bureaucracy

The masses need food, the elites want more bureaucracies

By Owei Lakemfa The World Bank in its May 2025 Report stated…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha
Fajembola

Lagos socialite, Fajembola sues IGP over breach of rights

...Demands N50 million damages A Lagos society lady, Gail Fajembola has filed…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha
Access Bank

Court Awards N7m Damages Against Access Bank Over Unlawful Account Freeze

Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha
Human Rights

Joseph Chu’ma Otteh: The Man Who Changed Human Rights Enforcement in Nigeria

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The legal career of Joseph Chu’ma Otteh, whose…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha
detention

Visitation of Magistrates to detention facilities

By Femi Falana SAN  INTRODUCTION But for the huge respect that I…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha
humanity

Unto humanity a liberator’s given: 135 years of Uncle Ho

By Owei Lakemfa It is unusual for a nation to discover its…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha
Democratic Governance

State of democratic governance, youth engagement in ECOWAS member states: Challenges and Prospects

By Femi Falana SAN INTRODUCTION Distinguished participants, youth leaders, statesmen, and comrades…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha
ECOWAS court

Lagos hosts ECOWAS court human rights outreach

"The 2005 Supplementary Protocol, which expanded the Court’s jurisdiction to include human…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha
Ekpein Appah

Ekpein Appah: When students fought for future generations

By Owei Lakemfa Forty-seven years ago, Nigerian students took a stand against…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha
Court

Court strikes out Kanu’s N50bn rights violation suit against FG

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, struck out a N50…

Ayomide Ogunsakin Ayomide Ogunsakin
Abejide

Sunday Jackson and Nigeria’s broken justice system

Dr. Abejide Olusegun An antelope was sprinting frantically when an elephant called…

Ogunsakin Mustapha Ogunsakin Mustapha

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