Tag: state

Criminal Law Headlines

IGP Disu inaugurates committee on establishment of state police

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu psc, today 4th March…

Ogunsakin Mustapha March 4, 2026

Criminal Law Law Opinion

Chukwu v The State and the wages of temper

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN INTRODUCTION Reading through pages of judgments of courts…

Ogunsakin Mustapha March 3, 2026

Criminal Law Defence Security

Kwara State should establish a security outfit – Falana

By Femi Falana SAN On February 3, 2026, seventy eight Muslims, who…

Ogunsakin Mustapha February 9, 2026

Dada vs The State: Police and security of life (2)

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN The Best Identification of an Accused Person: The…

Ogunsakin Mustapha December 16, 2025

Criminal Law Law Security

Dada vs The State: Police and security of life(1)

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN ‘The security and welfare of the people shall…

Ogunsakin Mustapha December 9, 2025

Headlines Security

Tinubu gives nod to state police, declares nationwide security emergency

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday asks the National Assembly to review…

Ogunsakin Mustapha November 26, 2025

Constitutionality of suspending elected public officers in a state(4)

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN Per TOBI, J.S.C. at pages 214-215, paras. A-B:…

Ogunsakin Mustapha September 16, 2025

Constitutionality of suspending elected public Officers in a state (2)

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN Duration and Renewal: If the Proclamation is approved…

Ogunsakin Mustapha September 2, 2025

Human Rights Law Opinion

When the Nigerian state chooses to play rogue

By Owei Lakemfa Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, the 51-year-old Governor of Niger…

Ogunsakin Mustapha August 4, 2025

Abu v State: When colonialism provokes sovereignty

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN Nigeria and other African countries appear to still…

Ogunsakin Mustapha May 27, 2025

Opinion Security

The State of the Nation

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN The situation with insecurity in Nigeria has reached…

Ogunsakin Mustapha April 1, 2025

Law Opinion Politics

Analysis of the role of state, LG leaders: Challenges, Problems(3)

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN NAVIGATING THE DYNAMICS OF THE POLICY DECISION OF…

Ogunsakin Mustapha March 11, 2025

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