Category: Legal

Kogi CJ Grants Melaye Relief, To Hear Bail Application May 7

The Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah, has granted an interim order for Senator Dino Melaye, to be transferred to the National Hospital Abuja, while hearing...

Dino Melaye Denied Bail, To Remain In Police Custody

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has been denied bail in the case of an alleged conspiracy and aiding of...

Dino Melaye Detained at Police Medical Centre Lokoja

The police have taken Dino Melaye to their medical centre in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, hours after a magistrate remanded the senator in police custody following...

‘Degrading and Unacceptable’- Falana Slams Police for Arraigning Melaye on Stretcher

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has lambasted the Nigeria Police for arraigning Kogi-West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye in court on a stretcher. Falana said...

Barr. Natasha Seeks Government Support for Kogi-born Best Law Student

By Mary Amodu. A renowned activist and social entrepreneur,  Barr. Natasha Akpoti has appealed to government at the Federal and State level to invest in building the...

Melaye: Former Ambassador Slams N100m Rights Suit Against IGP, Others

Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Cuba, Laraba Elsie Bhutto, has instituted a fundamental right enforcement suit against the Inspector General of Police over her beating,...

Dino Melaye Arraigned, Re-Arrested After Perfecting Bail Conditions

…police insist on Kogi trial   The lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye, is said to have been...

Kogi Attorney General Wants Domestication of Anti-corruption Laws

The Kogi State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ibrahim Sanni Muhammed, has called for domestication of anti-corruption laws across states of the...

Melaye: NBA Sets Up Defence Team for Detained Lawyers

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Abuja Branch has set up a defence team for their colleagues detained in connection with the arrest of Senator Dino Melaye. In a...

Court Orders Kogi Govt to Pay Onoja’s Salary

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered the Kogi Government to pay a civil servant, Ameh Onoja, whose salary was stopped  in March 2014. Onoja had...