Ministry of Justice
9 Nov
The Prison Decongestion programme of the Ministry of Justice has resulted in the release of 12,000 inmates across correctional centres in the country since 2016.
8 Dec 2021
Benue State Government has through its Ministry of Justice (MOJ) called for the investigation of alleged rape of a female student of the Federal Science and Technical College (FSTC), Otukpo.
25 Oct 2021
Lagos State Ministry of Justice, through the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has held a stakeholders’ meeting to further enhance and promote plea-bargain and district prosecutors
29 Sep 2019
After more than 100 days in office, Governor Simon Bako Lalong is yet to constitute a cabinet and that has got the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) writing it off as a non-performer with no projects to showcase.
25 Mar 2019
Justice Sunday Aladetoyinbo of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, on Wednesday struck out a case of murder filed against a former police officer, Gabriel Achimi, for lack of diligent prosecution. Achimi, 37, was charged with the murder of Ishaku Musa, a commercial motorcycle rider, at Gishiri junction, Abuja. Delivering judgment, Justice Aladetoyinbo, frowned…
13 Oct 2018
The 20 - member Monitoring and Evaluation committee of the Implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (2017 -2021), has kicked -off operations with the task of monitoring and evaluating about 800 Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA), in the country. Consequently, they have been told to demand reports from the MDAs on their compliance to…
1 May 2018
The Cross River State Ministry of Justice in partnership with Conference Of Western Attorneys General (CWAG) and Africa Alliance Partnership, (AAP) have pledged to tackle the menace of human trafficking and conservation of wildlife in the country. The group made the pledge during a conference held in Calabar, Cross River state capital, last week. Director…