As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence, the country’s judicial history provides another way of tracing the nation’s constitutional development. Since independence in 1960, 18 Chief Justices have led Nigeria’s

Four defendants have been sentenced to death after a landmark kidnapping trial before Edo State’s Special Criminal Court, marking a major judgment for the newly established judicial panel.

Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II has questioned the handling of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai’s prolonged detention, asking whether the case reflects Nigeria’s fight against corruption or a