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Outgoing Nigerian administration passes groundbreaking Administration of Criminal Justice Act
Described by experts as progressive, the ACJ Act covers the criminal process from arrest through bail, trial, conviction and sentencing, costs, compensation, ...
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Lawyer at the Police Station Door: How REPLACE Provides Legal Aid in Nigeria
The central element of the project, the Police Duty Solicitors Scheme (PDSS), sought to reduce the excessive use of pretrial detention by providing free legal ...
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US Department of State Human Rights Report: Nigeria 2012
"The constitution provides for public trials in the regular court system and individual rights in criminal and civil cases. The constitution does not provide ...
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Recent Publications: Ernest Ojukwu et al Handbook on Prison Pre-trial Detainee Law Clinic
This book review was published in AHRLJ Volume 13 No 2 2013. The Handbook is a useful tool for navigating the relatively new idea of pre-trial law clinics in ...
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Chief Justice of Lagos State frees 233 pretrial detainees
Justice Ayotunde Phillips said it is her statutory duty to reduce overcrowding.
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Nigerian prisons filled with awaiting trial detainees
Over-population in the Nigerian prison system has been identified as the challenge to prison reform. More than 70 per cent of over 50,000 inmates across the ...
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Three quarters of Nigerian prisoners awaiting trial
Most held on capital charges
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Rioters burn central Nigerian police station, "five killed" by police
Rioters went on a rampage in central Nigeria and burnt down a police station to protest the detention of their friends, police said on 2 April 2012.
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Chief Justice of Nigeria criticises use of holding charges
Top judge condemns the practice of filing holding charges against accused persons and “trial by public parade of suspects on pages of newspapers and on the ...
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Nigeria
This section contains a brief description of the legal system in Nigeria.
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