CELSIR Blog
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Section 36(5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) provides that every person charged...
Discussions about prison congestion in Nigeria often begin and end with the courts or the correctional system. Yet, as with...
The Centre for Legal Support and Inmate Rehabilitation (CELSIR) is concerned by the recent arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment...
Fair Hearing is the backbone of every legal system. It is constitutionally enshrined, reiterated in legislation and invoked...
The Lagos State Government recently announced the arrest, prosecution, and sentencing to three months’ imprisonment of 26...
Ms. B was arrested in 2023 on allegations of fraud, not because she was accused of committing the offence herself, but because...
Awaiting Trial for Years: The Hidden Human Cost of Judicial Delays
In Nigeria, the phrase “awaiting trial” has quietly become...
Pre-trial detention is intended to be a temporary measure pending the determination of guilt or innocence. In practice, delays...
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