Alleged Harassment: Don’t Mistake Our Silence For Stup*dity, Weakness, CJN Cautions
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has warned individuals and agencies of the government against any form of harassment and embarrassment of judicial officers in the country. He gave the caution on Wednesday in Abuja at a special session organised to herald the formal commencement of the 2021/2022 legal year of the Supreme Court. Justice Muhammad, who appraised the...
Extraordinary Rendition: Nnamdi Kanu Again Floors FG At Federal High Court
The Nigerian Government on Wednesday lost its bid to transfer the suit of the extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from Umuahia to Abuja. The Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, insisted that it has the jurisdiction to hear and determine the suit. This was disclosed by Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, in...
British Parliament Votes In Support Of Assisted Suicide
British lawmakers on Friday voted in favour of a landmark bill which will for the first time help terminally ill adults decide to end their lives. The parliamentary voting which had 330 votes in favour and 275 against marks the beginning of months of debate and possible changes to the bill as it is expected to pass through the House...
Dele Farotimi Gets N30m Bail
A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has granted human rights activist Dele Farotimi bail in the sum of N30 million. The 2023 African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, announced the development on his X (Twitter) handle on Friday. The bail conditions include a N30 million bond, two sureties (one of whom must be a property owner), the submission of his...
FG Praises Wike For Building Befitting Law School, Says He’s Promise Keeper
The Federal Government, yesterday, described Governor Nyesom Wike as a true promise keeper for matching words with action on delivering the Dr. Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as the best ever, on ...
Tribunal Says INEC Free To Determine Its Mode Of Transmitting Results
Nigeria's Presidential Election Petitions Court has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was at liberty to deploy any suitable means in the transmission of the February 25 presidential election in the country. This is the ruling of a five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani on Wednesday. The tribunal said that sections 52 and 65 of the Electoral Act 2022,...
Imo Assembly Wants Sack Of Chief Judge, Chikeka Over Alleged Falsification
The Imo House of Assembly on Thursday recommended the sack of the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Chukwuemeka-Chikeka, for misconduct and alleged age falsification pursuant to Section 292 of the Constitution. During a plenary at the House of Assembly, two-third majority of the lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of recommendations of the house adhoc-committee set up to look into a...
Malaysian Man Receives Lashes In Mosque For Being Alone With Woman
A man was flogged inside a mosque in Malaysia on Friday after being convicted of an Islamic offence for spending time alone with a woman who was neither his wife nor relative, state news reported. The 42-year-old construction worker received six lashes in Terengganu, Malaysia’s conservative state, after being convicted by a Sharia court, according to the official Bernama news...
You Can’t Sack Ozekhome, Ejiofor You Never Employed Them, IPOB Replies Nnamdi Kanu’s Brother
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Tuesday debunked the alleged termination of the appointments of Professor Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and Sir Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, as counsels to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu’s younger brother, Kanunta Kanu, had in a statement he issued via his Twitter handle on Thursday last week noted that Ozekhome and Ejiofor’s services are no longer required in...
Court Bars Sex Toy Senator From Seeking Re-Election In 2023
An Adamawa State High Court has restrained the All Progressives Congress (APC) from recognising Ishaku Abbo, a senator who brutally assaulted a lady in an Abuja sex toy shop in 2019 as its candidate for Adamawa North in the forthcoming general election. In the judgement delivered on Monday, Justice Danladi Mohammed ruled that Senator Abbo is not entitled to seek...
