The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), should comply with the order of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal to consider voluntary resignation for exposing the Federal Government to international embarrassment and ridicule, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, […]
Continue ReadingCourt says IPOB leader’s abduction unlawful, slams executive for recklessness There was wild jubilation in the South-East on Thursday following the Court of Appeal judgment which quashed the terrorism charges preferred against the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Across parts of the South-East states, people celebrated openly on hearing the […]
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On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, announced in a press conference in Abuja that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, had been arrested and extradited to Nigeria from Kenya, after being intercepted in the East African country on Sunday, June 26, […]
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Court: FG’s abduction, rendition of Kanu breached all local, international laws Kanu’s freedom positive step towards Biafra restoration – MASSOB Ohanaeze Ndigbo: FG should not appeal Kanu’s victory, it’s time for dialogue Members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, went into wild jubilation in the Southeast following the discharge and acquittal of […]
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Newly sworn Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, yesterday called on politicians to stop mounting pressure on the judicial arm of government in the country. He urged politicians and citizens to make room for the judiciary to function and attain its optimal best. Speaking with newsmen after being sworn in by President Muhammadu Buhari […]
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A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Wednesday, ordered that a 47-year-old Chinese national, be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22. The police charged the accused, who lives in Nassarawa GRA Quarters Kano, with culpable homicide. Chief Magistrate, Hanif Sanusi-Chiroma, who did not take the plea, […]
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A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the Labour Party (LP) to submit the name of its candidate, Clarita Ogar, for the 2023 Cross River House of Representatives election. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgement, held that the Electoral Act, 2022 is superior to INEC guidelines on […]
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a pastor, Erinmole Adetokunbo, and his bricklayer accomplice, Adedoyin Oyekanmi, to death for killing a seven-year-old boy in Ikorodu area of the state. The judge sentenced the duo to death, after they pleaded guilty to the two-count charge brought against them […]
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It took the intervention of the security operatives on ground on Thursday to prevent a murder convict, Uduak-Abasi Akpan him from escaping. An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, had sentenced him to death by hanging for the murder of a graduate job seeker, Iniubong Umoren. The trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, in […]
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An Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging Uduak Frank Akpan for the killing of a graduate job seeker, Miss Iniobong Umoren. The court also sentenced the 21- year- old Akpan to life imprisonment for raping the deceased. The convict, in April 2021, had lured his victim to […]
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