•Segun Olatunji A coalition of media associations and civil society organisations (CSOs) have given the federal government a 14-day ultimatum to prosecute those behind what they call “cruel detention” of the Editor of FirstNews, Segun Olatunji. Recall that Olatunji was abducted from his home in Lagos by military personnel. He was detained for ...
•CP Abiodun Alamutu A High Court of Justice in Ogun State, Abeokuta Judicial Division, has awarded N25m in damages against the office of the Ogun State Commissioner of Police and five others for the unlawful arrest and detention of one Sunday Mafe. According to a judgement obtained yesterday, April 2, 2024, signed by Justice E.O. […]
•Nnamdi Kanu The family of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the continued incarceration of their son despite appeals and several court orders to release him, “is a humiliation” of not just their son but “the entire Igbo race.” The family which was reacting to […]
•Emefiele A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama, has ordered the Federal Government to pay the sum of N100million to the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele for violating his fundamental rights. The court, in a judgement that was delivered today by Justice [&hellip...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till tomorrow, to hear the application option by a man in the custody of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mr. Obiora Samuel, seeking to enforce his right to freedom. Samuel, in the court paper, told the court that he has been in the anti-narcotics […]