•Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Victor Giwa, one of the lawyers representing Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused the Kogi State Government of sponsoring the recall of the suspended female lawmaker as senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District. Giwa, who was a guest on Channels Television today, said the state government,...
•NYSC members Human rights lawyer and activist Inibehe Effiong says members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are not civil servants who can’t criticise the federal government administration. The lawyer made this known on Channels Television today in reaction to the ordeal of Lagos-based NYSC member, Ushie Uguamaye, who flayed Tinubu’...
•Incarcerated IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu Human rights lawyer Barr. Christopher Chidera has expressed concern over the Nigerian government’s plan to prosecute Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the repealed Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013, describing it as legally unsustainable. In a statement issued in ...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State Following the denial that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa authorised the petition against a lawyer, Barrister Wale Omolegbon Odusola, on alleged cyberbullying of the governor, the state Commissioner of Police, Wilfred Afolabi has been called upon to investigate the author of the petition. Activist and human r...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State A 53-year-old lawyer, Wale Odusola, has been docked before an Akure Magistrate’s Court, Ondo State, for alleged verballing and psychologically abusing Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on social media. Odusola was accused of using his Facebook page to criticise the governor, alleging that he had failed to act i...
The Court of Appeal Abuja has slammed a N1million fine on David Atita, a counsel to Liberation Movement, one of the political parties deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2020, for what it termed a waste of judicial time of the court. Liberation Movement had appealed against the July 24, 2020, judgement [&hel...
A legal practitioner, Hamza Dantani, has appealed to the Nigerian Air Force to reopen the blocked section of the Kano-Maiduguri Expressway opposite Gomari Way, Maiduguri, which has remained closed since 2015. The plea was contained in a letter dated December 16, 2024, and addressed to the Chief of Air Staff by Kayode Ajulo & Co. […]
•Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi For the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), this is not the best of times as it is facing a barrage of atÂtacks over the handling of the matter involving legal luminary, Afe Babalola (SAN) and human rights lawyer, Bisi Farotimi. Policemen from Ekiti State Police Command last week stormed Lagos State […]
•Pastor Tobi Adegboyega Dele Olawanle, the lawyer of Pastor Tobi Adegboyega, has stated that Pastor Adegboyega is not facing deportation from the United Kingdom, contrary to recent media reports. In a statement posted on the lawyer’s X (formerly Twitter) page yesterday, Dele expressed amusement at the false claims, emphasising that deportation...
•Scene of the accident Three people, including a lawyer, were reported dead and several others severely injured when a flour-loaded truck, pursued by soldiers, crashed into shops in Utu Etim Ekpo, the headquarters of Etim Ekpo Local Government Area (LGA), Akwa Ibom State. Residents recounted that the tragedy occurred around 8 p.m. yesterday wh...

