•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the Nigerian government’s plan to prosecute Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the repealed Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act 2013, describing it as legally unsustainable.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...
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today, ordered the Inspector General of Police to detain an Abuja based lawyer, Chinedu Evaristus till January 15, 2025. Evaristus is being prosecuted on a 9-count criminal charge over his involvement in an alleged fraud to the tune of N58 million, reports Daily Independent. ...
•Alex Ikwechegh and Stephen Abuwatseya Deji Adeyanju and Partners, the law firm representing a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, allegedly assaulted by Alex Ikwechegh, a House of Representatives member, has announced withdrawal from the case. Adeyanju, a lawyer cum activist, shared the update on X, today. Ikwechegh, who represents Aba North/Sou...
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