•US President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, yesterday US President Donald Trump said yesterday his administration would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily blocks his attempt to restrict birthright citizenship. “Obviously we will appeal it,” Trump told re...
•Dele Farotimi Justice Abayomi Adeosun of the Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, today has reserved ruling on the bail application filed by human rights lawyers, Dele Farotimi, till December 20, 2024. Farotimi was arraigned last week before the magistrate court by the police for alleged defamation of the character ...
•Olutobi Ogunbawo A United Kingdom upper tribunal has reversed a previous ruling that stopped the deportation of 43-year-old Nigerian Olutobi Ogunbawo. The decision comes after his wife, Maria Adesanya, claimed that in-vitro fertilisation treatment was unavailable in Nigeria, a key argument in their defence, reports Daily Mail UK on Sunday. Og...
•Falana, Bobrisky and VeryDarkMan Controversial social media critic Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has applied to the Lagos State High Court for leave to appeal the ruling delivered on October 14, 2024, by Justice M.O. Dawodu in favour of human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz, [&he...
•Philip Shuaibu Controversy late yesterday trailed the purported ruling of the Court of Appeal in Abuja upholding the decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja quashing the impeachment of Comrade Philip Shaibu as the deputy governor of Edo State. It was reported that the Court of Appeal affirmed Justice James Omotosho’s verdict that voided [...
A brawl broke out in Turkey’s parliament today after lawmakers discussed the fate of a jailed opposition figure controversially stripped of his parliamentary immunity earlier this year. The lawmakers were meeting after the country’s constitutional court earlier this month struck down parliament’s decision to oust Can Atalay from his parliament...
•Ghanaian Flag Ghana’s Supreme Court today deferred its ruling on a request to restrain parliament from transmitting a highly contested anti-LGBTQ bill to President Nana Akufo-Addo for his final approval. The ruling means debate around the bill, which has dominated Ghana’s political discourse since parliament passed it in February, will be sid...
•Late singer, Mohbad The Chief Magistrates Court in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has adjourned proceedings on the DNA application filed to determine the paternity of the son of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. This followed the collapse of settlement talks between the Aloba family and the respondent – the late Mohbad’s wife, [&hel...
•Prof Odinkalu Professor of Practice in International Human Rights Law at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, Chidi Odinkalu, has said that local government allocation will still go back to state governors. Odinkalu stated this while commenting on the Supreme Court judgement on Channels TV last night. The Supreme Court had yesterday deliv...
Amnesty International yesterday hailed the ruling of the ECOWAS Court, which ordered the federal government to conduct a fresh investigation into rights violations that occurred during the October 2020 #EndSARS protests across Nigeria. The Director Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, in a statement reiterated the organisation’s commitme...
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