Some political stakeholders have continued to express their displeasure at the National Assembly’s action for approving conditional electronic transmission of election results. The duo of the Peoples Democratic Party deputy National Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi and a former member, House of Representatives, Honourable Lanre Agoro frowned at the Assembly’s decision to subject election results […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the warning to media houses to stop reporting terror attacks. SERAP asked President Buhari to instruct the Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to withdraw the directive. The NBC had ordered Journalists, Television […]
A Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, has failed to grant bail to the 49 Yoruba Nation Agitators arrested and detained by the Lagos State Police Command. The Agitators were arrested at Ojota, Lagos on July 3, 2021, while protesting in support of the actualisation of the Yoruba Nation. The motion for their bail application was filed […]
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS and other related abuses has admitted in evidence post mortem results and Compact Discs of all 99 corpses deposited at the Lagos morgue between the 20th and the 27th of October 2020. A consultant pathologist to the Lagos State Government, Professor John Obafunwa, who […]
The apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called for calm over the re-arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr Nnamdi Kanu. The Igbo group was also reported to have urged the Federal Government to handle his trial with caution and due legal procedure. Ohanaeze cautioned Igbos to desist from […]
Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has ordered the remand of fugitive leader of the indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State services (DSS). The remand order was sequel to an application by Federal Government Lawyer, Mr Shuaibu Labaran. Mr […]
Nigeria’s 36 Governors are billed to meet on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, to discuss the controversial financial autonomy to judicial and legislative arms in States. Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF Head of Media and Public Affairs, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, who stated this in a statement issued in Abuja said the Governors already made efforts in all […]
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Makurdi Branch, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order a probe into the invasion of Konshisha and Gwer East Local Government areas of Benue State. The appeal was contained in a statement issued by the Makurdi branch Chairman of the NBA, Mr Justin Gbagir. The Defence Headquarters had claimed that unknown […]
There is the need to ensure accountability for attacks on Journalists and media in Nigeria, thereby combating the culture of impunity for such attacks. This, according to the Head of Media Rights Agenda, MRA’s Legal Department, Ms Chioma Nwaodike is the aim of a two-day Workshop to enhance the capacity of Lawyers to litigate cases […]
Immediate past Chairmen and Members of Local Government Caretaker Committees in Oyo State have been directed to report at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) Office for their End of Tenure Assets Declaration as stipulated by the 5th Schedule of the 1999 Constitution. The Directive was contained in a press release signed by the State […]