Drama As Supreme Court Adjourns Suit Seeking To Restrain Naira Redesign Policy, More States Joined As Rivers Files Own Separate Action
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing in a suit filed against the federal government seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) until February 22. Recall…
Alleged Cybercrime: Agba Jalingo’s Arraignment Shifted To March 27 Over Article On Ayade’s Sister-In-Law
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT and presided over by Justice Zainab Abubakar has adjourned the arraignment of Nigerian journalist and activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo until March 27, 2023, to query him whether he…
HURIWA Calls For Protest If Nnamdi Kanu Is Not Freed After Seven Working Days
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, called for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the next seven days. HURIWA, in a statement by…
HURIWA To CJN: Respect Is Earned Not Forced On Us
Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has come very hard on the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, accusing him of attempting to intimate, verbally harass, threaten or shut Nigerians up from giving…
2023: Supreme Court Ends Ex-Minister’s Governorship Ambition, Affirms Emenike Abia APC Candidate
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed Ikechi Emenike as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Abia State after Uche Ogah, a former minister of state for Mines and Steel Development, challenged the judgment of the Court of…
Senior Advocate Of Nigeria Explains Supreme Court Restraining Order On Naira Swap Deadline
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome, has explained the restraining order of the Supreme Court Of Nigeria on the implementation of the old naira notes swap deadline against the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Central Bank of…
Appeal Court Delivers Judgment On APM Suit Seeking Peter Obi’s Disqualification
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has delivered judgment in a suit filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) seeking to disqualify Peter Obi as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the forthcoming presidential election in Nigeria….
Supreme Court Gave Imo A Governor, Now It Donated A Senatorial Candidate To Yobe State — Says HURIWA
Prominent civil rights advocacy group – Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has described as a travesty of justice and a grave affront to constitutionalism and democracy the inexplicable majority judgment delivered on Monday, in which the Supreme court…
Court Stops CBN From Extending Naira Swap Beyond February 10 Deadline
Justice Eneojo Eneche of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), President Muhammadu Buhari and 27 commercial banks from suspending or interfering with the currency redesign terminal date of February 10, or…
Frederick Leliman: Former Kenyan Policeman Sentenced To Death For Murder
A Kenyan former policeman was sentenced to death on Friday for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver. Frederick Leliman and three others were convicted of carrying out the murders in 2016, in one…
NBA Condemns Killing Of Judicial Officer In Imo
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Saturday condemned the killing of the Chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State, Nnaemeka Ugboma. In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, NBA, Akorede Habeeb…
