Electoral Fraud: Prof Ignatius Uduk Collapses In Court, Taken Away By Wife And Daughter
The University of Uyo Lecturer, Prof Ignatius Uduk, who is standing trial for alleged electoral malpractice when he served as Returning Officer for Essien Udim Local Government Area in 2019, on Wednesday collapsed in the dock. He was then rushed…
HURIWA demands release of Kwara journalists persecuted by Governor AbdulRazaq
Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Saturday, demanded the immediate and unconditional release of two Kwara-based journalists persecuted by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for allegations of defamation. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, described…
Kwara Government Instigates Arrest of Four Journalists Within 24 hours
Kwara State Government has allegedly facilitated the arrest of four journalists within 24 hours, leading to their remand in custody by a Magistrate Court. The Police on Thursday arrested Publisher Fresh Insight, Abdulrasheed Akogun Shoboi and Dare Akogun of Sobi…
Why Leader of IPOB Nnamdi Kanu May Not Be Released Despite Court Order
There are indications that Nigeria’s Federal Government may not free the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, after the court ordered his immediate release. The National Security Council has disclosed that the incarcerated Biafran agitator…
Further Illegal Detention Of Nnamdi Kanu Is Kidnapping — Says Rights Group
*As HURIWA Accuses Abubakar Malami of Acting the Script of Miyetti Allah Leading Civil Rights Advocacy Group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop playing the toxic Northern ethnic card and obey the…
Nnamdi Kanu Was Only Discharged Not Acquited – Malami Says
Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said that by the verdict of the Court of Appeal on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra is (IPOB) was “only discharged…
BREAKING: Appeal Court Discharges And Aquits IPOB Leaders Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, quashed the terrorism charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. It discharged and acquitted him of the seven-count charge pending…
10 Things To Know About Lagos New Victim, Witness Protection And Assistance Bill
The Lagos State House of Assembly led by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa recently passed a bill to protect and assist victims of crimes and accidents as well as witnesses who have genuine information which could help effective prosecution of cases. Titled…
Amid Reasonable Evidence of Judicial Corruption At An Enugu Magistrate Court, Chief Judge Looks Away Despite Petition?
Constrained by unfathomable realities occasioned by what it described as black market racket of corruption, judicial cash-and-carry-transactions and horse trading for Justice at a Magistrate Court in Enugu State presided over by His Worship NIC Ngwu, The House of Laws,…
Breaking: Appeal Court Orders ASUU to Return To Work Immediately
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off their eight-months-old strike and return to the classrooms immediately. The appellate court gave the order in a ruling on an…
Photojournalist Adekola Bamigbala Languishing In Ikoyi Prison
Lagos based freelance photojournalist, Adekola Bamigbala, has reportedly been languishing in Ikoyi Prison for weeks. He is said to have been arrested and detained for alleged manslaughter after an alleged incident involving him and some LASTMA officers. However, according to…
