Bassey Otu Validly Nominated As Cross River APC Governorship Candidate – Court
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has declared Senator Prince Bassey Otu as the authentic governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress in Cross River State. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu made the declaration while delivering judgment in a suit filed…
Nnamdi Kanu: SERG Cautions FG Over Injustice To South East Region
Pan-Igbo sociopolitical pressure organisation, the South East Revival Group (SERG) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari administration not to continue with what it described as “victimisation and exclusion policy of the Federal Government against Igbos in Nigeria”, attributing the insecurity in…
Nnamdi Kanu: South East Senate Caucus Urges Buhari Administration To Obey Appeal Court Order
The Senate South East Caucus in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has urged President Muhammadu Buhari administration to obey the order of the Court of Appeal discharging the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),…
FG Appeals Judgment Ordering Release Of Nnamdi Kanu on 13 Grounds
The Federal Government has filed seven grounds of appeal against the October 13 Court of Appeal judgment which discharged the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. It asked the Supreme Court to set aside the judgment and…
Again Court Adjourns CNG’s Biafra Referendum Suit
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned hearing on the suit filed by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) seeking a referendum to determine the fate of Biafra and other self-determination agitations to January 27, 2022. Recall…
HURIWA Demands Probe Of ESN Members Allegedly Killed, Buried By Nigerian Army
Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Thursday, demanded a transparent probe into the alleged killing of scores of members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), during military air raids in a community in…
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…
