Oil Well Dispute: Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of Rivers
The Supreme Court on Friday partly resolved the ownership dispute in 17 oil wells ownership in favour of the Rivers State Government. In a judgement prepared by Justice Ellen Ogunwumiju but delivered by justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court dismissed…
HURIWA Speaks On Why Federal Government Must Release Kanu, Stop Long Term Destruction of South East
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Sunday, said President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration must release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu forthwith, and stop “long term destruction of…
HURIWA Urges United Nations To Visit Nnamdi Kanu In DSS Cell
Prominent Civil rights advocacy group- Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) is worried by the reports and allegations made by the detained leader of the now proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of undergoing torture in…
Judiciary: State Capture And Stockholm Syndrome
By Emmanuel Onwubiko Recently, a beautiful black judge by name Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the powerful American Senate as the first ever Black woman to serve on the illustrious bench of the Supreme Court of the United States…
Since Nnamdi Kanu Believes In Nigeria’s Justice System, Why Persecute Him – HURIWA Asks President Buhari’s Administration
For the umpteenth time, the leading Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to order an end to the serial persecution of the prolonged detained and dehumanised leader of the now…
JUST IN: Nnamdi Kanu Drags FG To Court Over Ban on Igbo Attire, Isi-Agu
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, lodged fresh suit before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, insisting that preventing him from wearing his native Igbo attire, Isi-Agu, for his ongoing trial, would amount…
Secret Trial: IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Gets Relief
It was an atmosphere of relief for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja struck out eight of 15-count charge brought against by the Federal Government…
Secret Trial of IPOB Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Worries HURIWA
Worried by Secret trial of the leader of the now proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by the Nigerian government, the Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has rejected the decision, describing the move as the…
Biafra: IPOB Reacts To Buhari Ordering Nnamdi Kanu’s Release
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reacted to claims that President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. There were reports that Buhari has ordered the release of the IPOB leader from detention. Kanu has…
JUST IN: Court Orders DSS to Pay IPOB Lawyer 5m, Apologise Over Harassment During Visit To Nnamdi Kanu
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to pay 5 million Naira damages to IPOB lawyer, Barrister Maxwell Opara Chibuike, Esq, over harassment and violation his fundamental human rights during his visitation…
JUST IN: No Bail for You, Court Tells Abba Kyari
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has turned down the application for bail by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari who is facing drug related charges. The Street Reporters Newspaper reports that the court, presided over…