ECOWAS Court
5 Mar
Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed a petition by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) to compel the Nigerian government to pay N10 million reparation each to families of 11 deceased journalists.
29 Feb
The Economic Community of West African States’ Court of Justice, yesterday, ordered the Nigerian government to pay one Abiodun Ilesanmi N2 million for violating his rights to a timely and fair trial.
14 Dec
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Court) has declined jurisdiction in a suit filed by a Nigerian seeking an order for his transfer from the United States where he is serving a 12-year sentence for wire fraud, to complete his sentence in Nigeria. The applicant asked the ECOWAS…
28 Jun 2023
The ECOWAS court and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (The Court) have agreed on new initiatives for improving the execution of their respective mandates under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two courts in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania.
2 Apr 2023
It is still fitting as I promised last week “to continue with the remarkable legacy of Musa Baba-Panya even as we plead with the outgoing President Buhari to nominate an Abuja indigene to fill one of the two vacancies in his cabinet.