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11 Dec
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has ordered an order of interim injunction, restraining the further sale and publication of Lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi's book titled "Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System”. The court granted the order pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for…
9 Dec
The Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has granted lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, bail in the sum of N50 million. The court's decision was announced by Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, via his X handle on Monday. Sowore wrote, “The first hurdle…
6 Dec
Following the arrest and subsequent remand in prison of a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, his colleague, Emmanuel Ihim, has noted that the country is slowly marching into tyranny under the watch of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. Ihim, who issued this warning on Friday in Abuja, regretted that the seduction of unchecked…
4 Dec
A lawyer to Nigerian musician Darlington Okoye, known as Speed Darlington, has demanded that his client be granted bail after spending one week in police detention. Darlington's lawyer, Stan Alieke, made the demand on Wednesday in a post he shared on his official Instagram account, adding that his client is entitled to bail. “Today marks…
3 Nov
A Lagos based lawyer, Vincent Okafor and six others have dragged the Inspector General of Police, the Traditional Ruler of Agunese Mmaku autonomous community in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, HRH Igwe Cyprian Maduabuchi Nevobasi, and 16 others, to court for alleged violation of fundamental human rights and freedom. The plaintiffs who are…
19 Oct
The lawyer for Mozambique's leading opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane, who ran for president in October 9 elections, was gunned down in Maputo on Saturday. The lawyer, Elvino Dias, was killed with another candidate, Paulo Guambe, from the Podemos party backing Mondlane. Two gunmen shot up their car while it was immobile on a road in…
16 Sep
A lawyer, Kingdom Okere, says he will file contempt proceedings against Mrs. Basillia Igbokwe if she takes oath of office as the newly appointed Rector, of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, in Imo. READ ALSO:Rector: Fed Poly Nekede staff call for fresh recruitment process Okere, who is the Executive Director, of Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International, made…
6 Sep
The arraignment of an Ebonyi State lawyer, Sunday Ununu, who fired a pistol, hitting 36-year-old orphan, Nnamdi Nwite, failed for the third time. This failure followed a melodrama at the High Court premises in Abakaliki on Friday, as Ununu disrupted proceedings in Magistrate Court 1, where he was arraigned for alleged murder. Ununu, who is…
2 Sep
Following a Federal High Court order in Abuja to remand several #EndBadGovernance protesters at the Kuje Medium Correctional Centre on charges of treason, one of the protesters' lawyers, Mr Deji Adeyanju, has expressed deep pain and sadness over the charges. Adeyanju, a rights activist, while speaking in a Vanguard report said the remand was particularly…
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An Indian court on Saturday found a 33-year-old man guilty for the rape and murder of a doctor, a crime that sparked nationwide protests and hospital strikes last year. The discovery of the victim's bloodied body at a government hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata last August once again highlighted the chronic issue of…
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Commercial activities at Punch Road and adjoining streets in Amarata, a suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, temporarily came to a halt on Friday night and early Saturday morning as cult boys on a revenge mission over the killing of a young man took the street in an apparent revenge mission. The victim simply…
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Two judges were killed in a shooting attack on Saturday at the Supreme Court building in Tehran, state media reported. "This morning, a gunman infiltrated the Supreme Court in a planned act of assassination of two brave and experienced judges. The two judges were martyred in the act," the judiciary's Mizan Online website reported. Mizan…
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A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital killed three people on Saturday, Ukrainian leaders said, in branding it a "heinous" attack, while Moscow called it "retaliation" for bombardments on its territory. Russia frequently targets Kyiv with aerial attacks, but deadly strikes there are rare, as the capital is heavily protected by air defences and…
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A Kano Polytechnic teacher, Aliyu Hamza Abdullahi, is presently recuperating from a deep cut allegedly inflicted by a female candidate who failed to be admitted to the polytechnic. The teacher, who doubles an examination office, was said to have been attacked by the admission seeker alongside her boyfriend at the polytechnic on Tuesday, January 14th,…
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The Lagos State Government has shut down Smiley Kids Montessori, Heritage Place Estate, Sangotedo, after a swimming pool accident led to the death of a two-year-old female, Rapheala Ogbodo, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The girl's mother had taken to X to allege that her daughter was electrocuted contrary to the report she got of…
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The Founder, Eeze Conceptz Limited, Mr Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, has told the popular gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo, that her allegations against him were untrue and baseless. Onyedikachukwu’s lawyer, Mr Maxwell Opara, stated this in a statement he signed and made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. Opara said Chinwo allegedly reneged…
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov has told investigating magistrates in France, where he is charged with multiple infractions linked to enabling organised crime, that he "realised the seriousness of all the allegations", according to a source close to the case. Extracts from Durov's questioning in December through an interpreter after his August arrest, seen by AFP,…
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Former Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has been out of a club coaching job for more than three years, has been appointed coach of Besiktas, the Turkish side announced on Saturday. The 51-year-old Norwegian, who was axed by United in November 2021, takes over from Dutch coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst who was sacked…