Opposition to the planned 50 per cent telecommunication tariffs hike has thickened with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, informing its affiliate unions and state councils to ensure total mobilization of workers and allies ahead of the February 4, nationwide Read more…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has slammed a N20 billion libel suit against the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP, Olumuyiwa Adejobi over alleged libelous and defamatory publications against him. The IPOB leader, in Read more…
Nigerians are mounting a resolute challenge to the contentious 50 per cent increase in call and data tariffs, with telecom subscribers and advocacy groups escalating the matter to the courts following unsuccessful attempts to engage the Nigerian Communications Commission. The Read more…
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere and ex-Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday, commended legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), for agreeing to withdraw the defamation cases instituted against human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Afenifere Read more…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said that he is not expecting any favourable judgment from any courts in Abuja in continuation of his trial. According to a statement by Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel, Read more…
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order. The 14th Read more…
The Court of Appeal, Akure division, Ondo State, has upheld the death sentence of Rahmon Adedoyin for his involvement in the killing of Timothy Adegoke, a former Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State. According to the court, Adedoyin Read more…
Courts in Mgbidi, Oguta and Omumma areas of Imo State, on Thursday shut down operations following the killing of a popular lawyer in the State, Chinedu Nwowu. The lawyer, as gathered by our correspondent was said to have been double Read more…
Mpu community in the Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State erupted in jubilation, on Wednesday, over the return of Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, from a United Kingdom prison. Our correspondent gathered Read more…
The Supreme Court has scheduled February 10, 2025, to hear two separate suits filed by the All Progressives Congress, challenging the validity of the local government elections conducted in Rivers State in 2024. The apex court also scheduled the same Read more…
Lawyers to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have tackled the federal government over his continuous detention. In a press statement, “Mazi Nnamdi Kanu And The Emasculation Of Justice”, dated January 16, 2025, and Read more…
The legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has raised an alarm over the non-resumption of the trial of the Biafra agitator.The lawyers accused the Federal Government and the judiciary of deliberately delaying the Read more…