The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has dragged the federal government to court. Kanu sued FG for N50 billion over alleged human rights violation. Kanu filed the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/462/2022 on Thursday through his counsel, Mike Ozekhome.Defendants in the suit are the federal government and the Minister of Justice and…
Femi Falana (SAN), a human rights lawyer, has alleged that some officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) allow criminals to escape court verdicts by getting young men who will serve jail terms for criminals. Speaking on Thursday at a media session titled, “Forget the past, forfeit the future: A nation seceding from humanity”, Falana…
8 of the 15 counts charges brought against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has been struck out. The eight charges were struck out by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday. The 15 charges which bordered on terrorism were filed against Kanu by the Federal Government. Justice Binta…
Some gunmen who are still unknown have shot dead over 20 cows and several goats at the Nkwo Igboukwu market in the Aguata local government area of Anambra State, according to SaharaReporters. Some residents who were thrown into a state of confusion following the incident, gathered around the dead livestock, deliberating what could have happened….
Prof Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Nobel laureate, has said Nigeria is gradually seceding from humanity. Soyinka spoke in Lagos State on Thursday at a media session titled, “Forget the past, forfeit the future: A nation seceding from humanity.” According to him, the widespread cases of injustices in Nigeria and the disposition of the leaders as…
Sen Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment has said that most Nigerian youths lack functional skills which is why they are unemployed. Ngige said this while declaring open a one-day trade Job, Career and Employability Fair, on Thursday in Abuja, NAN reports. The fair was organised by the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA)…
The United States Senate on Thursday, April 7, confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Supreme Court justice. When sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve…
Prof Wole Soyinka, the famous Nobel laureate, on Thursday, expressed willingness to be involved in legal proceedings to unravel the killers of a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige. Soyinka on Saturday in a statement said the resumption of an investigation into Ige’s murder was already hamstrung and…
As many as 20 cows have died mysteriously in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, Daily Post reports. It was gathered that the mysterious death of the cows could be traced to alleged poisoning. Following the incident, the Kogi State Government has warned the people of the state to stay away from the consumption of beef…
It has been revealed that the Redeemed Christian Church of God took disciplinary measures against Pastor Leke Adeboye. Leke is the son of the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. Recall that some days ago, he made a disturbing comment about pastors of the church, labeling them goats. It has now been revealed…