…Calls for pressure on Tinubu By Steve Oko American Military Veterans of Igbo Descent, AVID, has urged South East Governors to get serious with efforts to secure the release of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, assuring them that contrary to their fears, Kanu’s release would not jeopardize their vice presidential ambition in 2027. AVID in an open letter signed by its President, Dr Sylvester Onyia; and Secretary, Dr Godson Obiagwu, said urged South East leaders to quickly engage President Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
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Legal Profession Destroying Itself”: J.S. Okutepa SAN Blasts Police For Handcuffing Farotimi Despite Noble Standing
Renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), J.S. Okutepa, has strongly criticized the treatment of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, who appeared in court handcuffed for alleged cyberstalking and criminal defamation charges. Okutepa described the act as a “shameful disgrace” to the nobility of the legal profession and a severe abuse of the criminal process. In a statement, Okutepa expressed dismay over the celebration of Farotimi’s handcuffing as a supposed triumph of justice. He argued that such actions only highlight the degeneration and lack of integrity within Nigeria’s legal profession. “No…
Read MoreMan who got $4m payout after he was ‘wrongly’ jailed of murder to be sent back to jail after admitting another killing
A Philadelphia man who received a $4.1million settlement from city officials after he served 24 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit is sent back to jail. Shaurn Thomas, now 50, pleaded guilty in court on Thursday to killing 38-year-old Akeem Edwards on January 3, 2023, over a $1,200 drug debt, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The judge at the plea hearing appeared shocked that a man who received millions in settlement money after spending nearly half his life in prison would risk being sent back over a…
Read MoreWHAT OBJ TOLD TINUBU: YOU’RE CONVERTING NIGERIA’S ASSETS TO PERSONAL PROPERTY!
…Nigeria’s not Lagos … By Steve Osuji Voice of a statesman is also the voice of God: Yes, it’s not just the voice of the people that’s the voice of God, as that age-old aphorism suggests. And there’s no doubt that former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is the last true statesman standing today. Of course, the hallmark of statesmanship is the audacity to say things others only murmur about. Expectedly, Obasanjo didn’t disappoint recently when he called out President Bola Tinubu leaving sweltering words on his back. Tinubu’s canines like…
Read MorePastor, Wife Jailed For 16 Years As Court Ordered Church To Be Closed Down
A Lagos Court has ordered the deregistration and total closure of Temple International Church and jailed the senior Pastor, Harry Uyanwanne and his wife, Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa (a.k.a Kristein Uyanwanne), for using the name of God and the church to defraud people. P.M.EXPRESS reports that it was the judgment of the Lagos State High sitting in Ikeja, on Wednesday, which convicted and sentenced the couple alongside Temple International Church for selling a N52m property belonging to a dead woman, late Mrs. Janet Adeola Odemuyiwa and converting it to their own use.…
Read MoreCourt Sends Yahaya Bello To Kuje Prison
The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, remanded the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending hearing of his bail application. Justice Maryann Anenih also adjourned hearing in the N110 billion money laundering case brought against Bello by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to January 29 and 30 and February 25 and 27, 2027, for hearing. The judge had earlier refused to grant a bail application filed by the former governor, saying it was filed prematurely. Justice Anenih, while delivering the…
Read MorePeter Obi: I’m Not An Obidient Anymore He Disappointed – Donu Kogbara
In an interview with Arise News From 4:30, Donu Kogbara expressed her disenchantment with the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, whom she once supported. She admitted to no longer aligning with the “Obidient” movement, citing Obi’s lack of visible political aggression and a failure to act as a formidable opposition voice. For Kogbara, this shortfall is particularly disappointing given the mounting challenges in Nigeria, including inflation, hunger, and economic instability, which she feels deserve strong and relentless criticism from opposition figures like Obi. Kogbara acknowledged one positive aspect of President Bola…
Read MoreFarotimi: You Have Committed An Unspeakable And Despicable Injustice – Sowore Knocks Peter Obi For ‘Begging’ Afe Babalola
Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has berated the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for reportedly trying to appease a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Afe Babalola, on behalf of Lagos-based lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Naijaonpoint reports that Farotimi is currently on trial for allegedly defaming Babalola in his book titled ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’. Farotimi, who was arraigned before the court last week, was remanded at a correctional facility until this Monday when he was granted a ₦50m bail by the same court. Obi, had on…
Read MoreConduct Elections Like Ghana Without Telling Losers To Go To Court,” PDP, CAN, ACF Tell INEC Chair
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the former Secretary General of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani have taken the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmoud to task over his comment on the election in Ghana. Without mincing words, they told him to replicate in Nigeria what he observed in Ghana presidential election without asking losers to “go to court.” While reacting to the outcome of the polls, Yakubu had said Ghana learnt the management of election results from Nigeria,…
Read MoreNUJ Secretariat Not For Sale – Imo Journalists
…As court vacates detention orders, free NUJ 4 Occupants from Prison, 12 Days After At last freedom has come the way of the four occupants at the Imo NUJ Press Centre ,PH Road who were wrongly detailed following an order of a Magistrate,Tochi Agumanu. It was quite a relief for Imo Journalists ,as same magistrate reversed herself and vacated the order detaining the NUJ 4 who were unlawfully detained at the state correctional centre. The court that earlier gave the order for their detention vacated the order yesterday which led…
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