Category: Legal
Confusion in Ebonyi as court voids PDP primaries
07 Dec 2022
A federal High Court sitting in Abuja has voided the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, just a few months before the general election. Recall that the Party, PDP, in its first primary election conducted in May 28th and 29th 2022, elected Mr. Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii as its gubernatorial candidate […]
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HURIWA demands the arrest of former NIRSAL MD over alleged N5.6bn fraud
05 Dec 2022
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, demanded the arrest of Aliyu Abdulhameed, the allegedly fired Managing Director of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, on Monday over an alleged N5.6 billion wheat fraud. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, issued a statement condemning President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of the […]
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Rights Lawyer sues FG, AGF, INEC, PDP, Atiku for 200M each
05 Dec 2022
A human rights lawyer based in Onitsha, Anambra state, Dr. Jezie Ekejiuba has dragged the federal government to court seeking the disqualification of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP from contesting the 2023 Presidential election. Joined in the suit No. FHC/AWK/CS/198/2022 filed at the Federal High Court Registry, Awka […]
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A lawyer drags the Army to court and demands N60 million for alleged illegal arrest and detention of clients
04 Dec 2022
Choice Umode, a Warri-based lawyer, has dragged the Nigerian Army and the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Army’s 90 Amphibious Battalion, Maj. Ajongbo, before a Delta State High Court in Effurun in the Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, with a demand for twenty million naira (N20,000,000.00) each for three people who were allegedly […]
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Egbewole, Ogunwumiju, and others call on Nigerians to unite and practice religious tolerance
03 Dec 2022
Speakers at the recently concluded two-day law and religion conference urged Nigerians to recognize the importance of the country’s ethnic and religious diversity and to tolerate one another. The event, which was held at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, was organized by WARCLARS and the International Centre for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS) in […]
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