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A Magistrate’s Court in Kuje, Abuja, on Friday granted bail to publisher and activist Omoyele Sowore; Aloy Ejimakor, a member of the legal team representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu; the…
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The Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has remanded Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the brother of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who has been held in custody for about five years by the federal…
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Kano branch, has condemned what it described as repeated incidents of harassment and unlawful arrest of lawyers by police officers in the state. In a statement signed on Tuesday by its chairman, Usman…
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Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, says his lawyer misrepresented him in statements made to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mamman faces a 12-count charge over alleged money laundering related to the Zungeru…
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A Nigerian-born lawyer and politician, Owolabi Salis, has made history as the first Nigerian to travel to space. Salis was among six passengers aboard Blue Origin’s NS-33 mission, which lifted off from West Texas on June 29, 2025. …
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A human rights lawyer with Kano-based legal firm, A.A. Hikima & Co., has formally petitioned the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over what it describes as a discriminatory and selective approach to the resit of the 2025…
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A legal practitioner and Program Manager, Centre for Awareness on Justice and Accountability (CAJA), Maryam Ahmad Abubakar, has raised serious concerns over the growing incidents of sexual harassment in Nigerian tertiary institutions,…
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The Court of Appeal Abuja has slammed a N1 million fine on David Atita, a counsel to Liberation Movement, one of the political parties deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2020, for what it termed a waste…
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An Abuja-based Lawyer, Mr Bala Dakum, on Thursday, narrated how his 85-year-old father, Deh Idi Dakum, was kidnapped and later murdered after ransom was paid. Dakum, while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said he is…
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By Muhammad Muhammad Kano state government has accused Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal high court, of bias in the local government election matter brought before him. The All Progressives Congress (APC), and others had moved an…
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