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Nov

14

2022

Nnamdi Kanu protests FG’s refusal to release him by declining to appear in court.

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The Supreme leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has on Monday, refused to appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja in protest against the Federal Government’s refusal to obey a Court of Appeal judgment that ordered his release from detention. The refusal to honour the High Court was conveyed to Justice Binta Nyako by the Federal Government counsel, Mr Mohammed Abubakar. He informed the court that all entreaties made to persuade him to have a change of heart were rebuffed. Kanu was said to have stood his ground not to appear in court…

Nov

14

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

‘I hear voices in prison asking me to kill somebody’

Lifestyle, MetroCourt, Crime, Lifestyle, Metro

A 41-year-old man, Nurudeen Bakare, standing trial for the murder of his mother, has told a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that he has been hearing voices asking him to kill somebody in prison. Nurudeen, who lived abroad for 12 years, is standing trial before Justice Modupe Nico-Clay. The defendant was 37-year-old when he allegedly killed his mother, Abosede, 65, by stabbing her with a kitchen knife. When the case came up before the court for the commencement of trial on Thursday, the defendant, who was brought from the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, said he was a…

Nov

04

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abuja court fixes Jan 30 for judgment in suit seeking Buhari’s removal from office

News, PoliticsCourt, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday fixed January 30 next year for judgment in a suit seeking to remove President Muhammadu Buhari from office and to also stop the conduct of the 2023 Presidential election. The Judge fixed the judgment date following the adoption of final addresses by President Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the plaintiff, Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru. At Friday’s proceedings, Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru, a Presidential candidate in the 2019 election on the platform of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP),…

Oct

30

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Dr. Ukpai Iro Congratulates Justice Lilian Agbai on her appointment as Acting Chief Judge of Abia State

Abia State, Amos Kalu, News, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Court, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Ukpai Iro Ukpai

The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People's Party for the 2023 general election in Abia, Dr. Ukpai Iro Ukpai, has congratulated Hon Justice Lillian Agbai on her appointment as the acting Chief Judge of Abia State, saying that it is a well-deserved appointment coming to Abians at a time justice system in the land needed the best hands to adjudicate on the constantly evolving issues in our land as the courts remain the last hope of the common man. Recall that the Governor of Abia State had on the 27th day of October 2022, sworn in Hon Justice Lilian…

Oct

24

2022

By Freeman

Three justices that sat on Appeal Court panel punished for freeing Nnamdi Kanu

Metro, News, PoliticsCourt, Freedom, IPOB, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Politics

The three justices of the Appeal Court that sat on the panel that dismissed the 15-count terrorism charge the Federal Government instituted against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have been moved from their various divisions. Recall that the Appeal Court recently held that Kanu’s extradition from Kenya to Nigeria did not follow due process and was a flagrant violation of Nigeria’s extradition treaty and a breach of his fundamental human rights. This was disclosed in a memo dated October 17, which was signed by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem.…