Ekaette Obot, chief judge of Akwa Ibom, has sent Inibehe Effiong, human rights lawyer, to prison reportedly over a plea for safety during court proceedings. Effiong alleged in a Twitter thread on…
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Lawyer To Court: Remove ex-military leaders from council of state
An Anambra-based lawyer, Nwafili Okwuosa has called on a federal high court in Awka to remove former military heads of state from the council of state. The council of state,…
Lawyer: N20m APC chairmanship form ridiculous
An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has described as ridiculous the N20m chairmanship nomination form fee charged by the All Progressives Congress. In a statement on Friday, the lawyer…
Lawyer: Why Nnamdi Kanu’s trial should be moved Southeast
Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday, reacted to reports that the Federal High Court, Abuja, was considering shifting the trial venue…
Nnamdi Kanu Cries Out, Says “I m Going Blind”
Mike Ezekhome, Lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, decried the deteriorating health of his client. Ezekhome lamented that Kanu may go blind in…
Sunday Igboho will be released soon – Lawyer reveals
An human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi has hinted Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, will soon be released from detention. Although Olajengbesi, who is Abuja-based lawyer, has since resigned from…
TOUCHING: My Lawyer Conspired With Husband’s Family To Throw Me Out, Widow Laments
49-year-old widow, Mrs Funmilola Ajiyo, has narrated how some family members conspired with her lawyer, Faniyi, to confiscate everything her late husband, Lawrence Ajiyo, who died in a cooking gas accident on…
REWIND: Lawyer seeks Detained Hilton Hotel Founder, Adedoyin Release Amid Health Challenges, COVID-19
Apparently amid the rising cases of COVID-19 Outbreak, the founder of Oduduwa University and the polytechnic, Ile-Ife, Ramon Adedoyin, was arrested on November 15th, by the Osun state Police Command following the…
Lawyer berates military for detaining woman soldier over marriage proposal in public
The Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, Monday Ubani, has berated the Nigerian Army for detaining Private Hannah Sofiah detained for publicly accepting a marriage proposal…
OAU MBA student: Lawyer seeks Adedoyin’s release
One of the lawyers representing the owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Chief Ramon Adedoyin, Mr Uriah Lawal, has described Adedoyin’s continued detention by the police as an abuse of his right and…