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A lawyer, Ogbachalu Goshen, on Thursday appeared at the Okpoko Magistrate Court in the Ogbaru Local Government Area, near Onitsha, Anambra State, dressed like a priest. However, the proceedings were disrupted as the magistrate, CB Mbaegbu, objected to his dressing, adding that he could not appear in such regalia as a defence counsel, The Punch reports. Goshen, in return, disagreed with the magistrate, citing the recent Supreme Court judgement that gave female students the backing to wear hijab in public schools as a precedent. He also insisted that it was his right, adding that the objection by the Magistrate was…

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has called for the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Ortom made the call on Wednesday in an interview with Arise TV monitored by THE WHISPERER. Ortom asserted that there was no need  detaining the "freedom fighter" because the federal government was unable to address the security challenges facing the nation. He said, “I am calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. Why are you incarcerating a freedom fighter, and leave the Fulani men? Look at the Kaduna-Abuja train attack, up till today, our people are still being…

The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, has questioned why a south-easterner can't be Nigeria's president. He said this as the nation prepares to elect political office holders in the 2023 election and intrigues still surrounds the zone who should produce the nation’s next president. In a video posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Eneche said, “What is wrong if it is narrowed down for example to south-east? A people who have felt marginalised and oppressed for a long time. Who said that an easterner cannot be a president of Nigeria? What did they do?…

The Nigerian High Commission has engaged the services of lawyers in the UK to defend former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu when he appears in court next month. Senate President Ahmed Lawan disclosed this after a closed-door session of the chamber on Wednesday. “I had a personal engagement with our Nigerian High Commissioner to Britain, Alhaji Isola Sarafa, who has done so well to establish contact with our colleague, who has been able to get his team to be in the court at Uxbridge where Ekweremadu was taken to,” Lawan said in a statement issued after the closed-door session. “The…

Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo has convicted and sentenced a notorious international fraudster, Scales Olatunji, to 235years imprisonment for internet fraud and money laundering. Olatunji was arraigned on July 2, 2019 on 45-count charges bordering on identity theft, money laundering and conspiracy. He pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, thus setting the stage for his trial.  

PRESS RELEASE June 29, 2022 RULAAC Commends the Doggedness of Samuel Ihensekhien Jnr esq, ONE LOVE FOUNDATION,CSO, RULAAC, and Other Human Rights Lawyers and Activists in fighting to Secure Justice for Gloria Okorie : Urges the Nigeria Police to comply with Court Orders RULAAC welcomes the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja awarding N60 million in punitive and general damages to Glory Okolie against the Nigeria Police for the gross violation of her fundamental human rights. The court presided over by Justice Y. Haliyu on Thursday June 23, 2022 granted every relief sought in Okolie’s case Recall that…

Some aggrieved Senators serving on the platform of the All Progressives Congress met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday. The Senators, numbering about 22, had pledged to defect from the party over the outcome of primaries in their state ahead of the 2023 general elections. Leader of the delegation, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, said the lawmakers felt disenfranchised by the process. Speaking at the meeting, President Buhari urged the Senators to exercise restraint in their decision to defect from the party. Several APC lawmakers have defected recently. President Buhari said the defections were a threat to the APC’s…