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BREAKING: Judge Rules Federal High Court Lacks Power Over Criminal Defamation In Nigerian Police Case Against Social Media Influencer, Ijele

5 months ago947 min

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that the court lacks the power to try the offence of criminal defamation. The court stated this while dismissing two of the three counts of cybercrime charges brought against social media blogger, Mr. Chizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, popularly known as Ijele. SaharaReporters earlier on Friday reported that a Federal High Court in Lagos had struck out two of the three counts of cybercrime charges brought against the...

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Over 20 Abducted Students Of Nigeria’s Federal University Gusau, Corps Members Regain Freedom In Zamfara After Over 200 Days In Terrorists’ Den

8 months ago1064 min

Some of the parents, who spoke on condition of anonymity, had earlier disclosed that several attempts they made to secure the release of their children failed. A group of terrorists who abducted several students of the Federal University, Gusau in Zamfara State, who were abducted on September 22, 2023, finally released those remaining in captivity on Sunday. A cousin of one of the female students confirmed this to SaharaReporters on Monday morning, adding that...

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How Absence Of Governing Councils In Nigerian Federal Universities Turned Vice-Chancellors To Semi-gods, Enhanced Corruption – Report

9 months ago1057 min

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has condemned the absence of duly and lawfully constituted Governing Councils in the Nigerian government (federal) universities, polytechnics, monotechnics, Colleges of Education and other degree awarding institutions. The civic organisation said this in a report on Friday titled: “Absence of governing councils in federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education: vice chancellors, rectors and provosts now demigods and...