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Protests Belong On Streets, Not In Stadiums, Lawyer Temokun Knocks Wike, Governors Over Court Judgements

5 months ago1218 min

Tope Temokun, a lawyer and human rights activist, has strongly denounced the government’s move to arm security agencies with court orders to suppress peaceful protests. Temokun described this development as a dangerous precedent, emphasising that it is ill-conceived and will not withstand scrutiny. In a statement released on Thursday, Temokun reminded authorities that court orders cannot silence the cries of a hungry and desperate people. He criticised the government’s new policy of seeking court orders...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Police Chief, Egbetokun Requests To Meet Take-It-Back Movement Leaders And Their Lawyer, Adegboruwa Tuesday Over #EndBadGovernance Protest

5 months ago778 min

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has requested to meet representatives of the Take-It-Back Movement and their lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. The meeting is over the planned protest against the economic hardship in the country tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria. The letter dated July 29, 2024 with Ref. No CJ: 2400/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.1/10, obtained by SaharaReporters, was addressed to Adegboruwa and signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the...

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BREAKING: Lawyer Temokun Drags Governor Aiyedatiwa, Others To Court Over Appointment Of Transition Committees For Ondo Local Councils

5 months ago7712 min

Tope Temokun, a lawyer and human rights advocate, has taken Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to court, challenging the legality of appointing and inaugurating Caretaker Committees or Transition Committees to manage local government affairs in the state.  The lawsuit, filed at the Ondo State High Court’s Akure Division, seeks a court order declaring such appointments illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void.  The Attorney General of Ondo State and the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission are also defendants...

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Ondo lawyer knocks police for failing to nab attacker
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Ondo lawyer knocks police for failing to nab attacker

5 months ago1035 min

An Ondo-based legal practitioner, Abayomi Oladire, has accused the state police command of laxity in its duties as its men allegedly failed to arrest a man, Kunle Kuteyi, whom he claimed attacked and stabbed him for helping his wife file a divorce suit. Oladire, who spoke on Sunday, from the hospital where he is currently receiving treatment as a result of the attack, alleged that after the suspect attacked him, he reported the matter at...

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BREAKING: Kaduna Assembly Hires Foremost Human Rights Lawyer Femi Falana To Prosecute Ex-Gov El-Rufai For Mega Corruption

5 months ago817 min

Kaduna House Of Assembly has hired human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) to prosecute the former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai corruption. SaharaReporters learnt that Falana will lead a battery of lawyers to begin unravelling the monumental corruption on Thursday in Kaduna. Earlier in July, the Kaduna State House of Assembly reaffirmed its position on the allegations of financial misconduct levelled against former Governor El-Rufai. According to the Assembly’s findings, El-Rufai’s administration diverted...

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‘Fake Lawyer’ Claim: Inibehe Effiong Takes Legal Action Against Chief Umeofia, Erisco Foods For Defamation

9 months ago996 min

  Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has given Chief Eric Umeofia, the Chief Executive Officer of Erisco Foods Limited 14 days to retract and apologise to him for the alleged defamatory statement against his person.   Effiong in a statement issued on Monday, said that in the pre-action notice his counsel, Femi Falana served Chief Umeofia and his company, he is demanding N100 million in damages with an apology letter which must be published in...

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Ejimakor Raises Alarm Over Secret Recording Of Conversations With Detained IPOB Leader By DSS Agents

9 months ago814 min

Ejimakor cited an example of how the DSS once mistakenly filed in court, a photograph of him and Kanu taken during one of his meetings with the IPOB leader.  Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has raised the alarm over secret recordings of his meetings and conversations with his client by the officials of the Department of State Services (DSS).   Ejimakor...

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