The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has weighed in on the raging power tussle in Rivers State and asked the warring parties to think about the poor in the state. In a long tweet on today on the crisis, Obi noted that the situation in Rivers is an example of...
More human rights groups have criticized the judgment of the Supreme Court upholding the death sentence on Adamawa farmer Sunday Jackson, describing it as a miscarriage of justice. Ngozi Molokwu, Chief Executive Officer of Injustice Is Real, condemned the judgment, arguing that the prosecution failed to prove the murder charge beyond reasonable doubt. Centre for...
By David Iyowuna Eresia-eke Ibe The impeachment notice served on Governor Siminalayi Fubara by the Martins Amaehule-led Assembly is a political script with no legal foundation. It is filled with vague accusations, legal misinterpretations, and an outright disregard for constitutional principles. Baseless Allegations Without Substance The lawmakers claim the governor engaged in “reckless and unconstitutional...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) under the aegis of NBA Chairmen in Rivers State has warned against harassment and intimidation of the state Judiciary. This is coming against the backdrop of the resolution by the Rivers State House of Assembly directing the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate the Rivers State Chief Judge for...
NEWS RELEASE The Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture 2025, reputed to be the largest single gathering of Lawyers in North East Nigeria and accredited by the Nigerian Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NBA- ICLE), is set to honour Honourable Justice P. A. Galumje, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (rtd) with the Distinguished...
The trial of Wawe Eseoghene Nelson, a.k.a “James Andrew Shmit” and “Philip Bradley” before Justice Aliyu Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja commenced on Thursday, March 14, 2025 with the presentation of the First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Kathleen Sharp by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Nelson, arraigned on February 11, 2025 is facing prosecution by the EFCC on 11 count-charges bordering on advance fee...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) says the agency is ready to work in line with its mandate to recover the accumulated debts of over N455 billion allegedly owed by Arik Air Limited (in receivership), and other sister companies belonging to Sir Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide, the promoter of Arik.
HOMELAND INITIATIVES AND COMBATING INSECURITY IN ANAMBRA STATE – SOLUDO DESERVES COLLECTIVE SUPPORT, NOT VILIFICATION Lagos-based fiery Human Rights Lawyer and Advocate, Mr. Joe Nwokedi, has commended Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, on his “well-deserved” award by SUN NEWSPAPERS.
The political control of the resources of the territory known as Rivers State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta has been a site of curious jurisprudence since the Acting Consul of the Oil Rivers Protectorate, Harry Johnston, procured the judicial liquidation of King Jaja of Opobo in December 1887 in Accra, present capital of Ghana. The charge...
The trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman Mohammed, continued last Wednesday when the 14th Prosecution Witness, one Mohammed Ashelk Jidda told the Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice James Omotosho that Mamman paid him a dollar equivalent of N200 million in cash for the purchase of a five-bedroom property in Wuse, Abuja.