A senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says votes cast in any election in the country belong to the political parties, not candidates. On March 8, Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge at a federal high court in Abuja, sacked David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, and Eric Igwe, his...
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Family of the late Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), on Wednesday, decried the legal advice reportedly issued by the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), Lagos, over the death of their son. Mr Sylvester Oromoni, father of Oromoni Junior, in a statement made available to newsmen in Asaba, called on President Muhammadu...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the Convener, #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, the sum of N2 million over unlawful seizure of his mobile phone in 2019 at the point of his arrest. Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, also ordered...
Three students of the Dowen College, Lekki Lagos are currently assisting the police in their investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni junior, a 12-year-old student of the college. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu who disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday, said three of the five...
The family of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), the late 12-year-old Dowen College student, has hired the firm of a foremost human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, to prosecute its case against the institution over the death of their son. According to the letter, written by Falana to the office...
The President of the community court of Justice, ECOWAS, Edward Amoako Asante, has called for an upward review of the number of justices for the court, to enable it meet up its responsibilities. Giving an account of how the court had fared in the last 20 years, at a...