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Judge of the federal high court in Abuja, Ahmed Mohammed, has recused himself from the case of Omoyele Sowore, pro-democracy activist. The judge made this decision at the hearing of Sowore’s application for the enforcement of his rights on Monday. Seeking the opinion of counsels in the matter, the judge …

A federal high court in Lagos has dismissed the bail application filed by Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state. Kalu, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison on December 5, 2019, for money laundering, had returned to court seeking bail on grounds of ill health. In his …

Abuja high Court sitting in Maitama, has granted leave to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to detain Mohammed Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation, for 14 days. Othman Musa, the judge, on Friday granted the ex-parte application filed by Fatima Musa, counsel to the EFCC. On November 11, …

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has opposed a post-conviction bail application filed by a convicted former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, before Justice Muhammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos saying that the right to bail is not available to a convict who the presumption of …

Delta Government has announced that the Federal Judiciary has approved the establishment of a Court of Appeal in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, announced this on Tuesday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state’s Executive Council meeting in Asaba. He said that the state government …

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that Omoyele Sowore, his counsel, Femi Falana refused to listen to calls against electing Muhammadu Buhari as president in 2015. The former minister said that the “tiger” Sowore and others “rode has now turned on them.” Fani-Kayode was responding to the re-arrest of …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has described the rearrest of the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, as an exhibition of passion for lawlessness, and total disrespect for democracy. The umbrella body of lawyers who have also called for the suspension of the Director General of the Department of State Services, …

The Department of State Sevice, DSS, has freed convener of Revolution Now, Omoyele Sowore, December 5, 2019 in Abuja. In a tweet by Sahara Reporters, Sowore and journalist Olawale Bakare have been released from detention. This development comes after a court issued a 24-hour ultimatum for the release of Sowore …

Former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, was seen asking prison warders, “where are you taking us to?” After his sentencing. Kalu, who is the Senate Chief Whip also begged the prison warders not to handcuff him in public. The former …

A military court in Suriname sentenced President Desi Bouterse to 20 years in prison Friday over the executions of political opponents when he was the South American country’s dictator in the 1980s. Bouterse, 74, is on a state visit to China and will appeal the judgement when he returns next …