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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Chief Joe Agi has thrown his weight behind those calling for the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal proceedings to be televised live. It would be recalled that several Nigerians including the president of the Nigerian…

Nnamdi Kanu’s Senior Counsel, Mike Ozekhome has told the Supreme Court that he is scared that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) might die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Ozekhome, during the hearing on Thursday,…

Femi Falana (SAN), a constitutional lawyer, has said that only technology can resolve or conclude election petition issues in 14 or 21 days. “Now I am saying that if you conduct an election in February, if you embrace technology and make it work,…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has written to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali Baba, over the murder of a final year student of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State. The victim – Okoli Ahize Chizoputam – was said to…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Paul Ananaba, has called for an urgent review of electoral laws to further define the roles of electoral officers appointed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The actions of the embattled Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has described the self-determination struggle of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra led by Nnamdi Kanu as legally guaranteed in the country’s laws. Ozekhome, who disclosed this in a keynote address at the Handshake…