A legal luminary and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has urged the National Assembly to suspend the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution, describing the current document as a “military albatross” that continues to haunt Nigeria. Olanipekun made the call on Monday at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), […]

In her judgment, Magistrate Wali directed the Kano State Hisbah Board to ensure that the marriage is conducted within the stipulated timeframe, warning that failure to do so would amount to contempt of court. A Magistrate Court sitting in Kano has ordered two popular TikTok content creators, Idris Mai Wushirya and Basira Yar Guda, to

Global human rights body, the Amnesty International has condemned the lethal use of force by Nigerian security operatives during peaceful protests across several cities in Abuja, demanding the release of detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The human rights organisation said protesters, lawyers, and journalists were subjected to serious violations, including arbitrary arrests, beatings, confiscation of

A notorious bandits leader, Bello Turji, has reportedly released no fewer than 100 captives in a renewed peace effort aimed at restoring stability and ending years of bloodshed and abductions in Zamfara State and other parts of the North West. The hostages, comprising men, women, and children, were said to have been held for several

The National Coordinator of the Federal Workers Forum, Andrew Emelieze, is set to be charged at the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday (today). In a statement sent to SaharaReporters on Tuesday, it was noted that the charge is to defend himself “against the four count charges brought against him by the Nigerian state through