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The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, has reassigned the Federal Government’s case against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) back to Justice Binta Nyako. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports

A Federal High Court in Lagos has rejected a lawsuit aimed at contesting the recent increase in electricity tariffs, labeling it an abuse of the judicial process. The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) initiated the suit against the eleven electricity distribution companies

The Rivers State Government has insisted that the Appeal Court judgment on Thursday (today, October 10) in Abuja did not reinstate the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the State House of Assembly by any stretch of the imagination. In a statement signed

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has again warned against any plan by anyone or group to use whatever guise to establish an Internally Displaced Persons Camp (IDP) in the SouthEast, saying the self-determination group will resist such a move. In a statement

More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency has disclosed. The number rises to 650 million, or one in five,

Mrs. Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, wife of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has urged the Labour government of Keir Starmer in the UK to prevail on its Nigerian counterpart to release her husband. Uchechi disclosed that Kanu’s

The Police Command in Enugu State has detained one Dr. Emmanuel Ugwumba, 52, of Ezimo-Agu community in Udenu Local Government Area, over alleged child trafficking and forgery. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel

A bouncer named Kingsley Otti has been arrested by the Lagos State police for allegedly stabbing a man to death at a lounge on Ago Palace Way in Okota on October 7. According to police spokesperson SP Benjamin, the incident occurred