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  • July 23, 2021

Breaking! Court Orders DSS To Produce Detained Igboho’s Aides

Hamilton Nwosa
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Release Igboho To Continue His Journey -- Soyinka Tells Benin

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NBA Must Guard Against Partisan Slippage

By Johnson Babalola The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has always been more than a professional guild of lawyers. It has played a historic role in defending the rule of law and challenging abuses of power. That tradition rightly gives it a voice in governance and national policy debates. But there is a fine line between…

August 31, 2025 • Opinion

Just In! APC Dominates Rivers LG Polls, Secures 20 Seats While PDP Claims Three

By Abiola Olawale The All Progressives Congress (APC) has swept the recent Rivers State Local Government elections, clinching 20 out of 23 chairmanship positions. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), long a dominant force in Rivers politics, only secured three chairmanship positions in Saturday's Rivers State Local Government polls. The results were announced by the Rivers…

August 31, 2025 • Politics

SERAP Slams FG, Says Passport Fee Hike is Illegal

• Urges Tinubu to Reverse Decision By Abiola Olawale The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the Federal Government’s recent decision to increase Nigerian passport fees. This is as the organisation labelled the move as “arbitrary, unlawful, and discriminatory.” The New Diplomat reports that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recently announced that, starting…

August 31, 2025 • Nigeria

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to produce the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, before it on July 29.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order after Counsel to the applicants, Pelumi Olajengbesi, moved the ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/647/2021 dated July 7 and filed July 8.

Egwuatu also ordered the Nigeria’s secret police to come and show course why the applicants should not be granted bail.

The judge also granted the plea of the applicant, through the affidavit of urgency filed, on why the matter should be heard expeditiously irrespective of the imminent court vacation.

More details soon…

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