Human Rights Activist,Comrade Osita Obi and the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Paulinus Ezeokafor. By Titus Eleweke An Anambra-based human rights activist, Comrade Osita Obi, has dragged the Catholic Diocese of Awka and Rev. Fr. Chudy Aguinam before Magistrate Court 4, sitting in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State,…
By Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Anambra State Branch, has re-elected Comrade Henry Ifeanyichukwu Ezeoke as its Chairman for a second term. Ezeoke was returned unopposed on Saturday, alongside 10 other executive members at a peaceful election held at the Judiciary Headquarters, Awka Anambra State. The election was conducted under…
Anambra State-born human rights lawyer and lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said that a fresh question of professional accountability has emerged within Nigeria’s legal community following a petition by SPI-LAW to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) over alleged professional misconduct involving the former Attorney-General of the…
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has voided four provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 relating to party membership registers and candidate nomination. The appellate court ruled that the four provisions are inconsistent with the 1999 Constitution. The affected provisions are Sections 77(5), 77(6), 77(7) and 84(2), which the court held to be unconstitutional…
Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor Renowned Nigerian human rights lawyer and lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has challenged the newly elected NBA President, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, to move beyond the euphoria of her historic emergence and confront the deep-seated problems confronting the Nigerian legal profession. Ejiofor said the new…
