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Boris Johnson Amidst political disturbance due to the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Ukrainians are signing a petition to grant the United Kingdom’s outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson citizenship and make him the Prime Minister of the war-torn country. The petition has garnered over 2,500 signatures hours after it was started. Boris Johnson …

Facts have emerged as to why the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State High Court, Justice Ekaette F. F. Obot sent human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong to one month in prison. SaharaReporters reported earlier that Justice Obot allowed armed policemen wielding AK-47 rifles into the courtroom on Wednesday, June 30, …

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday said it would invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over rising inflation and naira devaluation which have made lives difficult for Nigerians. The senators lamented that the exchange rate of the US dollar to naira had now risen to N700 …

File Photo A police officer attached to the State Intelligence Bureau of the Nigeria Police Force, Nasarawa State command, has allegedly raped and impregnated his 15-year-old niece who resided with him. .This was revealed by the State Chairman of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, Mrs Rabiatu Addra, during a …

The African Action Congress Party (AAC) has condemned in the strongest terms, the arrest and remand of its National Legal Adviser, Inibehe Effiong by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot.Justice Obot committed Barrister Effiong for contempt while representing a client against whom the State Governor, Udom …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that its security network codenamed the Eastern Security Network (ESN) was responsible for the killing of “Fulani cows destroying people’s farmlands” in the South-East region of Nigeria.IPOB while commending the security network in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma …

A civic group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, have both condemned the action of the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot, who sentenced a human right lawyer, Inbehe Effiong, to jail for appearing in …

The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Tuesday granted a request by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Segun Oni, to be allowed to inspect the electoral materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the June 18 …

The case of Nigerian humanist, Mubarak Bala has made it necessary to reflect on the situation of atheism in Nigeria. It is imperative to examine how religious minds have demonized atheism and tyrannized the lives of nonbelievers. Irreligiosity is not a phenomenon that is often linked to the African continent. …

A former Senator who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Assembly, Shehu Sani, on Wednesday stated that the Nigerian government was lying by claiming that there was no money to fund the country’s university system.Sani urged the government to do what is necessary. He made this known as he joined …