November 2021

The ECOWAS Court has decried the shun of a key protocol by member states as well as the low rate of compliance with judgments.

Out of 17 countries in the region, only Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria and Togo have appointed national authorities entrusted with the responsibility of enforcing judgments.

Elohor Ovadje, an Information Officer, made this known in a statement on Monday after the just-concluded 9-day external session in Abidjan, capital of Cote d’Ivoire.

The court called it one of the most productive sessions in its 20-year history. A total of 11 judgments were delivered, 38 cases heard, …

A Federal High Court, Abuja, will today entertain the suit filed by the leadership of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) asking for a referendum for Biafra agitators.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that in June, the coalition had sued the National Assembly praying the court to force the defendants to suspend the ongoing constitutional review exercise.

Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the spokesman of the CNG, explained that a judge had been assigned to hear the suit.

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The leaders of the group and the suit filed by the plaintiffs, …

Students of the Tai Solarin College of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, arrested by men of the Nigerian Army from Ilese Barracks last week, have reportedly been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the crisis began on Thursday when the military men accosted the students in their cars around Conoil filling station along the Lagos-Benin highway; they were arrested and detained for days.

According to reports, efforts by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Wole Banjo, to get the students released were unsuccessful, even as he claimed he did …