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In Historic Ruling, US Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion

In Historic Ruling, US Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion

June 25, 2022 5:10 am

In a landmark decision that overturns 50 years of constitutional protections on one of the most contentious and fiercely contested topics in American politics, the US Supreme Court on Friday abolished the right to an abortion.

The conservative-dominated court declared that individual states can now legalise or restrict the procedure on their own, overturning the historic ‘Roe v. Wade’ ruling from 1973 that established a woman’s right to an abortion.

‘The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,’ …

600 Palestinians Held By Israel Without Charge – Rights Group

May 3, 2022 2:34 am

An Israeli rights group have alleged that Israel is holding no fewer than 600 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, which is the highest number since 2016.

HaMoked which is an Israeli based rights group that regularly gathers figures from prison authorities, on Monday disclosed that as of May there were 604 detainees held in administrative detention. Nearly all are Palestinians, as administrative detention is very rarely used against Jews.

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So-called administrative detainees are arrested on ‘secret evidence’, unaware of the accusations against them, and are not allowed to defend themselves in court. They are usually held …

Supreme Court Has Nullified APC Congresses Under Buni – PDP

Supreme Court Has Nullified APC Congresses Under Buni – PDP

August 2, 2021 4:47 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  have asserted that the ward congresses conducted by the ‘incapacitated’ All Progressives Congress amounts to a nullity, given the judgment of the Supreme Court on the Ondo State governorship election, which invalidates the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the ruling party.

The PDP made this assertion in a statement titled ‘APC Ward Congress A Nullity – PDP…Blames Buni, Others Over Fracas, Death’ which was issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, on Sunday.

Read Also: Give PDP Another Chance In 2023 – Atiku Begs Nigerians

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Supreme Court Rules In Suit Against Diri As Bayelsa Gov

Supreme Court Rules In Suit Against Diri As Bayelsa Gov

November 18, 2020 8:00 am

Douye Diri has been affirmed as the duly elected Governor of Bayelsa State, by a seven-man panel of the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, dismissed the six appeals filed against Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo.

Justice Ngwuta, in his judgement, predicated the dismissal of the appeals on the withdrawal of the six appeals by lawyers of the appellants.

Read Also: Gov Diri Swears In 5 New Commissioners, 25 Special Advisers

The appeals dismissed were filed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), Accord Party (AP) …

Amaechi Plotting To Hijack #EndSARS Protest In Rivers - Wike

Wike And Amaechi Exchange Words At The Burial Of Karibi-Whyte

September 28, 2020 10:00 am

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday engaged in a verbal fight at the burial of a former Justice of the Supreme Court, Adolphus Karibi -Whyte, in the Abonnema, Akuku – Toru Local Government Area of the state.

Amaechi, who is the Minister of Transportation, while speaking at the funeral service, lamented what he terms the rising insecurity and political intimidation in the state, saying the state was back to the time of Ateke Tom, a former militant leader, who is now the traditional head of Okochiri town in Okrika LGA of the …

Nnamdi Kanu Reacts To Orji Uzor Kalu's Acquittal

Nnamdi Kanu Reacts To Orji Uzor Kalu’s Acquittal

May 9, 2020 2:21 pm

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the victory of former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu at the Supreme Court.

 

Nnamdi Kanu  thanked God for the court ruling which went in favour of the Senator representing Abia North at the National Assembly and warned President Muhammadu Buhari against jailing Christians and Southerners.

He urged the current administration to release other victims of the alleged lopsided prosecution until all stolen money by the alleged cabal at the presidency is accounted for, starting from the nearly 14Billion Aso Rock Clinic looted from

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Orji Kalu’s Hinsmen Hail Supreme Court’s Judgment

Orji Kalu’s Kinsmen Hail Supreme Court’s Judgment

May 9, 2020 7:50 am

Dr. Orji Kalu’s kinsmen on Friday hailed the verdict of the Supreme Court, which nullified the conviction of the former governor of Abia, who was handed down a 12-year jail term for corruption.

In separate interviews, they described the judgment as apt and well served.

Elder Uwakwe Okoronkwo, President-General, Igbere Welfare Union, expressed delight over Kalu’s release from prison and pointed out that the judiciary remained the last hope of every Nigerian.

“Thank God the Supreme Court did not compromise but has shown that it is the last hope of the common man.

Read Also: What Happened To Kalu

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Breaking - Supreme Court Nullifies Orji Kalu’s Trial

Breaking: Supreme Court Nullifies Orji Kalu’s Trial

May 8, 2020 3:46 pm
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has nullified the trial of Dr. Orji Kalu, former Abia State Governor, who was convicted and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment over ₦7.1bn fraud and ordered a fresh trial.

In an unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, on Friday, the apex court nullified the entire trial, on the grounds that the constitution did not permit a judge elevated to a higher court to return to a lower court to conclude a part-heard case.

Read Also: How Kalu, Adoke Spent Yuletide In Detention

Justice Mohammed Idris, who had been elevated to the Court …

Facebook Reveals Members Of Its Supreme Court For Content

Facebook Reveals Members Of Its Supreme Court For Content

May 6, 2020 5:15 pm

Facebook on Wednesday announced the first members of its independent “supreme court” empowered to make binding decisions about what content should be allowed or removed at the social network and Instagram.

The oversight board is to make final decisions regarding the kinds of posts known to embroil Facebook in controversy about censorship, misinformation or free speech.

Facebook public policy director Brent Harris described creation of the board as the “beginning of a fundamental change in the way some of the most difficult content decisions on Facebook will be made.”

The 20 announced members of the panel come from various countries …

US Supreme Court To Hear Appeal On Abortion

US Supreme Court To Hear Appeal On Abortion

April 12, 2020 6:40 pm

Abortion rights advocates on Saturday called on the US Supreme Court to urgently intervene to force Texas to reinstate the right to abortion, which has been suspended in the state since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

This is the first appeal related to COVID-19 to reach the highest American court, which has been operating only in writing for nearly a month.

The Court, which legalized abortion in 1973 in its landmark Roe v. Wade decision, will have to decide whether a state can suspend the case law in the name of a public health emergency.

This case will …

Ihedioha vs Uzodinma -TFM To Report Supreme Court To UN

Ihedioha vs Uzodinma: TFM To Report Supreme Court To UN

March 4, 2020 6:26 am

A coalition of leaders of conscience in the country, under the aegis of the Third Force Movement in Nigeria has vowed to drag the Supreme Court of Nigeria to the United Nations, UN, United States of America, United Kingdom, African Union, European Union among others, over its refusal to review the judgment that sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the Imo State Governor.

The coalition faulted the court, saying its decision has cast serious doubt over the integrity and sanctity of the Nigerian Judiciary.

This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday night, hours after

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Kanu: 'World Is Watching Tanko And His Judicial Tricks'

Kanu: ‘World Is Watching Tanko And His Judicial Tricks’

March 3, 2020 9:19 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has taken to his verified Facebook page to react to the ongoing Supreme Court Judgement review of  January 14, 2020 verdict which ousted Emeka Ihedioha from the Gubernatorial seat and replaces him with Senator Hope Uzodinma.

In a series of messages, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu expressed  his displeasure on the conflicting verdicts and cross-verdicts the Supreme Court of Nigeria gave and squarely blamed Justice Tanko Mohammed for dragging the Supreme Court into APCs political mess and ruining the name of the Judicial System in Nigeria.

Read Also: Ihedioha Vs Uzodinma: Kanu

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