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Complaints Against INEC Over 2023 Presidential Election Valid – Enwezor

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Alphonsus Nweze A Two-time member of Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Chugbo Enwezor, has declared that the complaints against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the last election especially the Presidential Election was valid if they failed to comply with the constitution and relevant laws. Enwezor who was the Chairman of Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary said INEC as a creation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has a duty to conduct election in accordance with the Constitution which is the grand…

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NIDCOM urges Nigerians in diaspora not to violate campaign funding laws in Nigeria

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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has advised Nigerians living abroad to be careful not to violate laws relating to campaign funding ahead of the 2023 general elections. Chairman of NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made the call during the 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA) held at the Nigeria Consulate in New York on Saturday evening and monitored virtually by newsmen in Abuja. Dabiri-Erewa, who also spoke virtually at the meeting titled: “NIDOA Renaissance: Leveraging on New Generation Leadership,” urged them to ensure that…

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Court awards N2m fine against DSS over seizure of Sowore’s iPhones

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It was an unusual scenario when the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the Convener, #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, the sum of N2 million over unlawful seizure of his mobile phone in 2019 at the point of his arrest.Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, also ordered the DSS to release forthwith the iPhones and the sum of N10,000 which were alleged to have been forcefully taken away from him without court warrant.Afterwards, Sowore, through his lawyer, Funmi Falana, in a fundamental rights…

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FCT indigenes pray court to expunge Section 297(2) from 1999 Constitution

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Some indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to make an order, nullifying Section 297(2) from the 1999 Constitution (as amended).They also sought, among others, a payment of N1 billion damages over alleged unlawful takeover of their land by the Armed Force.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 297(2) of the constitution states that “the ownership of all lands comprised in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja shall vest in the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”The plaintiffs are Alhaji Jagaba…

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Alleged unlawful appointment: Lawyer asks court to remove federal character chair, secretary

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A lawyer, Festus Onifade, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja to make an order, directing the Chairman and Secretary, Federal Character Commission (FCC), Mrs Mueeba Dankaka and Mohammed Tukur respectively, to vacate office forthwith. Onifade, in an originating summons marked: FHC/ABJ/709/2021 dated and filed July 19, 2021 before Justice Inyang Ekwo, sued five respondents in the matter.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), FCC, Dankaka and Tukur are among the respondents.The legal practitioner averred in his affidavit in support that while…

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