Tag: Human right

Shiites drag I-G, FCT commissioner to UN, Amnesty Int’nal, others over alleged blasphemy

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The Islamic Movement, also known as the Shiites, has filed petitions at the United Nation (UN) and Amnesty International’s offices in Nigeria against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, over allegations bordering on blasphemy against Islam. The Islamic group also petitioned Egbetokun and Igweh at the European Union (EU) and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)’s offices. Copies of the certified true copies of the petitions were made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. The four petitions were addressed to UN…

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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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Contempt of Court: Businesswoman drags GTB to court for refusing to unfreeze account

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For an act of impunity and arogant disobedience, a businesswoman, Jessica Adaeze, has sued Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) over its alleged refusal to comply with a court order, directing it to unfreeze her bank account. Adaeze, through her lawyer, Friday Iburu, in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed before Justice Anwuli Chikere of a Federal High Court, Abuja, prayed for five reliefs of which GTB is the sole respondent in the matter. Adaeze had alleged that her bank account number: 0178246081 was frozen by the commercial bank through an order…

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