On Friday, 24 October 2025, a Magistrate Court in Kuje granted bail to Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, Kanu’s brother Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and ten other protesters arrested during the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held earlier this week. They were arraigned on charges of unlawful assembly and disturbance of public peace. Each defendant was granted bail in the sum of ₦500,000. The court imposed several conditions: submission...

Human rights activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore was arrested today by the Nigeria Police Force shortly after leaving the Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore had attended the court session in connection with the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). According to the police, his arrest is linked to his role in leading protesters into a “restricted area” during a rally on Monday, calling for Kanu’s release....

Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has formally applied to withdraw from representing him in the ongoing terrorism­s-related trial. Agabi made the application before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, stating that his legal team was “stepping down after Kanu decided to take back control of his case.” Following his lead, all other Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Kanu’s defence...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially sworn in Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urging him to conduct credible, transparent elections across Nigeria. The swearing-in took place on Thursday during an expanded meeting of the National Economic Council at the State House Council Chambers in Abuja. Addressing the new INEC chairman, Tinubu said: “It is important that our elections are free, fair, and credible. We must consistently improve...