The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will on Monday, 29 September 2025, swear in 57 newly appointed Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) at the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court in Abuja. The ceremony will also officially open the 2025/2026 legal year. The Supreme Court began its annual vacation on 21 July 2025, following what has been described in statements as a “remarkably successful” 2024/2025 legal year. In a statement, the Supreme...

…Awards ₦119.5m in Damages A High Court in Kenya has declared the 2021 arrest and transfer of Nnamdi Kanu from Nairobi to Nigeria illegal and a blatant violation of his rights. In a judgement that could ripple across international legal and diplomatic spaces, Justice E.C. Mwita, sitting in Nairobi, ruled that Kanu’s abduction, secret detention, torture, and eventual handover to Nigerian authorities did not follow due process and grossly breached the Kenyan Constitution. “Having entered...

In a landmark judgment that has reverberated across Nigeria and the international human rights community, the ECOWAS Court recently ruled that the blasphemy laws of Kano State—and by extension, similar laws across Nigeria—violate the fundamental right to freedom of expression. Leading this bold legal victory is Solomon Okedara, a human and digital rights lawyer. In this exclusive interview with The West African Pilot News, Okedara breaks down the case, the judgment, and Nigeria’s international human...

…Six Months After Presiding Judge Stepped Down The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has reassigned the case of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to a new judge. This decision comes six months after the previous judge stepped down from the case, which involves treasonable felony charges against Kanu. Confirming the development, Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, revealed that the legal team received two key official...