…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...

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has sealed several establishments, including churches, hotels, bars, and other businesses, for breaching environmental laws in the state. The enforcement exercise, which targeted Mushin, Amuwo Odofin, and Okota Isolo areas, was part of LASEPA’s intensified efforts to tackle noise pollution and other environmental infractions across Lagos.   This development was disclosed in a statement posted on the agency’s verified X account on Thursday. According to LASEPA, the affected...

…Orders Takedown of Defamatory Social Media Posts The Lagos State High Court has issued an order restraining Martins Otse, a social media critic popularly known as VeryDarkMan, from circulating defamatory videos and comments about renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz. In a ruling delivered on Monday by Justice M. O. Dawodu in suit no: ID/8584/GCM/2024, the court directed VeryDarkMan to remove the defamatory posts made...