The Supreme Court in Nigeria has declined to order the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. The separatist leader has been in detention since 2021 despite a Court of Appeal judgment on 13 October 2022 ordering his release. Hopes were high that the Supreme Court would quash the terrorism charges against Kanu who has been in detention since June 2021 when he was forcefully extradited from...

The Enugu State Judiciary has inaugurated 10 Small Claims Court for timely judgment on financial claims ranging from five to ten million naira; the Small Claim Courts is established to settle financial disputes especially debt recovery and other liquidated money demands not exceeding ten million naira only. Explaining the concept of Small Claims Court, the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice Raymond Afojulu Ozoemena said it is a court of limited jurisdiction that hears disputes...