LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A West African court ruled on Friday that the ousted president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, and his family were arbitrarily detained and called for a return to democratic rule through his reinstatement. Bazoum was toppled during a military coup on July 26. He and his family have since been in detention without…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-West Africa’s top court on Thursday rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors, ruling that the junta is unconstitutional and therefore lacks the authority to make such a request. Following the July coup that toppled Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, the West African regional…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Benin Republic has been ordered to pay Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, 20 million CFA. The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, sitting in Abuja ruled that the sum was compensation for violating Igboho’s fundamental rights and unlawful…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ECOWAS Court of Justice, today, July 14th, 2022 held that the Federal Government of Nigeria ban on Twitter is unlawful . The Federal Government of Nigeria suspended Twitter operation in Nigeria on June 4, 2021 two days after a controversial tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari was deleted by Twitter. The Nigerian…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ECOWAS Court of Justice, sitting in Accra, Ghana, has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to amend Section 24 of its Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act of 2015, in order to ensure conformity with the country’s obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the International Covenant…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ECOWAS Court of Justice, today dismissed the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s motion to strike out the Consolidated Suit against it on the ban of Twitter, as lacking in foundation . The Federal Government of Nigeria suspended Twitter operation in Nigeria on June 4, 2021 two days after a controversial tweet from…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President of ECOWAS Court Hon. Justice Gberi-bè Ouattara (Côte d’Ivoire) on Friday, 9 July, 2021 consolidated Barrister Malcolm Omirhobo’s Suit and three other suits contesting the indefinite suspension Twitter by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja equally renewed its interim order barring the Federal Government of…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has told the ECOWAS court that it lacked the jurisdiction to criminalise the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria as the suspension of the operations of Twitter in Nigeria is not a right recognised under any treaty enforceable by the ECOWAS court. The Federal government stated this in a preliminary…