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Donald J. Trump has filed a 33-page, $5-billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation. Thirty-three pages. Five billion dollars. Against the BBC. If litigation were performance art, this would already be hanging in the Tate Modern with a trigger warning. The complaint alleges that the BBC, in a moment of editorial wickedness reminiscent of colonialism …
The judgment from Justice James Omotosho detailed a clear link between Kanu's broadcasts and violent acts. The right to self-determination was acknowledged, but the court ruled that any such action not conducted within the bounds of the Nigerian constitution is illegal . The specific charges he was convicted on illustrate this distinction:· Inciting Violence: The …
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Once again, Nigeria’s Supreme Court has spoken—solemnly, authoritatively, and with the confidence of a referee who has blown the whistle after the players have gone home.In its latest pronouncement, the court has held that the President of Nigeria possesses constitutional powers to declare a state of emergency and, flowing from that, remove elected officials. Full …
For all the heat surrounding Nnamdi Kanu’s legal troubles, one thing must be said plainly: the supposed legal disagreement that some have tried to elevate into a principled debate has no grounding in any known law. It was, at best, courtroom revisionism; at worst, gaslighting in broad daylight. Let’s be clear. Kanu was not targeted …
On a humid Lagos morning—because Lagos refuses to ever be cool—soldiers with fixed bayonets were busy shooing away a crowd of small boys outside the federal parliament. “Go ‘way, go ‘way! No children today!” they shouted, as if the country was merely expecting an unpleasant visitor, not a complete regime change. Across town at the …
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