ECOWAS Court dismisses Nigeria’s objection to death row inmate’s trial

The ECOWAS Court has dismissed Nigeria’s preliminary objection to the court’s jurisdiction to determine a human rights violation case involving a Nigerian man on death row for 30 years. Ogueri is a 72-year-old inmate in a Nigerian maximum-security prison. Delivering…

ECOWAS court declares Nigeria Twitter ban unlawful, warns against repeat

A court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared the ban on Twitter in Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari unlawful. The court, according to deputy director of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) Kolawole Oluwadare, also…

EndSARS Protest Victim Seeks N100m Damages At ECOWAS Court

A human rights activist, Mr. Patrick Eholor, has dragged the Nigerian Police Force to ECOWAS court over alleged assault while addressing the media at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos state. Eholor made this known through his lawyer, Samuel Ihensekhien Jnr,…

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