ECOWAS Court
9 Apr
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed a suit by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) seeking to compel the Nigerian Government to pay N10 million each to the families of 11 journalists killed over the years and declare that the government’s failure to take effective measures to protect them was a violation of their rights to…
5 Mar
Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed a petition by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) to compel the Nigerian government to pay N10 million reparation each to families of 11 deceased journalists.
29 Feb
The Economic Community of West African States’ Court of Justice, yesterday, ordered the Nigerian government to pay one Abiodun Ilesanmi N2 million for violating his rights to a timely and fair trial.
14 Dec
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Court) has declined jurisdiction in a suit filed by a Nigerian seeking an order for his transfer from the United States where he is serving a 12-year sentence for wire fraud, to complete his sentence in Nigeria. The applicant asked the ECOWAS…
28 Jun 2023
The ECOWAS court and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (The Court) have agreed on new initiatives for improving the execution of their respective mandates under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two courts in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania.
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The Acting Vice Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Prof. Rasaq Olatunde Kalilu, yesterday, disclosed that 99 students of the institution would graduate in the First Class category during its 16th convocation ceremony scheduled for next week.
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