The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice has ruled that blasphemy provisions under Kano State law violate Nigeria’s international human rights obligations. The judgment concluded that these laws infringe on the right to freedom of expression as enshrined in regional and global human rights treaties to which Nigeria is…
Logging site in the Oregon Coast Range. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. On April 3rd, the Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, issued an Emergency Order (EO) to accelerate logging on national forest lands. The alleged emergency is the presumed increase in wildfires across the West. Unfortunately, most of the rationales for this “emergency” are based on…
Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s largest cocoa producer, is considering measures that could drive up cocoa prices in response to proposed U.S. tariffs. Speaking at a press briefing in Abidjan, Agriculture Minister Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani said the country may raise export taxes on cocoa to offset potential revenue losses, which could make the commodity more expensive…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and his co-defendants to enter their defence in the charge preferred against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Justice Emeka Nwite, in separate rulings on their no-case submission applications, held that a prima facie case…
The Lagos State government has sealed 13 markets and commercial facilities in Ketu and other parts of the state over an unhygienic environment. The Director of Public Affairs, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mrs. Folashade Kadiri, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. She said the action followed a series of unheeded warnings…
