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18/03/2026

When you want to buy a product, always check the expiring date!

15/03/2026

Happy Consumer Rights Day!!

" Know your rights, Nigeria! 🛍️ The Consumer Protection Act is on your side! 📚 Here's what you should know:
👉 Safe products: Don't settle for subpar or dangerous goods!
👉 Accurate info: You deserve the truth about what you're buying!
👉 Fair treatment: No exploitation, please! 😊
👉 Redress for grievances: Speak up and get justice!
Stay alert, shop smart, and protect yourself! 💪😊"
😊We are all consumers, therefore be vocal with your products and service expectations!!! The law is your strength!!

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01/03/2026

SURRENDER OR FACE CERTAIN DEATH...DJT TO IRAN

TRUMP’S SPEECH: REGIME CHANGE!

FINALLY, TO THE GREAT, PROUD PEOPLE OF IRAN; WHEN WE ARE FINISHED, TAKE OVER YOUR GOVERNMENT, IT WILL BE YOURS TO TAKE. THIS WILL BE, PROBABLY, YOUR ONLY CHANCE FOR GENERATIONS.

A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people. Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops our basis overseas and our allies throughout the world. For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted "Death to America" and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder, targeting the United States, our troops and innocent people in many, many countries.

Among the regime's very first acts was to back a violent takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of American hostages for 444 days. In 1983, Iran's proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel. In 2000, they knew and were probably involved with the attack on the USS Cole. Many died. Iranian forces killed and maimed hundreds of American service members in Iraq. The regime's proxies have continued to launch countless attacks against American forces stationed in the Middle East in recent years, as well as U.S. naval and commercial vessels in international shipping lanes. It's been mass terror, and we're not going to put up with it any longer.

From Lebanon to Yemen, and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts. And it was Iran's proxy, Hamas, that launched the monstrous October 7 attacks on Israel, slaughtering more than 1000 innocent people, including 46 Americans, while taking 12 of our citizens hostage. It was brutal. Something like the world has never seen before.

Iran is the world's number one state sponsor of terror, and just recently killed tens of thousands of its own citizens on the street as they protested. It has always been the policy of the United States, in particular, my administration, that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon. I'll say it again. They can never have a nuclear weapon.

That is why, in operation midnight hammer last June, we obliterated the regime's nuclear program at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.

After that attack, we warned them never to resume their malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons, and we sought repeatedly to make a deal. We tried. They wanted to do it. They didn't want to do it. Again, they wanted to do it. They didn't want to do it. They didn't know what was happening. They just wanted to practice evil.

But Iran refused, just as it has for decades and decades, they rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions, and we can't take it anymore.

Instead, they attempted to rebuild their nuclear program and to continue developing long range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas, and could soon reach the American homeland. Just imagine how emboldened this regime would be if they ever had, and actually were armed with, nuclear weapons as a means to deliver their message.

For these reasons, the United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests. We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally, again, obliterated.

We're going to annihilate their navy. We're going to ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world and attack our forces and no longer use their IEDs or roadside bombs, as they are sometimes called, to so gravely wound and kill thousands and thousands of people, including many Americans.

And we will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. It's a very simple message. They will never have a nuclear weapon.

This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States Armed Forces. I built and rebuilt our military in my first administration, and there is no military on earth even close to its power, strength or sophistication. My administration has taken every possible step to minimize the risk to U.S. personnel in the region. Even so, and I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties. That often happens in war. But we're doing this, not for now. We're doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission.

We pray for every service member as they selflessly risk their lives to ensure that Americans and our children will never be threatened by a nuclear armed Iran. We ask God to protect all of our heroes in harm's way, and we trust that, with his help, the men and women of the armed forces will prevail. We have the greatest in the world, and they will prevail.

To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces and all of the police, I say tonight that you must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity, or in the alternative, face certain death. So lay down your arms. You will be treated fairly with total immunity, or you will face certain death.

Finally, to the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be, probably, your only chance for generations.

For many years, you have asked for America's help, but you never got it. No president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a president who is giving you what you want, so let's see how you respond. America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force. Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach. This is the moment for action. Do not let it pass.

May God bless the brave men and women of America's Armed Forces. May God bless the United States of America. May God bless you all. Thank you."

28/02/2026

Are we gradually heading to 3rd world war? USA and Israel strikes Iran. Iran with the support of Israel have carried out a retaliation. The US and Israel have carried out another strikes. Like play, like play, it is getting serious

22/11/2025

*Scenarios Where Emotion Shaped Judicial Behaviour*
Korematsu v. United States (U.S. Supreme Court, 1944)

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, America entered World War II. Public sentiment was engulfed by fear, anger, and wartime hysteria. Japanese Americans were widely stereotyped as potential spies or saboteurs, though without any evidence.

The U.S. population feared further attacks. The executive exploited this fear, asserting military necessity and Racial animus intensified suspicion of all people of Japanese ancestry. Despite the absence of any individualised proof that Fred Korematsu or other Japanese Americans posed security risks, the Supreme Court upheld the internment camps, relying on broad government claims.

The Court did the following: Abandoned strict judicial scrutiny, accepted the military’s emotional assertion of fear without demanding evidence and Ignored constitutional protections that clearly prohibited mass detention without trial.

*Why the Decision Was Emotion-Based*
The justices were not applying neutral logic; they were responding to: wartime panic, executive fear-mongering, racial stereotypes, the emotional pressure of
appearing patriotic.
Later U.S. courts and Congress condemned Korematsu as “a result of emotion and racial prejudice, not rational analysis.”

Relevance to Kanu

Just as Korematsu shows a judiciary overpowered by national cm executive fear, Kanu’s case demonstrates a judiciary operating under security-driven hysteria about IPOB, Political pressure to appear “tough on separatism,” and ethnic anxieties about Igbo agitation.

15/11/2025

The law and the Sea

09/11/2025

LEGAL EFFECTS OF KANU'S TRIAL UNDER A REPEALED LAW

There has been a substantial debate on the issue of trial under a repealed law and the legality of such proceedings. Ordinarily, the general rule is that no one can be tried under a repealed law unless the new law contains a saving clause. The Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 contains such a saving clause under Sections 97 and 98, which provide:

Section 97:
Any regulation, order, requirement, certificate, notice, direction, decision, authorisation, consent, application, ongoing cases in the courts, request, or thing made, issued, given or done under the repealed Acts or amended sections shall, if in force at the commencement of this Act, continue to be in force and have effect as if made, issued, given or done under the corresponding provisions of this Act.

Section 98:
(1) The Terrorism (Prevention) Act, No. 10, 2011 is repealed.

(2) Any regulation, order, requirement, certificate, notice, direction, decision, authorisation, consent, application, ongoing cases in the courts, request or thing made, issued, given or done under the repealed Acts shall, if in force at the commencement of this Act, continue to be in force and have effect as if made, issued, given or done under the corresponding provisions of this Act.

(3) Any proceeding, prosecution, sentence, judgment, charge or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the commencement of this Act under any of the repealed Acts... may be continued or commenced as if this Act had not been made..

On 13 October 2022, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, ruling on Kanu’s appeal challenging the competence of the charges, held that the Federal High Court lacked jurisdiction to try him because he was extraordinarily renditioned from Kenya to Nigeria in violation of international law, domestic law, extradition protocol, and constitutional rights to fair hearing and due process. The Court of Appeal therefore discharged the charges and held that the trial was unlawful.

The Federal Government appealed to the Supreme Court. On 15 December 2023, the Supreme Court restored the trial, meaning that the charges could proceed. However, the Supreme Court strongly criticized the Government for the extra ordinary rendition, holding it illegal, but also held that illegality of arrest does not automatically bar trial.

The Supreme Court then ordered the Federal Government to amend and restructure the charges to comply with valid provisions of Nigerian law. This order means that the charges must now reflect the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, in line with the saving clause in Sections 97 and 98.

Kanu was originally arrested on 14 October 2015 and arraigned on 23 November 2015. He was re-arraigned on 8 November 2016 before Justice Binta Nyako, based on the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2011 and the Customs and Excise Management Act, Cap C45 LFN 2004. After the seeming assassination attempt on Kanu in 2017, he left Nigeria and was later renditioned back on 27 June 2021.

The Terrorism (Prevention) Act under which he was charged was repealed in 2022, and the Customs and Excise Management Act was repealed in 2023 by the Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023. These repeals are why the Supreme Court ordered the amendment of the charges, but this was not done.

Accordingly, while the saving clause permits continuation of proceedings, the charges must be amended to correspond with the provisions of the current law. Failure to amend the charges renders the ongoing trial invalid, in violation of Section 36(12) of the Constitution, which prohibits the trial of any person for an offence not defined in a written law currently in force.

The last part of Section 98(3) stating that proceedings may continue “as if this Act had not been made” does not dispense with the need for amendment, because the Supreme Court has already directed otherwise, and whatever the Supreme Court declares as the meaning of a statute is binding. As held by the Supreme Court in A.-G., Lagos State v. A.-G., Federation (2003) 12 NWLR (Pt. 833) 1: “The duty of the Court is to declare the law and once declared, that declaration becomes the law.”

This means that the trial may continue, but not under the repealed wording. For the trial to proceed lawfully, the charges must be amended to reflect the definitions and procedural safeguards under the 2022 Act Therefore, where the Supreme Court orders that charges be amended to align with the current statute, failure to comply renders the trial a nullity.

15/10/2025

*APPEALS ON GROUNDS OF MIXED LAW AND FACTS WILL NOW END AT THE COURT OF APPEAL- LEAVE OR NO LEAVE*

Anyanwu v. Emmanuel (2025) 14 NWLR (Pt. 2006) 531
SUPREME COURT
..by virtue of the extant provisions of section 6 of the Constitution of the Federal of Rерubliс of Nigeria (Second Alteration) Act, 2010 vis-à-vis section 233 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court’s power to grant leave to appeal on gгounds of mixed law and facts, has been removed. That being the case, therefore, appeals on grounds of mixed law and facts аrе bound to terminate at the Couгt of Appeal. Ву the alterations, there is nо longer (section 233(3) оf the Constitution which allowed leave to арреаl to the Supreme Cоurt. That is to say, bу virtue оf section 233(1) and оf the constitution оf the Federal Rерubliс оf Nigeria, 1999 as altered, the Supreme Соurt сan оnlу hear appeals where the ground оf арреаl involves questions оf law. Тhе Supreme Соurt nо longer has jurisdiction to hear appeals where the ground of арреаl involves questions оf mixed law and facts. Appeals оn grounds of mixed law and facts end at the Court оf Appeal.

Anyanwu v. Emmanuel (2025) 14 NWLR (Pt. 2006) 531
SUPREME COURT

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08/10/2025

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SUPREME COURT HAS SPOKEN

Customer Challenged MTN in Court over illegal deductions for Callertune Subscription which he never did.

The Supreme Court of Nigeria Delivered another Landmark Decision in the case of :

ANENE v. MTN (Nig) .COMM.PLC (2025) 16 NWLR ( pt 2010 ) 1

Facts of the Case :

Mr Anene, a customer of MTN, had his airtime frequently deducted over a period of time for indeterminable reasons.

On 18th May 2014, while he was making contributions to a live radio program, his airtime was cut off by MTN. He found that there was no airtime in his phone line and could not purchase airtime on that day to re-connect as it was a Sunday.

Thereafter, he realised that it was MTN that was responsible for this and that MTN had subjected him to deductions from his airtime for caller tunes service which he allegedly never subscribed to.

Mr Anene wrote to MTN complaining of the deductions. After some correspondences, MTN wrote back to him stating that it had de-activated the caller tunes and then refunded him N700 airtime with an undertaking not to unlawfullyand illegally deduct his airtime again.

However, after a while, MTN resumed the deductions for caller tunes service when he did not subscribe to it in spite of their claim of having deactivated the unsubscribed caller tunes.

Consequently, Mr Anene instituted a suit against MTN at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja for a declaration that the uncountable deductions breached his quiet enjoyment of the airtime he paid for; an order restraining MTN from further deductions from his airtime as service charge for caller tunes; an order directing MTN to refund all deductions made from his “plaintiff’s airtime”; the sum of N50,000,000.00 as damages; and the sum of N1,000,000.00 as the cost of litigation.

At the conclusion of trial, the trial court found in favour of Mr Anene and awarded him the sum of N5,000,000.00 as General damages for the disruption of the quiet enjoyment of his airtime and the consequent hardship and discomfort which he was subjected through MTN’s unholy deductions.

The court also awarded him cost in the sum of N500, 000.00. Dissatisfied with the judgment of the trial court, MTN appealed to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal held that the trial court was right in its decision.

However, it held that the quantum of general damages was excessive and that the whole surrounding circumstances did not justify the quantum of damages awarded by the trial Court.

Consequently, it reviewed downwards the award of general damages to N400,000.00. It also held the cost of litigation was not particularized and assessed it to be N100,000.00.

Aggrieved, Mr Anene appealed to the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court allowing the Appeal, set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal and upheld the Decision of the trial Court by awarding N5,000,000.00 Naira as Damages and 500,000 as cost of litigation with an additional N3,000,000.00 as Cost of Appeal and order MTN to pay a total sum of 8.5M for Consumer right Violation.

This is indeed a strong precedent for consumer rights protection under our Law.

03/08/2025

No election by whatever name called; Local Council Election or any other, conducted by the illegal sole administrator in Rivers State, will be valid in law. You cannot place something on nothing and expect it to stand; Mcfoy v UAC. The Constitution did not donate powers to the President to remove an elected governor by fiat, it is an aberration. The fact that Rivers people have become docile, cowed and well intimidated into submission, cannot translate an illegality into legality.

26/03/2025

Below is some of the reasons they had issues.

Governor Fubara is not stabbing anyone.
Wike is the chief stabber, if you won't mind the coinage.

Fubara allowed Wike appointed all fifteen commissioners...except commissioner for information which Wike reluctantly gave Fubara.

I said all 15 commissioners who served in Wike's administration were frontloaded to Fubara. Fubara did not complain.

2. His chief of staff, Mr Chidi Amadi, my friend was appointed by Wike.

3. 5 judges were appointed . 4 were nominated by Wike

4. Every Thursday Fubara would load govt files into Rivers State jet and send to Abuja for Wike to work on, minute and return to Fubara on Monday for Fubara to sign and execute

5. The Inland revenue board was giving Wike the revenue for the State with which Wike would split into three, give a third to the governor and keep two thirds.

6. All security details of Fubara were given to him including personal staff and even cooks by Wike.

7. Wike dictated the persons Fubara was supposed to meet with and those he should not meet

8. Wike retrieved all Rivers govt vehicles from the office to the point that the first time the governor visited Abuja he was driven in a hilux because Wike refused to release Govt vehicles he had with him as governor.

9. Wike did not allow Fubara to travel outside Rivers State. He would ask him saying: "where are you going to now? Don't you have better things to do? Turn back now." The governor would immediately do. Remember Wike knew his movements because of the persons he recruited to work with the governor.

10. On a particular day, Chiefs from his Opobo Community had come to pay a courtesy visit. Suddenly the Fubara called off the meeting right in the middle of it because Wike queried the need for that visit and insisted it must called off. The chiefs left govt house writhing in pain and anger

11. The internally generated funds in Rivers State ranged between 20B to 48B every month. Wike declared only 6b or max 12b throughout the 96 months thus making him richer than Rivers State

12. Six months into his administration, Sim Fubara packed his six pairs of shoes, 4 wrist watches and a few clothes he went into govt house with and armed with a letter of resignation descended the stairs; only to be resisted by elders like Anabraba who prevailed on him you rethink his decision and return to office. Many hours passed before he accepted to continue to be governor.

13. The judgment recently given by the court of appeal was obtained by fraud from Omotosho's court. You will remember, Bro Koofreh that the President purportedly intervened in the matter and asked the parties to sheathe their swords. Fubara personally went to Wike's lawyer, Mr E. C. Ukala SAN plead with him to intercede and beg "deputy god", Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike. Ukala SAN asked Fubara (governor of Rivers State) to go and come back another time for result. Fubara returned as was ordered by Ukala SAN who took advantage and asked Fubara to withdraw all cases he filed in court as a condition for settlement. Wike was to withdraw his too. Wike did not withdraw his proceesses. Fubara fell into the trap. He withdrew even his defence in that case where Omotosho said Fubara had nothing before him to challenge the case of Wike and his allies. Ehie also withdrew his counter affidavit. It is the case the Wike faction is celebrating today. Wike pays school fees for most of these judges children schooling overseas

Now, oha Koofreh mni, if anyone stabbed another, it was the serial stabber.
Wike had no job when was called to the Bar in 1998. He was incharge Of John Mbata"s block moulding factory. When time came for the position of chairman of Obio/Akpor Local govt, Hon. Boniface Emerengwa ( note: the member representing Ikwerre and Emohua Federal constituency in the House of Reps) suggested to Mbata to use and sponsor Wike. That was how Wike came to be your chairman of obio akpor local govt. Today, Mbata and Emerengwa are hiding from Wike's plots to nail them.
Second, of course you heard him say Peter Odili and Justice Mary Odili returned him as chairman and ensured he won all his legal battles en route governorship. I will serve them till i die, he vowed. But these two are today ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN WHO CLAIM THEY ARE LEGAL CONSULTANTS AND MEN OF.....
They and Wike do not use same pedestrian bridge
today.

Am I to remind you that Amaechi appointed him chief of staff...
Koofreh the present status of that relationship.
Of course President Jonathan appointed him minister of State for Education and acting minister at a time. Just last week, Jonathan was abused by this fellow when he Jonathan complained about the supreme court would accept the sack of a national chairman of a party by a ward chairman. Wike was not mentioned in the speech. But he had to abuse Jonathan to alert us that the dog has been let out.

Patience Jonathan swore she would embarrass President Jonathan if Wike from the upland part of Rivers State was notmade governor. Rivers State has this dichotomy of upland/ Riverine. It's simply TURN BY TURN. Odili ruled for 8 years from upland. Omehia ruled briefly before his cousin Amaechi came for another 8 years. They both come from the upland. So naturally, it was the turn of the Riverine. Despite objections from everyone and to her eternal regret, Patience stuck with Wike as governor. Wike is same tribe and tongue with Amaechi and of course, upland!
One of the realest revocations Wike did was against Patience Jonathan over her property along William Jumbo.
You must have seen the video where she handed Wike over to Odili and Rivers Elders in 2014!
Koofreh, mni need I tell you more?
And we keep saying that Rivers State is not Lagos state or Yoruba land where one man pockets everyone. Fubara will soon take back his constitutional position.

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05/07/2024

RIVERS OF CRISIS: ON THE COURT OF APPEALS JUDGMENT ON RIVERS ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP QUASHING THE ORDER OF JUSTICE WALI OF THE RIVERS STATE HIGH COURT.

I have been resisting the temptation to comment on this. But the lack of clarity is high. The Court has not validated the defection of Amaewule and his group to another party. The Court said the State High Court does not have the competence to hear the matter pertaining to who is a valid member of the State House of Assembly. And resultantly said status quo ante bellum be maintained. Maintaining same means that the contention on the validity of Amaewule's group continued membership of the house is still there, until resolved by a definite pronouncement of Court. The decision also have nothing to do with ex-LGA chairmen whose tenures have already elapsed. So, be properly guided on specific issues covered thereat.

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