No doubt, the recent warning credited to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, that disobeying Court orders would attract grave consequences stands out to be commended in the light of the numerous courts orders that were in the past not obeyed. The sore issue of disobedience to courts orders in this […]
Publisher of Weekly Source Newspaper, Jones Abiri has reportedly been re-arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS). According to reports, Abiri was reportedly picked up on Saturday March 31st at Ayabowei Plaza in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, while he was having a discussion with his colleagues. DSS first arrested Abiri in 2016 after […]
A Chief Magistrates’ Court In Wuse, Abuja, on Monday struck out a suit filed against a journalist, Jones Abiri, for lack of jurisdiction. The magistrate, Chukwuma -Machukwu Nweke, stated at the resumed trial that the offence for which the journalist was arraigned before the court amounted to criminal intimidation under the Criminal Code and the […]
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has described the two years detention of journalist Jones Abiri as outright conviction and ordered government to pay N10 million in damages to Mr Abiri. Mr Abiri was arrested in August 2016 and detained for two years till his lawyers, led by human rights activist, Femi Falana […]
The Bayelsa State-based journalist who recently regained his freedom after two years in custody of the Department of State Service (DSS), Mr. Jones Abiri, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking N200 million damages as compensation from the federal government for abuse of his fundamental human rights. In the suit […]
A journalist and Yenagoa-based publisher standing trial for alleged involvement in militancy, Mr. Jones Abiri, on Tuesday said that following his experience in detention for over two years by the Department of State Service (DSS), he has concluded plans to write a book titled : “My prison journey “. Abiri arrived the Nigerian Union of […]
The Department of State Services (DSS), has released the Bayelsa-based journalist and publisher of the Weekly Source Magazine, Mr. Jones Abiri, who had been in detention since July 21, 2016. Abiri was arrested at his office in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on July 21, 2016, over an alleged link to armed militancy in the Niger Delta […]