₦airaland Forum

ElSudani:
"Ebi n pa wa" is more in tune with their hope and vision for Nigeria.
How can a sane person be unhappy because food prices are coming down.

ShoeMarket:
You see this MNK of a guy, Tinubu will use him for something, that is why he is still keeping him. What most Nairaland ranters don't know is that this is the kind of guy Tinubu likes to have around him. The only thing is time is not yet ripe, once it is many golden tongues here will become lead.

Let me ask you ranters, if you are sensible, you are a politician and you have someone like MNK in detention what will you do with him? Kill him or strategically use him to your advantage? The guy is too sound for any sensible politician to waste him just like that.

The problem of Nairaland is that most people type and don't think, no logic, no strategic thinking nothing. To them everything is about hate Igbos, unfortunately, that tendency have drained their brain that they can't reason anymore.

Mark my words.

Shawarmagirl:
There is no valid charge against him under any existing law in Nigeria.

The bolded above is where Kanu is holding the Nigeria government. Any attempted attempts to Arrow the law just to persecute NK, means Nigeria State go against its own law.

TouchNfollow:
https://x.com/instablog9ja/status/1983903552868127111?t=KNt8zh3BNYTrGoBjcu3hfg&s=08[/quote]Be eating yam and eggs every morning delivered in bed! One day ya eye go clear when Papa pass and leaves all the property to the fellow working hard to serve you breakfast in bed!

politicoNG:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Nn9BkrhWo

https://www.channelstv.com/2025/10/30/give-tinubu-time-hell-tax-the-air-we-breathe-says-sdps-adebayo/

AnonPoet:
A New Nigeria is Emerging, and It Must Be Protected.


https://x.com/bosuntijani/status/1983807638509846732?t=osUAWbofutui9r5abl0J6w&s=19[/quote]Great! Congratulations! Next, MicCom Cables bring it on !

ElSudani:
And for Cuban cigar and fine wine he would betray his own principles and cower before some foreign tyrants?
Is there anything in his past that made you think he might behave this way?
I apologize if you feel offended by my previous post. Not everyone would prostrate for a cow so that he may get some beef to eat.

aribisala0:
Is there a point you are trying to make?

This is what the. OP posted




Where is this state ISSUED ON FRIDAY?

aribisala0:
Check the date

https://tribuneonlineng.com/trump-verdict-i-may-reapply-to-restore-my-us-green-card-soyinka/?utm_source=chatgpt.com



Then see the obvious forgery you are all reacting to

You don't need to be a genius to figure it out

But you need low IQ to roll with it

aribisala0:
The story sounds like a repackaging of a statement he made. YEARS AGO deliberately calculated to deceive and mislead people who do not read

What is the point going to school if you cannot read or think cannot question information put in front of you

When was Trump convicted

ElSudani:
He needs the money for what? Did he chase money even when he was younger? Do you see him chasing luxury?
Some of you just talk as if you have no capacity to think at all.

LibertyRep:
I'll be surprised if he reapplies.

I mean what's the essence of shunning the Embassy's invitation earlier, only to reapply later?

Baba should maintain his ,steeze' and call their bluff to the end.

LagosOrigin:
This man is shameless

After destroying your green card because of hate for Donald Trump , he still wants to reapply for another under the president he hated so much .

This old baba is foolish

LagosOrigin:
This man is shameless

After destroying your green card because of hate for Donald Trump , he still wants to reapply for another under the president he hated so much .

This old baba is foolish

olajay86:
https://www.titopeblog.com/2025/10/nobel-laureate-wole-soyinka-says-he-may.html

Pakute:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/2025/10/30/assumptions-of-genocide-could-hasten-nigerias-division-fg-warns-us-officials/

treesun:
https://punchng.com/15-fuel-import-tariff-will-worsen-hardship-says-delta-apc-chieftain/

Kobojunkie:
Does the man in question directly threaten you or your wife? Does his sending money to her parents somehow threaten your ability to relate to them or send them gifts? What exactly is the problem here? Let us know!

brain54:
You can live in the place you love...

And still not love the place you live.


Love and adapt to wherever you find yourself living!

BlackViper:
https://x.com/Globalstats11/status/1983580810122031280?t=U8raZZ-8AmdGpeWvzwZKfA&s=19[/quote]Laughable statistics to say that Ukraine, Russia for example are safer than, say Abuja and a host of other Nigerian citizens.

God1000:
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-orders-pentagon-begin-testing-nuclear-weapons-immediately-rcna240681?

TruthU87:
Israel Strikes Kill at Least 104 People, Including 20 Women and 46 Children Overnight.

Source: AP News
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-west-bank-hamas-gaza-445eea84db9c19600b9ab92786b7fb7c

shortgun:
Nnamdi Kanu's US Lawyer, Bruce Fein Writes Justice Omotosho, Demands Dismissal Of Charges Against IPOB Leader For Lack Of Jurisdiction

Citing the 1928 opinion of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis in Olmstead v. United States, Fein emphasized that governments undermine the rule of law when they themselves break it.


Bruce Fein, the United States counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written to Justice James Omotosho of Nigeria’s Federal High Court in Abuja, demanding the dismissal of all charges against the IPOB leader on grounds of lack of jurisdiction.

In a letter dated October 28, 2025, and titled “Dismissal of prosecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for lack of jurisdiction,” Fein argued that the Nigerian government should not benefit from what he described as its own “criminality” in the process that led to Kanu’s rendition to Nigeria.

“No government should profit from its own criminality. That has been binding law from time immemorial,” Fein wrote, invoking the principle that justice is the foundation of government and civil society.

Citing the 1928 opinion of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis in Olmstead v. United States, Fein emphasized that governments undermine the rule of law when they themselves break it.

“In a government of laws, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our Government is the potent, omnipresent teacher.

“For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

“To declare that, in the administration of the criminal law, the end justifies the means -- to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal -- would bring terrible retribution,” Fein quoted from Justice Brandeis’ ruling.

Fein argued that both the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and Nigerian courts have recognized that the Federal Government committed “multiple crimes” in bringing Kanu into Nigerian custody, including kidnapping, torture, and extraordinary rendition.

According to Fein, these constitute jus cogens crimes under international law, offenses so grave that no state can lawfully commit them, and therefore strip Nigerian courts of any jurisdiction to continue prosecuting Kanu.

He cited paragraph 107 of the UN Working Group’s July 20, 2022, opinion, which directed the Nigerian government to grant the “immediate unconditional release” of Kanu.

Fein further warned Justice Omotosho that continuing the case would implicate the court in the alleged illegalities of Kanu’s rendition.

“If you refrain from dismissing all outstanding charges against Mr. Kanu for lack of jurisdiction, you will be legally implicated in the crimes perpetrated by the Government of Nigeria in bringing Mr. Kanu before your tribunal,” he wrote.

“You will be vulnerable to prosecution before the International Criminal Court. You will have been unfaithful to your professional duty to see that justice is done.”

The Nigerian government has maintained that Kanu faces terrorism-related charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja, though his lawyers insist that his abduction and forced transfer from Kenya render the entire prosecution illegal.

The letter comes amid an ongoing standoff in Kanu’s trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The IPOB leader has refused to enter his defense, insisting that the court lacks jurisdiction to try him because of his extraordinary rendition from Kenya in June 2021.

Kanu’s legal team has maintained that since his re-arrest and forcible return to Nigeria violated both domestic and international law, any subsequent proceedings amount to an abuse of court process.

His Special Nigerian counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, has consistently argued that the government’s disobedience of multiple court orders, including those granting bail and directing his release, further strips the court of its moral and legal authority.

Justice Binta Nyako, who has presided over earlier phases of the trial, had ruled that Kanu must stand trial despite his objections, prompting appeals and renewed motions challenging jurisdiction.

The case was later transferred to Justice Omotosho for further proceedings.
Kanu has remained in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja since June 2021, when he was renditioned to Nigeria from Kenya by the Nigerian authorities, an action a Kenyan court has ruled against.

His continued detention and the Nigerian government’s handling of his case have drawn widespread criticism from human rights organisations and international observers.

Fein, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General, continues to represent Kanu internationally and has repeatedly called for sanctions against Nigerian officials over alleged violations of international law.

https:///NJJ2HqMljF

BlackViper:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/im-still-searching-my-past-for-any-offence-soyinka-reacts-as-us-revokes-visa/

Chibuzoc:
Nigerian version of same project

BurataiOut:
https://dailytrust.com/saraki-why-africa-has-sit-tight-leaders-like-paul-biya/

Tohsynetita1:
Are you still there?
Which side are you?