The suspected fighters of the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) have attacked Rann, the headquarters town of Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno state.
Sources said the insurgents stormed the area around 1:30am on Monday, in large numbers and started shooting sporadically.
The troops of the Nigerian Army, who attempted to engage the insurgents, were said to have been overpowered and dislodged.
The insurgents were also said to have taken over control of the town.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the unfortunate and recurring trend of contradictory court decisions on political matters.
The NBA President, Olumide Akpata, said the actions of the six chief judges have brought the judiciary and the entire system of administration of justice to ridicule.
He said while the judiciary has made “invaluable contributions” to the development of the country, there are past failings that “would hopefully remain permanently interred in the dark annals of history”.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Justice Tanko Muhammad had summoned the Chief Judges of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo
States over conflicting ex parte orders emanating from Judges in their jurisdictions.
Another strike may be looming as the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU has accused the federal government of non-implementation of its agreement with the trade union body.
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said the government was working hard to ensure the prompt release of the University Revitalization Fund by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
But ASUU, in its reaction, dismissed the minister’s statement, saying the government is being dishonest in its justification of the delay in paying the revitalization fund.
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan today extended an interim order restraining the Department of State Services, and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), from arresting, killing, or harassing Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also referred to as Sunday Igboho.
Presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola, the court also extended the order stopping the DSS and AGF from freezing the accounts of the embattled activist facing trial in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Lead counsel for Igboho, Yomi Aliyu (SAN), confirmed the development after the ruling.
He said, “The judge said the interim order of injunction should continue until September 7 when we will go back to court.”
Inspiration FM had earlier reported that Justice Akintola had on August 4, 2021, directed Nigeria's secret police and the AGF not to arrest Igboho or freeze his bank accounts.
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