The House of Representatives on Thursday passed through second reading a bill to amend the Court of Appeal Act to increase its number of justices from 90 to 150.
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has stated that the Nigerian police and other security agencies lack the power to arrest, detain and prosecute Nigerian citizens for the so-called offences of "cyberstalking" ''insult" "causing annoyance" and "criminal intimidation." Falana noted in a release on Thursday that consequently, all pending cases filed on the basis of the repealed aspects of section 24 of the Cybercrime Act 2015 "should be discontinued without any further delay."