Abia High Court Orders FG To Pay Kanu 1bn Over Abuse of His Fundamental Rights

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeAbia High Court Orders FG To Pay Kanu 1bn Over Abuse of His Fundamental Rights

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 19, 2022

UMUAHIA — A High Court sitting in Abia State has ordered the Federal Government to pay the sum of N1 billion to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, as well as tender him an apology. The embattling leader of the IPOB had approached the Court to demand N5 billion over the invasion of his father’s house by the military on September 10, 2017. According to Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ajimakor,...

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Obi Cubana Speaks About His Ordeals With Anti-Drug Agency, NDLEA

Law & JusticeNewsObi Cubana Speaks About His Ordeals With Anti-Drug Agency, NDLEA

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 17, 2022

Entrepreneur and socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, was said to have recently spent some time in the office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for questioning over his alleged ties to some drug traffickers. In an interview with media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, aka Daddy Freeze, Obi stated that though he trusted the NDLEA to do a good job, he ‘felt low’ being linked with trafficking in hard drugs. Recall that prior to...

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Peter Obi Begs Supporter Who Threatens to Sue Him Over Alleged Failure To Declare Interest in 2023 Presidency

Nigeria ElectionsPeter Obi Begs Supporter Who Threatens to Sue Him Over Alleged Failure To Declare Interest in 2023 Presidency

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 17, 2022

The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Peter Obi, has urged a supporter not to sue him over alleged refusal to declare for the 2023 presidency. He said this in a response to a tweet by one @FakeBuhari, threatening to sue the former Anambra governor if he fails to declare for the presidency in 2023. @FakeBuhari tweeted, “Sir, if at the end of this month and you don’t declare...

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FG Spends Over N1tn Solid Mineral Fund Set Up By Obasanjo on Election, Drainage

NewsNigeriaFG Spends Over N1tn Solid Mineral Fund Set Up By Obasanjo on Election, Drainage

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 16, 2022

ABUJA — A Report has it that the Federal Government may have turned the over N1trn Natural Minerals Resources Fund set up to develop the solid minerals sector to a ‘slush’ fund. The report further revealed that the fund was set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo during his administration via an Executive Order in 2002 to develop alternative mineral resources to lessen the country’s dependence on petroleum. Findings indicated that N738.7bn and $3m had...

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Looking for Money Is Not Easy, Tiwa Savage Says, Questions Why Her Father Is Not Like Dangote

EntertainmentLifestyleLooking for Money Is Not Easy, Tiwa Savage Says, Questions Why Her Father Is Not Like Dangote

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 14, 2022

LAGOS — Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, has stated that looking for money wasn’t easy, as she questioned why her father wasn’t the richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote. The mother-of-one took to her Snapchat story on Thursday, where she stated that she had a meeting to attend. She wrote, “I have one more meeting. It’s not easy looking for money. God help me. But why my papa no be Dangote or something like that? (May his...

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Ondo Attack: Amotekun Storms Southwest Forests in Search of Fleeing Northwest Terrorists

Crime & SecurityNewsOndo Attack: Amotekun Storms Southwest Forests in Search of Fleeing Northwest Terrorists

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 14, 2022

The states in the Southwest on Thursday said they have alerted the regional security outfit, Amotekun, about the renewed attacks by some suspected killer herdsmen and terrorists in Ondo State. This was gathered from the officials of the security outfit in Osun, Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti state. Speaking separately to journalists, they said they had gotten credible intelligence that terrorists fleeing military operations in the Northwest would seek refuge in the forests of the Southern...

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NDLEA Grills Obi Cubana for Five Hours Over Drug Link

Law & JusticeNDLEA Grills Obi Cubana for Five Hours Over Drug Link

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 14, 2022

ABUJA — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) invited socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana for questioning, over his alleged link to the illegal narcotics business. Obi Cubana, who is the Chairman of the Cubana Group of Companies, was grilled by the anti-drug agency for five hours at the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja before he was granted bail and asked to return at a future date. Sources who do not want their...

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APC Aggrieved Members Drag Buni to Court, Want Convention Stopped

PoliticsAPC Aggrieved Members Drag Buni to Court, Want Convention Stopped

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 9, 2022

ABUJA — The internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress over the February convention may have worsened with some members dragging the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee before a Federal High Court in Abuja. The applicants were seeking an order of the Court to restrain the Buni-led CECPC from going ahead with the convention. Already, the Progressives Governors Forum of the APC has scheduled a meeting for this weekend in Abuja,...

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NLC Rejects FG’s Decision to Increase Tax on Carbonated Drinks

BusinessLabourNLC Rejects FG’s Decision to Increase Tax on Carbonated Drinks

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 9, 2022

ABUJA — The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the Federal Government’s decision to increase taxes on non-alcoholic and carbonated drinks. NLC’s position is contained in a statement signed by its President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, which was circulated to journalists in Abuja. The government had announced the increased taxes as a way of discouraging over-consumption of sugar, checking obesity, and also generating more money to fund the 2022 budget. But the union believes implementing increased taxes...

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Three White Men Sentence to Life In Prison After Killing Black Jogger

Crime & SecurityUnited StatesThree White Men Sentence to Life In Prison After Killing Black Jogger

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 8, 2022

Three white men of the United States have been convicted form murdering African American jogger Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in their pickup trucks, they were sentenced to life in prison on Friday in a case that highlighted US tensions over racial injustice. Travis McMichael, 35, and his father Gregory McMichael, 66, were sentenced to life without parole, while their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, had a less direct role in the murder and cooperated...

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