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Crime & Security Law & Justice NewsBlasphemy: 34 Lawyers Defence Lawyers In Court As Police Arraign Suspects In Sokoto

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 16, 2022

Police on Monday arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci over the lynching of a 200-Level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, Deborah Samuel, on May 12. The student was lynched to death last week over alleged blasphemy. The suspects, co-students of the deceased, were arraigned at a Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court for their alleged participation in the crime. They pleaded not guilty to the crime. Prosecuting Inspector Khalil...

Northern Christian Group, Amnesty International Demands Prosecution Of Deborah’s Murderers, As Islamic Cleric, Sokoto Govt Aide Justifies Act

Crime & Punishment Law & Justice NewsNorthern Christian Group, Amnesty International Demands Prosecution Of Deborah’s Murderers, As Islamic Cleric, Sokoto Govt Aide Justifies Act

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 13, 2022

The Northern Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) has condemned in strong terms the gruesome murder of a Christian college girl and 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. NOSCEF in a statement by its Chairman, Ejoga Inalegwu, in Kaduna on Friday, called on the government to immediately apprehend and make an example of those who perpetrated the dastardly act. The Association noted that the act was purely...

Law & Justice Music NewsPastor Sues Kanye West For Using Sermon In Song Without Consent

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 9, 2022

A Texas-based pastor has filed a lawsuit against American rapper and record producer, Ye, commonly known as Kanye West, for taking one of his sermons and using it in a rap tune. The cleric, Bishop David Paul Moten said the hip-hop legend used his sermon without his permission in the song Come to Life, housed by the Grammy-nominated album, Donda. As the song Come to Life begins, Moten can be heard saying, “My soul cries out, ‘Hallelujah’, and I...

Law & Justice News Nigeria ElectionsHuman Rights Lawyer, Olajengbesi, Gives Reasons Why Emefiele Should Resign or Be Sacked

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 9, 2022

An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has demanded the sacking or resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. According to the lawyer, Emefiele has allegedly desecrated his office in the apex bank by showing interest in politics, especially in the 2023 presidential election. Olajengbesi, in a statement on Monday, warned that the CBN governor must quit now as all sensitive materials of the Independent National Electoral Commission are domiciled...

Crime & Punishment Law & Justice NewsFormer Aide to Ogun Governor, Abidemi Rufai, Pleads Guilty To Fraud In US

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 5, 2022

Abidemi Rufai, who was a former Senior Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has pleaded guilty to his role in a $350,763 fraud in the United States. The Seattle Times reported that the 45 years old Rufai pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the US District Court in Tecoma to charges that he used stolen Social Security numbers and other personal data to file $350,763 in fake claims for pandemic unemployment benefits in 2020....

Law & Justice News Press * MediaObi Cubana Slams N1b Suit Against PM Express Over ‘Drug Barons’ Story, Says He’s Not A Drug Baron

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 29, 2022

ABUJA — The Chairman, Cubana Group of companies, Chief Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has filed an N1 billion lawsuit against publishers of the Lagos-based newspaper, PM Express over a publication of defamatory information against him. The suit which was filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was dated and filed on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, by his lawyer, Afam Osigwe (SAN). The suit marked, CV/1367/2022 seeks an order of perpetual...

Law & Justice NewsSenator Wamakko Facilitates Release Of 50 Inmates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 29, 2022

Senator Aliyu Magatakardan Wamakko, representing Sokoto North senatorial district, has facilitated the release of 50 inmates from the Sokoto Correctional Center. Wamakko who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and deputy chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption Committee said the move was a step in his initiative for an annual gesture extended to the beneficiaries during the last 10 days of every Ramadan. In a Press Release by the Special Assistant...

Human Rights & Freedom Law & Justice NewsLegal Team Expresses Optimism As They Review Kanu’s Charges

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 26, 2022

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, said that the legal team was exploring legitimate processes to ensure that the pending seven counts against Kanu were struck out. Kanu was facing trial before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja on charges of terrorism. But Ejiofor, in a statement issued after the routine visit to Kanu in the custody of the...

Crime & Security Law & JusticePolice Declares 12 Wanted For Conspiracy, Murder, Armed Robbery, Unlawful Possession Of Firearms In Anambra

PilotnewsApril 23, 2022

By Emmanuel Chigbata, Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporters) AWKA — The Nigeria Police Force has declared wanted twelve suspects in connection with a case of conspiracy, murder, armed robbery, an act of terrorism, kidnapping, cultism and unlawful possession of firearms, housebreaking, burglary, malicious damage, and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace in Isu-Aniocha, Awka North LGA of Anambra State, Nigeria. The suspects are: Edward Okoye (aka Stone); Donatus Okeke; Onyemazi Ngini; Onyebuchi Nwekeizu...

Columns Law & Justice Marriage OpinionOPINION: Domestic Abuse; How We Feed The Beast

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)April 19, 2022

While it is important to ensure abusers are brought to book, we might not achieve the goal of ending domestic violence without taking into consideration the root of abuse in the mind of victims The UN defines domestic abuse as a pattern of behaviour in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. It could be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that...

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