NBM, Others Slam N1bn Libel Suit Against Linda Ikeji

Law & JusticeNewsNBM, Others Slam N1bn Libel Suit Against Linda Ikeji

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 8, 2022

ASABA — The Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa and three others have slammed an N1 billion lawsuit against Linda Ikeji, a popular Nigerian blogger for defamation and libel. The suit with number EHC/210/2021 at the Delta State High Court holden at Effurun Court 2, Delta State, had the Registered Trustees of NBM of Africa, Olorogun Ese Kakor, Olorogun Felix Kupa, and Mayor Onyebueke as claimants with Linda Ikeji as the sole defendant. The Claimants...

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OPINION: Blaise Compaore’s Conviction Is a Momentous Victory for the Rule of Law and Citizen Power in Africa

AfricaColumnsLaw & JusticeOpinionOPINION: Blaise Compaore’s Conviction Is a Momentous Victory for the Rule of Law and Citizen Power in Africa

PilotnewsApril 7, 2022

Compaore’s conviction is good news for the rule of law and democratic consolidation in Africa.    Former Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore’s sentence of life imprisonment by an Ouagadougou military court for complicity in the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, marks an important victory for the rule of law in the country and the region as a whole. In exile in the Ivory Coast since his ouster from power following a popular uprising in 2014,...

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Blasphemy: Nigerian Atheist Bags 24 Years Imprisonment

Law & JusticeReligionBlasphemy: Nigerian Atheist Bags 24 Years Imprisonment

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 6, 2022

KANO — Kano State High Court has sentenced a Nigerian atheist and president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria Mubarak Bala, to 24 years imprisonment for blasphemy against Allah and His Prophet (SAW). Bala, who had initially pleaded not guilty to the crime, backtracked on Tuesday and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment by a Kano State High Court. The convict, whose age and address was not provided by the court, was...

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Brazil-based Man Caught With 73 Sachets of Cocaine Hidden in Bedsheets in Port Harcourt

Drug & Substance AbuseLaw & JusticeBrazil-based Man Caught With 73 Sachets of Cocaine Hidden in Bedsheets in Port Harcourt

PilotnewsApril 4, 2022

By Anastasia Mbabie, Staff reporter A 39-year-old Brazilian returnee, Nnanna Anayo Michael, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for possession of cocaine during the inward screening of passengers on board Qatar Airline flight QR1433 from Doha to Port Harcourt on Tuesday, 29th March. According to the spokesman of the agency, the suspect who hails from Ekwusigo, Anambra State was arrested with 73 sachets weighing 8.15 kilograms of cocaine,...

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Drunk Rapes 75-Year Old Grandmother To Death

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaDrunk Rapes 75-Year Old Grandmother To Death

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

A drunkard, Iliya Musa who hailed from Maduguva community in the Mubi North LGA of the Adamawa State has confessed to have raped the old woman. The suspect who is now in Police custody claimed that he committed the heinous act under the influence of alcohol. “I was returning from a wedding ceremony that night when I heard my grandmother sobbing. I went in and in the twinkling of an eye I found myself on...

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Inmates In Kuje Correctional Centre Excited By The Presence of Kyari

CorruptionLaw & JusticePoliceInmates In Kuje Correctional Centre Excited By The Presence of Kyari

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 31, 2022

ABUJA — The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under prosecution for drug trafficking alongside four other policemen, was denied bail by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The National...

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Court Dismisses Abba Kyari, Co-defendants’ Bail Request

CorruptionLaw & JusticeCourt Dismisses Abba Kyari, Co-defendants’ Bail Request

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 28, 2022

ABUJA — The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday declined the bail request by Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police and former head of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The court similarly rejected the applications by his co-defendants, with whom he faces charges of illegal dealing in cocaine. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on March 7, arraigned Kyari and four members of the IRT along with two others on eight...

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You’ll Come Over To The Eagle’s Cell For A Sleep Over Even After Handing Over – EFCC Sends Message To Corrupt Nigerian Politicians

CorruptionLaw & JusticePoliticsYou’ll Come Over To The Eagle’s Cell For A Sleep Over Even After Handing Over – EFCC Sends Message To Corrupt Nigerian Politicians

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 26, 2022

ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned corrupt Nigerian politicians to stay away from financial crimes or the long arm of the law will come for them. The stern and perhaps threatening message directed to corrupt politicians was sent via the agency’s official Twitter page on Friday. EFCC vowed to get hold of persons who spend public funds recklessly while in office, stressing that such persons will be forced to sleep...

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One Week After Detention, EFCC Releases Obiano, Seizes His Passport

CorruptionLaw & JusticePoliticsOne Week After Detention, EFCC Releases Obiano, Seizes His Passport

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 25, 2022

ABUJA — Former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after spending one week in custody. Obiano was arrested hours after handing over to his successor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, last Thursday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on his way to the United States. On Wednesday, the anti-graft agency granted the former governor administrative bail, while waiting for him to fulfill his bail conditions. As...

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Law & JusticeNewsNBA Warn Courts Against Recklessness Handling Of Cases

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 23, 2022

ABUJA — The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says caution was highly needed by the courts to prevent anarchy and loss of public confidence in the judiciary, warning against recklessness in the handling of cases. Olumide Akpata, the NBA President in a statement said it would soon obtain the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the Federal High Court proceedings and processes filed in the case to enable it to take a position. The statement reads in part: “The...

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