ENDSARS UPDATE: Panel Ends Sitting Award N410 million To 71 Petitioners

Law & JusticeENDSARS UPDATE: Panel Ends Sitting Award N410 million To 71 Petitioners

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 19, 2021

LAGOS — The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)-related abuses and the October 20 Lekki Tollgate shootings has ended its assignment. The Panel of Enquiry was set up by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu last year to adjudicate cases of police brutality in the state. Justice Doris Okuwobi, who presided over the nine-man panel, ended the sitting with compensations for victims and recommendations to the government. She said...

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SERAP Sues FG Over N4.8bn Budget to Monitor WhatsApp

Law & JusticeSERAP Sues FG Over N4.8bn Budget to Monitor WhatsApp

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 18, 2021

ABUJA — The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the scheme to keep tabs on the phone calls, WhatsApp, and text messages of Nigerians. The NGO filed the suit on Friday before a federal high court in Abuja. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1240/2021, SERAP prayed that the court to declare the plan to monitor WhatsApp unconstitutional. Of the N982 billion approved in 2021 supplementary budget,...

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Anambra 2021: Supreme Court Affirms Soludo As APGA Governorship Candidate

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Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 14, 2021

ABUJA — There was jubilation on Thursday when the Supreme Court in Abuja cleared a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance in the Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 6. The apex court also returned Chief Victor Oye as the National Chairman of APGA. The apex court in a judgment of a five-man panel of justices dismissed the...

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Anambra Assembly Passes Anti-Grazing Bill into Law, As Governor Obiano is Set to Present 2022 Budget

BusinessLaw & JusticeAnambra Assembly Passes Anti-Grazing Bill into Law, As Governor Obiano is Set to Present 2022 Budget

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)October 12, 2021

AWKA — Anambra State House of Assembly has passed the anti-grazing bill into law after the bill was read for the third time and overwhelmingly supported by members during the plenary session today. A bill for a law to prohibit and abolish open and nomadic grazing was submitted to the House a few weeks ago and has been painstakingly considered by the House before it was passed at about 3.55 pm, Nigerian time on Tuesday,...

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Suspected Police Operatives Whisk Enugu Suspended Traditional Ruler Out At Night

Law & JusticePeoplePoliceSuspected Police Operatives Whisk Enugu Suspended Traditional Ruler Out At Night

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 11, 2021

ENUGU — Mrs. Martina Okwor has called on the Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to as a matter of urgency intervene and save the life of her husband, Chief Christopher Okwor who was whisked out of their residence on Thursday night by suspected Police operatives. “I call for quick intervention of the Enugu state Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State as both the offence and whereabouts’ of my husband are not yet known”, Martina Okwor...

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Professional Misconduct: 158 Military Personnel Faces Court Martial

Law & JusticeMilitaryProfessional Misconduct: 158 Military Personnel Faces Court Martial

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 10, 2021

MAIDUGURI — Theatre Commander of the Joint Taskforce North-East Operation Hadin Kai, Maj. Gen. Christopher Musa, inaugurated the general and special court-martials at the Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State. Musa added that the court would deal only with matters pertaining directly to regimentation, discipline, efficiency and morale of military personnel. According to Musa, 28 officers and 130 soldiers face trials for offences bordering on alleged professional misconduct. Members of the panels are Maj. Gen....

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Abaribe Should Have Been Jailed After Nnamdi Kanu Jumped Bail in 2017 – Adesina

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeNigeriaAbaribe Should Have Been Jailed After Nnamdi Kanu Jumped Bail in 2017 – Adesina

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 8, 2021

ABUJA — Femi Adesina, a  presidential spokesman, has questioned why Enyinnaya Abaribe, senate minority leader wasn’t imprisoned when Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) jumped bail. The senator was one of those who stood as surety for Kanu in 2017 before he was granted bail. However, Kanu, who was facing charges bordering on treasonable felony, jumped the bail-in 2017. According to Adesina, the senator stood as surety for Kanu who...

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Royal Father Challenges NIPR On Factual Information Dissemination

Culture & TraditionLaw & JusticeNewsRoyal Father Challenges NIPR On Factual Information Dissemination

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 8, 2021

YOLA — Lamido Adamawa, Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa has challenged members of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) to use the institution in the fight against crime and vices in the society through dissemination of factual information. The Lamido gave the challenge Thursday in his palace in Yola while playing host to Adamawa state committee on citizens’ summit of the Institute led by its chairman Prof Abubakar Abba Tahir. The Royal Father who...

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Anambra State House of Assembly Begins Consideration of the Anti-Open Grazing Bill

BusinessLaw & JusticeNewsAnambra State House of Assembly Begins Consideration of the Anti-Open Grazing Bill

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)October 5, 2021

AWKA — The Anambra State House of Assembly today commenced consideration of the Anti-open grazing bill which was sent to the House Committee on Agriculture chaired by Hon. John Nwokoye, member representing Awka North constituency. Following the sensitivity of the bill, last week, the Committee on Agriculture held a public hearing to elicit diverse responses on various clauses of the bill and the hearing was well attended by stakeholders not only in the agricultural sector...

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It is Illegal and Political Suicide To Support Herdsmen, Falana to FG

BusinessLaw & JusticeIt is Illegal and Political Suicide To Support Herdsmen, Falana to FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 5, 2021

ABUJA — Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said the Federal Government’s decision to support herdsmen who are planning to challenge the anti-open grazing law in court is not only unconstitutional but political suicide. The activist said this in a statement on Monday while reacting to a report quoting the Special Assistant on Media to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr. Umar Gwandu, that the Federal...

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