Malami Distances Self from the Invasion of Supreme Court Justice’s Home, Orders Probe

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeMalami Distances Self from the Invasion of Supreme Court Justice’s Home, Orders Probe

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 30, 2021

ABUJA — The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has, on Saturday, distance himself from the reported invasion of the home of a Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili, by security operatives. The Minister also ordered a probe into the circumstances surrounding the raid of the residence of the Justice. This was according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Jibrilu...

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Governor Abdulrazaq Receives Committee’s Report On Misbaudeen Arabic School

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeGovernor Abdulrazaq Receives Committee’s Report On Misbaudeen Arabic School

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 26, 2021

ILORIN — Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has received the report of the 11-man committee set up by the Kwara State government to investigate the torture meted out to some students of Misbaudeen Arabic School, Ganmo. Recall that the committee was set up following the torture meted out to five students of the school including a female, by the principal for allegedly organizing and participating in a birthday party where alcohol was freely served and consumed. The...

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EndSARS: Sanwo-Olu Promises to Make Judicial Panel Report Public

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeEndSARS: Sanwo-Olu Promises to Make Judicial Panel Report Public

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 21, 2021

LAGOS — As the final report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution is being awaited, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the Government would be making full disclosure of the report to the public. Sanwo-Olu said the State Government would not make an attempt to cover up the recommendations of the panel, whether it is in its favour or not. The Governor said the panel report would be helpful in strengthening true...

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Amidst Tight Security, DSS Brought Nnamdi Kanu to Court to Face Treason Charges

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeAmidst Tight Security, DSS Brought Nnamdi Kanu to Court to Face Treason Charges

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 21, 2021

ABUJA — On Thursday, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) appeared at the Federal High Court in Abuja amidst tight security. The IPOB leader was brought to the Court on a black Sport Utility Vehicle at about 8 a.m. Journalists, lawyers, and staff of the Federal High Court were barred from entering the Court premises. From Transcorp Hilton through the Ministry of Justice and Abia House, security was beefed up with...

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Mrs Ibrahim Zakzaky Sues DSS, AGF Demands N2 billion

Law & JusticeMrs Ibrahim Zakzaky Sues DSS, AGF Demands N2 billion

PilotnewsOctober 19, 2021

ABUJA — Wife of the Leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) popularly called the Shi’ites, Malama Zeenah, have separately filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the seizure of their international passports by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). In their fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by their lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), their lawyer, in their fundamental rights enforcement suit, the...

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#EndSARS: LCCI Seeks Strict Adherence to Democratic Ideals

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & Justice#EndSARS: LCCI Seeks Strict Adherence to Democratic Ideals

PilotnewsOctober 19, 2021

LAGOS — The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged leaders in sub-Saharan Africa to embrace the rule of law and democratic ideals to forestall political unrest. Dr. Chinyere Almona, Director-General, LCCI, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. She spoke against the backdrop of the one-year anniversary of #EndSARS protests which impacted negatively on businesses across the country. Almona added that bad...

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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

Anambra ElectionsLaw & JusticeAnambra 2021: Supreme Court Affirms Soludo As APGA Governorship Candidate

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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