Court Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Amid Heavy Security in Abuja

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeNewsCourt Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Amid Heavy Security in Abuja

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 26, 2021

ABUJA — There was obvious increase in security around the Federal High Court on Monday morning ahead of the resumption of the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. However, Kanu did not appear before the court as expected, which made the court adjourn the hearing till October 21, 2021. When the case was called up, the court was informed by the prosecution counsel, M.B. Abubakar, that the matter was slated for hearing and that they were ready...

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Counsels To Igboho To Block His Extradition

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeCounsels To Igboho To Block His Extradition

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 25, 2021

One of the legal team and supporters of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho, Barr Ibrahim David Salami says they will prefer that he dies in the Benin Republic than allow him to be handed over to the Nigerian government. Salami who declared on Saturday vowed that everything would be done to ensure that Igboho is not extradited to Nigeria. Salami said the legal team of five in Benin has been receiving immense moral support from...

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Court Orders SSS to Produce Igboho’s Aides

Law & JusticeNigeriaCourt Orders SSS to Produce Igboho’s Aides

PilotnewsJuly 23, 2021

ABUJA — By the order of a federal high court in Abuja, the State Security Service (SSS) is expected to present the 12 detained aides of Sunday Igboho arrested during the last attack on his apartment. The court had ruled on an ex parte application brought by the detainees’ lawyer. The applicants’ counsel, Pelumi Olajengbesi, urged the court for an order demanding the security service to produce the detainees to enable the court to “inquire...

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Cotonou Court Adjourn Igboho’s Trial as Nigeria Fails to File Extradition Charges

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeCotonou Court Adjourn Igboho’s Trial as Nigeria Fails to File Extradition Charges

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 23, 2021

Communications manager of Ilana Omo Oodua, Maxwell Adeleye has disclosed that  Nigeria did not file any charge against Sunday Igboho before he was arraigned at Cour De’appal De Cotonou, the Republic of Benin on Thursday. The Yoruba activist was arraigned at the court following his arrest at the Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou on Monday night. He was arrested with his wife on their way to Germany. A statement issued by Adeleye on behalf of ...

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Man Kills Wife Over N1, 000.00

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsMan Kills Wife Over N1, 000.00

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 23, 2021

A 41-year-old man, Usman Hammawa, has been apprehended by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly beating his 36-year-old wife to death over N1, 000. The image maker of the Adamawa State Police Command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Aliyu Adamu Alhaji, commended the locals and police for exposing and making it impossible for the criminal to escape justice. He said a fight ensued after Rabiyatu Usman demand her husband refund...

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Eid-El-Kabir: Ganduje Frees 136 Inmates

Law & JusticeEid-El-Kabir: Ganduje Frees 136 Inmates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 22, 2021

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has released 136 inmates from Kano custodial centres as part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. After releasing them, each of the inmates was given a sum of N5,000 as transport fare back to their respective destinations. A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, announced the pardon to the inmates on Tuesday when he visited Goron Dutse Medium Custodial Centre. The statement read: “In your position as...

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Lawyers Decries Non-Payment Of Judgment By Federal Government Agencies

BusinessLaw & JusticeNigeriaLawyers Decries Non-Payment Of Judgment By Federal Government Agencies

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 21, 2021

ABUJA — Lawyers who have won various litigations against the federal government agencies have cried out over non-payment of judgment debts incurred by the government. In a statement issued by the director of Legal Services, Centre for Civic Education, Barrister Agomuo Chimaobi, on behalf of the lawyers, said the unpaid judgement debts were affecting them economically, having used their personal resources to prosecute some of the cases on behalf of their clients. Parts of the...

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How Buratai Masterminded the Arrest of Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic

Foreign PolicyHuman Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeHow Buratai Masterminded the Arrest of Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 21, 2021

Facts on Tuesday revealed how Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai (retd), masterminded the arrest of the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. According to The Punch, a source in Benin Republic confided that the former Chief of Army Staff wrote the government of the West African country and insisted on the arrest and extradition of Igboho. It was gathered that former Army boss was at the...

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Lagos Assembly Proposes 2-year Jail Term for Assault On Firemen

Accidents and SafetyLaw & JusticeLagos Assembly Proposes 2-year Jail Term for Assault On Firemen

PilotnewsJuly 20, 2021

IKEJA — Lagos House of Assembly has recommended two years’ imprisonment for a person or persons obstructing fire fighting or assaulting firefighters. The assembly made the recommendation in its proposed state fire service bill. The Chairman of the House Committee on Special Duties, Mr. Raheem Kazeem (Ibeju Lekki II) made the disclosure at a one-day public hearing on the bill on Friday. The public hearing was conducted by the House of Assembly. The News Agency...

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There is “An Urgent Need to Confront the Legacies of Enslavement” – UN

AfricaHuman Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeThere is “An Urgent Need to Confront the Legacies of Enslavement” – UN

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 12, 2021

The United Nations Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet, has on Monday called for countries to dismantle systemic racism and to acknowledge and provide “reparatory justice” for past wrongs like slavery and colonialism. Bachelet who spoke before the UN Human Rights Council, described how deeply embedded racism against Africans and the people of African descent continue to affect all aspect of their lives. In the presentation of a report which followed the murder of George Floyd by...

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