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Foreign Policy Human Rights & Freedom Law & 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...

Accidents and Safety Law & 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...

Africa Human Rights & Freedom Law & 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...

Law & Justice Press * MediaNational Assembly Has Taken Five Moves to Monopolize Freedom of Expression Since 2015

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 12, 2021

ABUJA — The common definition of democracy is that it is the government of the people, by the people, and for the people. However, the federal House of Assembly has been strongly criticized since it took over the affairs of the country for its approach to freedom of speech, information, and expression in the country. The criticism was because the legislature had read bills that were in one way or the other meant to suppress...

Corruption Law & JusticeICPC to Arraign Former Surveyor-General Over Theft of Public Asset

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 12, 2021

ABUJA — Ebisintei Awudu, former surveyor-general of the federation is to be arraigned today (Monday) by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over an offence bordering on the theft of public asset. He had been ordered to appear before the federal high court in Abuja by Olusegun Adeniyi after missing the initial date the court scheduled, July 5. The arraignment was stalled as a result of his absence and that of...

Crime & Security Law & JusticeFederal High Court Sentence Two Persons To Life Imprisonment For Kidnapping

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 8, 2021

KANO — Two persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday by the Federal High Court sitting in Kano for kidnapping a three-year-old boy, Attahiru. The defendants, Umar Salisu, and Abba Tijjani all residing at Kofar Waika Quarters Kano, were convicted on a two-count charge, ranging from conspiracy to kidnapping. The presiding Judge, Justice J.K Daggard in his ruling held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt against the first and second...

Law & Justice Politics Press * MediaThe Fifth Move APC-led Legislature Takes to Monopolize Freedom of Expression

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 8, 2021

ABUJA — The common definition of democracy is that it is the government of the people, by the people, and for the people. However, the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) led government has been strongly criticized since it took over the affairs of the country for its approach to freedom of speech and expression in the country. The criticism was because the ruling party-led legislature had read bills that were in one way or the...

Law & Justice News NigeriaMalami Says Canadian Justice Minister is ‘Ignorant’ for His View On Nnamdi Kanu’s Arrest

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 7, 2021

ABUJA — The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has described the views of the Solicitor General of Alberta in Canada, Kelechi Amadi, on the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu as an “outrageously ignoramus opinion that is eccentric and weird”. The Minister said this in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Office of the AGF, Umar Gwandu on Wednesday. “Attorney General of the Federation...

Law & Justice Press * MediaLagos Assembly Passes Bill Prohibiting Media Parade of Suspects

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 5, 2021

LAGOS — A bill prohibiting the media parade of suspects by the Lagos police command has been passed by the state assembly. The bill was passed during the Monday sitting, presided by the deputy speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni. The bill is an amendment of the Lagos State Criminal Justice Law and if assented will end the media parade of suspects in Lagos. Section 9(a) of the bill says, “of the newly passed bill, “as from the...

Corruption Law & Justice PoliticsBuhari to Appear In Court As SERAP Files Suit Over $25bn Overdraft Taken From CBN

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 5, 2021

ABUJA — The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit, asking the court “to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose spending details of the overdrafts and loans obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since May 29, 2015, including the projects on which the overdrafts have been spent, and repayments of all overdrafts to date.” The rights group is also seeking an order to compel the president to explain “explain and clarify...

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