Police Arrests Alleged Killer of 29-Year-Old Man In Ebonyi

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaPolice Arrests Alleged Killer of 29-Year-Old Man In Ebonyi

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 22, 2021

The Ebonyi Police Command said Wednesday it had arrested the alleged killer of 29-year-old Chukwudi Chukwu at a wake in Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Oda, told newsmen in Abakiliki that the suspect, who claimed to be a vigilante, was fake. According to Odah, investigations reveal that he is not a vigilante in Okposi. “He could not explain the source of a locally-made double-barrel gun,...

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Anambra CP Vows to Ensure that Justice Prevails Over the Murder of Citizen, by Police Officer

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsAnambra CP Vows to Ensure that Justice Prevails Over the Murder of Citizen, by Police Officer

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 21, 2021

The Anambra state Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Bala Kuryas has vowed to ensure a detailed investigation into the alleged murder of Ugochukwu Onwuzulike, a native of Awkuzu in Oyi local government area of Anambra state, who was shot by a police officer yesterday at Awkuzu junction and was later pronounced dead by doctors. Late Ugochukwu Onwuzulike was yesterday, April 20th, shot dead by a yet-to-be-identified police officer around Awkuzu junction while he was riding...

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Nigerian Governors Announces Date to Start Implementing Financial Autonomy for Judiciary

Law & JusticeNewsNigerian Governors Announces Date to Start Implementing Financial Autonomy for Judiciary

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 21, 2021

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said it will start the implementation of financial autonomy for state legislative and judiciary institutions by May 2021. The assurance was given by the Chairman of the forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, after a meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari at the State House. Fayemi maintained that the Nigerian governors have never been opposed to the issue of financial autonomy...

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Nigerians Have Been Denied Good Governance – Ubani

LabourLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaNigerians Have Been Denied Good Governance – Ubani

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 21, 2021

Former Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Monday Ubani, has thrown his weight behind the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), adding that Nigerians have been denied good governance. Ubani made the assertion while speaking on a Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ on Tuesday, accusing Nigerian governors of controlling the judiciary and legislative arms of government. On April 6, JUSUN declared a nationwide strike to press home its...

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George Floyd Killing: Ex-police Officer, Chauvin Found Guilty On All Counts

Law & JusticeNewsUnited StatesGeorge Floyd Killing: Ex-police Officer, Chauvin Found Guilty On All Counts

PilotnewsApril 21, 2021

Washington, DC — Derek Chauvin, the former U.S. police officer accused in the killing of George Floyd, has been found guilty on all three counts, Judge Peter Cahill said in Minneapolis on Tuesday. The death of Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, in 2020 triggered a wave of demonstrations against racism and police violence in the U.S. in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder, which is punishable by up to...

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Washington Reacts to Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial

Law & JusticeUnited StatesWashington Reacts to Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial

PilotnewsApril 21, 2021

Washington, DC — Washington responded with calm determination as former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all charges of murdering George Floyd, ending a trial that has put the country on edge as it confronts the realities of racial injustice and police violence. As jurors delivered their verdict following three weeks of emotionally charged testimony in Minneapolis, that city was just one of many nationwide on a high state of alert. Chauvin, who was...

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Governors, Speakers Appeal to Judicial Workers to Call off Strike

LabourLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaGovernors, Speakers Appeal to Judicial Workers to Call off Strike

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 15, 2021

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies, on Thursday, in Abuja, appealed to striking judicial workers to call off their ongoing strike, in the interest of the nation. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, who is also the Deputy Chairman of the NGF, made the appeal when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after he led officials of the Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies to the office of...

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Afe Babalola Advocates for Extension of Retirement Age for Supreme Court Justices

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaAfe Babalola Advocates for Extension of Retirement Age for Supreme Court Justices

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2021

A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, on Wednesday proposed 100 years as retirement age for Supreme Court Justices from 70. This is contained in a statement issued by Tunde Olofintila, the Director, Corporate Information of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, (ABUAD), in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday. Babalola, founder of ABUAD, made the call at the virtual launch of books in honour of retired Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, CFR, of the Supreme Court to mark his...

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Nigeria Needs Laws That Will Suppress Judiciary from Announcing Election Winner – Jonathan

Law & JusticeNewsPoliticsNigeria Needs Laws That Will Suppress Judiciary from Announcing Election Winner – Jonathan

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 13, 2021

The former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the need for legislation that will restrict the courts from declaring a winner in an election. The former President who spoke with journalists on Monday insisted that the situation where the judiciary is allowed to declared winners in an election as a result of electoral fraud should not be tolerated, adding that such is undemocratic. Jonathan explained that the ballot papers should be the only means of...

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FRSC Impounds 3,205 Vehicles, Apprehends 5,630 Offenders

Accidents and SafetyLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaFRSC Impounds 3,205 Vehicles, Apprehends 5,630 Offenders

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 11, 2021

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has impounded 3,205 vehicles and apprehended 5,630 offenders for committing 6,880 offenses during the Easter special patrol from March 31 to April 7. The Corps covered 1,575 routes within the period. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja. He said the Corps also arraigned 87 offenders in mobile courts, convicted 79 with option...

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