Nigerian Correctional Service Trains 119 Inmates In Vocational Skills

EducationJobsLaw & JusticeNewsNigerian Correctional Service Trains 119 Inmates In Vocational Skills

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2021

The Gombe State command, Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) says about 119 inmates have undergone vocational skills training in two custodial centres in the state. There are 1, 260 inmates in the five custodial centres in Gombe, Tula, Billiri, Cham, and Bajoga facilities with 697 inmates awaiting trials. Mohammed Sharu, the state controller of NCS, said in an interview with newsmen that the nine-month training was part of efforts to reform inmates. According to him, Gombe...

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NDLEA Seizes 581.702kg of Exhibits, Arrests 43 Suspects In Kano

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaNDLEA Seizes 581.702kg of Exhibits, Arrests 43 Suspects In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2021

KANO  —  The Kano state Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 43 suspected drug traffickers in January 2020. Dr. Ibrahim Abdul, the NDLEA Commander in the state, in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Kano, said the suspects were arrested in various locations in the state following intensive operations carried out by the officers of the command. Abdul explained that during their various operations, the command intercepted 581.702...

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Lekki Shooting: Amnesty International Demand Justice For Victims, Alleges Cover up

Law & JusticeNewsPeopleLekki Shooting: Amnesty International Demand Justice For Victims, Alleges Cover up

Beloved John (Staff Writer)January 29, 2021

ABUJA  — Amnesty International (AI) has accused Nigeria authorities of brazenly trying to cover the violence launched on #EndSARS protesters rather than bringing the culprit to book. The human rights organization demanded the suspension of officials indicted in the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki, Lagos state. Last year, Nigerian youths had converged to demand an end to bad governance, police brutality, and the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the...

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Nigerian Human Rights Activist Omoyele Sowore Released on Bail

ColumnsLaw & JusticeOpinionPress * MediaNigerian Human Rights Activist Omoyele Sowore Released on Bail

PilotnewsJanuary 28, 2021

In Nigeria, causation of arrests and release are murky, and the rumor mill operates overtime. Some Nigerians are suggesting that Omoyele Sowore was released because the authorities are aware of the stronger human rights emphasis of the Biden administration and wanted to start off on the right foot with the new administration. Sowore is a well-known Nigerian human rights activist and strong critic of the Buhari administration and of Nigeria’s political economy in general. He...

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Court Admits More Evidence Against Naira Marley in Fraud Trial

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Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 27, 2021

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has admitted more exhibits in evidence against Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley in the ongoing trial of the hip hop singer. On Wednesday, Justice Nicolas Oweibo in his ruling admitted the Compact Disk containing the phone analysis of the singer, tendered in evidence by the second prosecution witness, Anosike Augustine on the ground that the iPhone which was analyzed has earlier been admitted as evidence....

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Yola Court Orders Seven ‘Witches’ To Restore Health of a 3 year Old Girl

Law & JusticeLifestyleYola Court Orders Seven ‘Witches’ To Restore Health of a 3 year Old Girl

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 27, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ There was a drama and surprise as a Criminal Area Court I, in Yola Adamawa state capital slammed a 24-hour ultimatum to seven suspected witches arraigned before it to restore the health of a 3-year-old girl they bewitched, or else incur the wrath of the law. The alleged witches including a 60-year-old woman, Halima Jonta of Dumne town in Song Local Government Area and five kids who are between...

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Court Discharge Four #EndSARS Protesters

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Discharge Four #EndSARS Protesters

Beloved John (Staff Writer)January 26, 2021

Four out of six protesters who were arrested in November for protesting outside the National Assembly were discharged on Monday by a court in Abuja. Last year, Nigeria was swept by weeks of widespread protests sparked by anger over brutality from the police’s loathed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The six defendants were arrested on November 8, 2020, and charged with unlawful assembly. The defence lawyer, Henry Akwaji requested the case be dismissed because the prosecution...

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Media Chiefs, Spotlight Initiative Brainstorm On Accountability In Fighting GBV

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaMedia Chiefs, Spotlight Initiative Brainstorm On Accountability In Fighting GBV

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 26, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ Nigeria’s Media Executives will today Tuesday discuss issues at a Round-table organized by the joint EU-UN Spotlight Initiative through UNICEF Nigeria to brainstorm on issues aimed at increasing accountability for funding and implementation of the “Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) program”. The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls...

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My Wife is Secretly Planning to Marry Another Man – Man Alleges in Court

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaMy Wife is Secretly Planning to Marry Another Man – Man Alleges in Court

PilotnewsJanuary 25, 2021

ABUJA —  A civil servant, Moses Ojo, on Monday prayed a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja,  to grant him divorce, on grounds that his wife, Martha, was secretly planning to marry another man. Ojo, in his petition, alleged:” she keeps travelling without my consent. Her lover sent her a text message on preparations for their wedding. ”Martha is also threatening to kill me and inherit my property,” he alleged. The petitioner also told the court...

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EU Foreign Ministers Consider Reaction in Wake of Navalny Arrest

Law & JusticePoliticsWorld NewsEU Foreign Ministers Consider Reaction in Wake of Navalny Arrest

PilotnewsJanuary 25, 2021

Brussels, Jan. 25, 2021 (NAN) EU foreign ministers are to consider how to react following the jailing of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and mass detentions at demonstrations across the country. Three Baltic States are calling for sharper EU sanctions on Moscow, but most member states seem minded to wait a little longer before resorting to more restrictive measures ahead of Monday’s talks. Anti-corruption campaigner Navalny returned to Russia on Jan. 18, after months in...

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