NHRC Commends I-G on FSARS Ban

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNHRC Commends I-G on FSARS Ban

PilotnewsOctober 6, 2020

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) In Tuesday commended the Inspector-General of Police (I-GP), Mohammed Adamu for banning the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). Mr Tony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, gave the commendation in Abuja,  while reacting to the recent ban on SARS and other special teams of the Nigerian Police from routine patrol duties ”His order is in line with the Commission’s recommendations following a report on the Presidential Investigation Panel...

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Police Arraign Pastor for Criminal Intimidation

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPolice Arraign Pastor for Criminal Intimidation

PilotnewsOctober 6, 2020

A 38-year-old pastor, Uche Macldurence, appeared before a Grade 1 Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Tuesday charged with criminal intimidation. Macldurence, of NEPA Road off Gado Nasko Road, Kubwa, pleaded not guilty to a one-count charge of criminal intimidation levelled against him. The prosecuting counsel, Babajide Olanipekun, told the court that the matter was reported by one Mr Anthony Igokwe of Tugo Road phase 4 Kubwa Abuja, at the Kubwa Police Station on June...

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Alleged Pension Fraud: Absence of Judge, Maina Stall Trial

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaAlleged Pension Fraud: Absence of Judge, Maina Stall Trial

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2020

The absence of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, and Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), on Monday, stalled the continuation of the ongoing money laundering trial. Although Justice Abang and Maina were not in court for the day’s proceedings, Sen. Ali Ndume, who is standing as surety for the ex-pension reformed boss, was in court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

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Osinbajo Expresses Displeasure Over SARS Menace, Condemns Killings, Arrest and Extortion

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaOsinbajo Expresses Displeasure Over SARS Menace, Condemns Killings, Arrest and Extortion

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 5, 2020

There was outrage in Nigeria on Sunday over the extra-judicial killings, harassment, and extortion of innocent Nigerians by the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, one of the units of the Nigerian Police Force. One of the prominent Nigerian politicians who have condemned the unconstitutional behavior of the Police unit is the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Others who have joined in condemning the SARS Operatives were Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege and the Minister of State...

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RAPE: Soldiers Dismissed, Bags 5 Years For Sexual Assault In Maiduguri

Law & JusticeMilitaryNewsRAPE: Soldiers Dismissed, Bags 5 Years For Sexual Assault In Maiduguri

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)October 1, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent A Court-Martial sitting in 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, in Maiduguri has sentenced a soldier found guilty of assault and rape to five years in prison. He has also been dismissed as the second punishment for the two-count charges of defilement and assault for which he was arraigned. The soldier, identified as Corporal Aliyu Yakubu committed the offence on July 1, 2018, in Bama, where he was serving under...

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Sharia Punishments Embarrass Nigeria

ColumnsLaw & JusticeNigeriaOpinionSharia Punishments Embarrass Nigeria

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2020

Inhumane sharia punishments, including flogging, amputations, and stoning, have long embarrassed the federal government of Nigeria. That is happening now, with the 120-month prison sentence handed down by a Kano sharia court to a thirteen-year-old boy, Omar Farouq, and the death sentence handed down by the same court, again for blasphemy, on a twenty-two-year-old musician, Yahaya Sharif, for a song he shared on social media. A third, Mubarak Bala, a self-proclaimed atheist, has disappeared in police custody....

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Atiku, Former Chief Judge of Kano, Atiku, is Dead

Law & JusticeNewsAtiku, Former Chief Judge of Kano, Atiku, is Dead

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 28, 2020

The immediate past Chief Judge of Kano State High Court, Justice Shehu Atiku, died on Sunday. He had been laid to rest on Monday in Kano. In a press statement issued on Monday by the Public Relations Officer, Kano High Court, Baba Ibrahi  Jibo, confirmed the demise of the former Jurist. Jibo said that the former CJ died of an undisclosed ailment. The final Islamic funeral rites were performed on his remains at the Umar...

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Magu: Malami Rejects Invitation to Testify Before Salami

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaMagu: Malami Rejects Invitation to Testify Before Salami

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 24, 2020

The Attorney-general of the federation (AGF)Abubakar Malami, has turned down the invitation to appear before the presidential panel investigating Ibrahim Magu, the embattled chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). His action contradicts his statement to gladly testify against Magu if summoned by the panel in the ongoing probe. The embattled EFCC chairman is being investigated by the Salami-led panel over allegations of corruption. However, it was learned that during the sitting of...

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Remembered as ‘jurist of historic stature’

Law & JusticeNewsUnited StatesRuth Bader Ginsburg is Remembered as ‘jurist of historic stature’

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2020

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18 at age 87, has been described in countless tributes as a cultural icon and a giant despite her small size. “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her — a tireless and resolute champion of justice,” said...

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Lagos to Transform Judiciary Infrastructure – Sanwo-olu

Law & JusticeNewsLagos to Transform Judiciary Infrastructure – Sanwo-olu

PilotnewsSeptember 19, 2020

The Lagos State Government on Saturday promised to transform the infrastructure of the judiciary sector of the state. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made the promise during an inspection of Lagos High Court, Ikeja and Lagos High Court, Igbosere. Sanwo-Olu said that the state government was committed to reforming the judicial sector and would change the face of courtrooms across the state. He said that adjudication would no longer take place in an unconducive...

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