Logical thoughts about El-Rufai’s Feud with the Nigerian Bar Association

Law & JusticeNigeriaOpinionLogical thoughts about El-Rufai’s Feud with the Nigerian Bar Association

PilotnewsAugust 22, 2020

It is safe to say that El-Rufai has long before now gained a reputation as an ethnic irredentist and a governor who is doing so little to resolve the security situation in Southern Kaduna ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The Selection of the Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El Rufai as a guest speaker at the Nigerian Bar Association –NBA- Annual General Meeting, has been canceled following outrage and protest by thousands of Nigerians for NBA leadership to...

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NBA President Speaks on Removal of El-Rufai From List of Conference Speakers

Law & JusticeNewsNBA President Speaks on Removal of El-Rufai From List of Conference Speakers

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 22, 2020

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro has said the clamour from aggrieved lawyers led to the removal of Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna from the list of speakers who were shortlisted for the NBA 2020 conference. “There was indeed a motion that was moved and seconded to that effect. Those who spoke in favour of his attendance, including me, were in the minority,” Usoro said in a letter to the Nigerian...

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BREAKING: Salami’s Panel Recommends The Sacking of Magu, The Suspended EFCC Boss Kicks

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaBREAKING: Salami’s Panel Recommends The Sacking of Magu, The Suspended EFCC Boss Kicks

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The Justice Ayo Salami’s Judicial Commission of Inquiry (retd) set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magi, had submitted an interim report to the President. The report was said to have recommended the sacking of the suspended EFCC Chairman. According to TheCable, the report also recommended that the President should appoint a new chairman for the anti-graft agency. ThePunch also revealed...

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Ex-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Arrested for Online Fundraising Scheme

Law & JusticeUnited StatesEx-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Arrested for Online Fundraising Scheme

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon was on Thursday arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme, authorities said. Bannon and three others, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea, were indicted for their roles in defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall“. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, Audrey...

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BREAKING: NBA Withdraw el-Rufai Invitation, Following Protests Over Poor Human Rights Record

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaBREAKING: NBA Withdraw el-Rufai Invitation, Following Protests Over Poor Human Rights Record

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 20, 2020

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has withdrawn its invitation to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, following protests from some lawyers. The NBA disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday via its Twitter handle @NigBarAssoc. According to the tweet, “The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at its ongoing meeting resolves that the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, H.E. Nasir El-Rufai, by the 2020 Annual General Conference Planning committee be withdrawn and decision...

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TIV/ Jukun Crisis: Tiv Withdraw from Governor’s Ishaku’s Commission of Inquiry

Law & JusticeNewsPeopleTIV/ Jukun Crisis: Tiv Withdraw from Governor’s Ishaku’s Commission of Inquiry

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 18, 2020

Counsel to the Tiv people in Taraba on Monday announced their withdrawal from participating in the panel of inquiry constituted by the Taraba State government into the crisis between Tiv and Jukun in some parts of the state. The lead Counsel to the Tiv interests in the state Barr. Sabastine Hon (SAN) who dropped the hint  in Jalingo said that they had no confidence in the Commission as, ‘’  it’s composition, title and everything is...

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Kano Muslim Lawyers Praises Kano Singer’s Death Sentence

Law & JusticeNewsReligionKano Muslim Lawyers Praises Kano Singer’s Death Sentence

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 16, 2020

The Kano State Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN), has praised Shari’s court for sentencing a 22-year-old singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu to death by hanging for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. The singer, who is a resident pf Sharifai Quarters in Kano municipal, was charged for insulting “religious creed, contrary to Section 382 (6) of Kano State Shari’a Penal Code Law 2000.” The singer was said to have committed blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad in a song he...

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Tenant Lands in Trouble for Threating to Kill Landlord

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaTenant Lands in Trouble for Threating to Kill Landlord

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2020

The police on Thursday in Abuja arraigned a 35-year-old tenant, Godspower Obaka, in a Dutse Grade I Area Court over an alleged threat to kill his landlord. Obaka, who resides in Sabon-Gari, Bwari, is charged with Joint act, criminal trespass, criminal force, assault and intimidation. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Tunde Arowolo, told the court that the matter was reported by Ezekiel Love of the same address, on Aug....

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Female Soldier Rapes by Bandits Appeals Dismissal Because of Pregnancy

Law & JusticeMilitaryNewsFemale Soldier Rapes by Bandits Appeals Dismissal Because of Pregnancy

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 6, 2020

A soldier has been dismissed by the Nigerian Army for getting pregnant after she was raped by suspected bandits when she was traveling to Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The raped victim was later charged with one count charge of ‘conduct prejudicial to service discipline’, she was found guilty and subsequently dismissed from the regiment. According to ThePunch, she declined to speak on her ordeal when she was contacted on Wednesday; according to her, “I have not...

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Falana, Others Demand Justice for UI Student Who Died at a Soap-Making Factory

BusinessLaw & JusticeNewsFalana, Others Demand Justice for UI Student Who Died at a Soap-Making Factory

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 5, 2020

Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, a group led by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has partnered with the Oyo State Chapter of the International Lawyers Assisting Workers, to demand justice for Richard Gbadebo, a 300 level student of the University of Ibadan who died at a soap making factory on July 28. Gbadebo, 21, was said to be on a night shift at a factory owned by Henkel Nigeria Limited, manufacturers of WAW detergent...

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