National SecurityNewsNigeriaAmnesty Programme: Ex-Agitators Hail Buhari Over Dikio’s Appointment

PilotnewsAugust 31, 2020

A coalition of ex-agitators has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment of Col. Milland Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme. A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by Mr Kingsley Muturu, Chairman, Amnesty Phase II, Delta Chapter, described Col. Dikio’s appointment as a right step in moving the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme forward. Muturu said that the appointment was a bold statement and a sign of great confidence the president reposed...

CONTINUE READING

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNBA President Kicks as Northern Lawyers Form Parallel NBA

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 29, 2020

The newly sworn-in President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has kicked against the move by Nigerian northern lawyers to form a parallel association. Some Nigerian lawyers of Northern extraction on Friday, had formed the ‘New NBA’, following the recent controversial withdrawal of the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, as a guest speaker at the association’s conference. The new group in a statement by two lawyers, Nuhu Ibrahim (Convener 1)...

CONTINUE READING
No Room For Fulani Vigilante Group in Benue State – Ortom Warns

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNo Room For Fulani Vigilante Group in Benue State – Ortom Warns

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 28, 2020

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has warned that he would use the rule of law to ensure that any Fulani herdsmen who dared to come to the state as a vigilante group were jailed. Remember that the Fulani organization, Miyeitti Allah Kauta Hore, recently, at a press conference in Abuja, vowed to establish vigilante groups in all the state of the federation to combat insecurity. Ortom responded to this through his Chief Press Secretary,...

CONTINUE READING

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsBoko Haram Slaughtered 75 Borno Elders in One Night – Senator Ndume

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 28, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has revealed how Boko Haram insurgents killed 75 members of his community in Gwoza local government in one night. Mr Ndume dropped the hint during a stakeholders’ meeting organized by Senate Committee on Special Duties and the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Maiduguri. The former Senate leader, who is also a member of the committee, informed the gathering that the challenges faced...

CONTINUE READING
Buhari Says Administration of Justice in Nigeria Moves At A “Terribly Slow Pace”

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaBuhari Says Administration of Justice in Nigeria Moves At A “Terribly Slow Pace”

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 27, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the administration of justice in Nigerian courts moves at a “terribly slow pace”. The President said this while speaking at the 60th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), proposing a 12-month time limit for criminal cases to be heard and decided upon. The President who was represented by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said it took so long for the tribunal to hear matters and pass their verdicts...

CONTINUE READING
Boko Haram: Gov Zulum Urges Communities to Support Security Agencies to End Insurgency

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsBoko Haram: Gov Zulum Urges Communities to Support Security Agencies to End Insurgency

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 26, 2020

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has again urged communities to provide timely information to the military and other security agencies to enable them track down Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum made the call when he visited Magumeri Local Government Area to commiserate with the people over the Aug. 19 attack by Boko Haram insurgents.“ It is very important for the citizens to support the Nigerian Military with intelligence reports to enable them to track down the insurgents...

CONTINUE READING

Law & JusticePoliticsUnited StatesTrump Pardons Convicted Bank Robber Amid RNC Convention

PilotnewsAugust 26, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned a convicted bank robber, Jon Ponder, who is now running a post-prison assistance programme. A pre-recorded video of Trump signing an executive order for the pardon, with Ponder standing beside him, aired on Tuesday night. Coming amid the Republican National Convention, the president’s move is seen by some as an attempt to draw attention to criminal justice. Criminal justice reform and the need to give repentant criminals a second...

CONTINUE READING
Mali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

MilitaryNewsWest AfricaMali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The junta that has overtaken power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body that will rule the country for three years and has agreed to release the detained President, a source in a visiting West African delegation and the rebel soldiers disclosed on Sunday. Last week’s coup was Mali’s second military intervention in eight years. The coup followed months of protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as the public is discontent with...

CONTINUE READING
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...

CONTINUE READING
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...

CONTINUE READING

Newer Posts

Older Posts

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com