Osinbajo Describes ICC’s Reform as A Welcome Development

Law & JusticeWorld NewsOsinbajo Describes ICC’s Reform as A Welcome Development

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 19, 2022

ABUJA — Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the move by the International Criminal Court to reform its system as part of efforts to mend relations with African countries is a welcome development and a crucial moment for the continent. According to a statement signed on Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo stated this when he received a courtesy visit to...

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Buhari Vows to Stop Anyone Attempting to Destabilize Nigeria

National SecurityNewsBuhari Vows to Stop Anyone Attempting to Destabilize Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 19, 2022

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to resist agents of discord who were bent on causing breakdown of law and order in the country, vowing that no person or group will be allowed to destabilize the country. The President made the vow at an Iftar dinner he had with Governors, Ministers, and Heads of Government Agencies. It was contained in a statement signed by the President’s aide on media and publicity, Femi...

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CSOs Condemns Pardon Of Corrupt Politicians By Nigeria Council Of State

Law & JusticeNewsCSOs Condemns Pardon Of Corrupt Politicians By Nigeria Council Of State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 17, 2022

The pardon granted by Nigeria Council of State to former governors of Plateau and Taraba States, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, as well as other politicians convicted by the courts for corruption has been condemned by Civil society Organisations (CSOs) in the country. Senator Dariye and Nyame were both imprisoned for looting N1.16 billion and N1.6 billion from coffers of their respective states, but were pardoned by the council of state chaired by President Muhammadu...

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Biden Approves Sales of $1bn Attack Helicopters, Others For Nigeria

National SecurityNewsUnited StatesBiden Approves Sales of $1bn Attack Helicopters, Others For Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 14, 2022

The United States State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1bn, apparently after US lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Thursday announced the sale of the helicopters and related defence systems to the Nigerian military. The package includes $25m for human rights-related training, according to YahooNews. The sale includes the Bell-made Cobras; 28 General Electric-made T700-401C engines; 2,000 Advanced...

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NSCDC Deploy Over 400 Personnel Across Zamfara State

National SecurityNewsNSCDC Deploy Over 400 Personnel Across Zamfara State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 13, 2022

To ensure adequate security during and after the Easter period in Zamfara State, over 400 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were deployed across the state. The State’s commandant of the Corps, Mr. A. A. Sparks said that the Corps will stop at nothing in ensuring a secured atmosphere of worship for the people of the State. The commandant reiterated his resolve to work hand-in-hand with other sister agencies in order...

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OPINION: Nigeria’s Deepening Security Crisis Exposes Growing Reliance on Nonstate Actors

ColumnsNational SecurityOpinionOPINION: Nigeria’s Deepening Security Crisis Exposes Growing Reliance on Nonstate Actors

PilotnewsApril 12, 2022

Governor El-Rufai’s threat to import mercenaries to help with Nigeria’s security crisis reveals cracks in the security sector and waning state power. A rare positive note as Nigeria spirals into a state of lawlessness is the unintended return to the front burner of longstanding issues around governance at the subnational level. Until now, such issues have bubbled under the surface, receiving fleeting attention only when the country’s perennial crisis threatens to boil over, only to...

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FG Vows To Get Justice For Late Osinachi, Promises To Rehabilitate Her Kids

Law & JusticeNewsFG Vows To Get Justice For Late Osinachi, Promises To Rehabilitate Her Kids

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 11, 2022

The Federal Government has vowed to get justice for the late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu. The acclaimed gospel singer was alleged to have been a silent victim of domestic assault by Peter Nwachukwu, her now-embattled husband. Following the nationwide uproar elicited by her death, Dame Pauline Tallen, minister of women’s affairs, in a statement issued on Monday assured Nigerians that the husband of the late gospel artiste, if found to be complicit in her...

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Troops Eliminate 80 Terrorists In North West, North Central

National SecurityNewsTroops Eliminate 80 Terrorists In North West, North Central

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 8, 2022

ABUJA — The Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters Maj. Gen. Bernard Onyeuko says the troops of the armed forces have eliminated no fewer than 80 terrorists in two weeks across theatres of operation in the North West and North Central. Maj. Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, while briefing newsmen on the operations of the military in Kaduna and Niger states between March 25 and April 7 on Thursday in Abuja, said the troops of “Operation Thunder...

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NBM, Others Slam N1bn Libel Suit Against Linda Ikeji

Law & JusticeNewsNBM, Others Slam N1bn Libel Suit Against Linda Ikeji

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 8, 2022

ASABA — The Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa and three others have slammed an N1 billion lawsuit against Linda Ikeji, a popular Nigerian blogger for defamation and libel. The suit with number EHC/210/2021 at the Delta State High Court holden at Effurun Court 2, Delta State, had the Registered Trustees of NBM of Africa, Olorogun Ese Kakor, Olorogun Felix Kupa, and Mayor Onyebueke as claimants with Linda Ikeji as the sole defendant. The Claimants...

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OPINION: Blaise Compaore’s Conviction Is a Momentous Victory for the Rule of Law and Citizen Power in Africa

AfricaColumnsLaw & JusticeOpinionOPINION: Blaise Compaore’s Conviction Is a Momentous Victory for the Rule of Law and Citizen Power in Africa

PilotnewsApril 7, 2022

Compaore’s conviction is good news for the rule of law and democratic consolidation in Africa.    Former Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore’s sentence of life imprisonment by an Ouagadougou military court for complicity in the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, marks an important victory for the rule of law in the country and the region as a whole. In exile in the Ivory Coast since his ouster from power following a popular uprising in 2014,...

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