Nigeria Government Rejects Travel Ban By United Kingdom

Foreign PolicyNigeriaUnited KingdomNigeria Government Rejects Travel Ban By United Kingdom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government wants the United Kingdom to review its decision to impose a travel ban on Nigerians because of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. It said the UK’s decision was “unfair, unjust, punitive and discriminatory. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made the position of the government known during a briefing in Abuja. “As you are aware, Britain has put Nigeria on its red list and banned foreign travels from...

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British High Commission Suspends Visa Applications From All Red List Countries

Foreign PolicyUnited KingdomBritish High Commission Suspends Visa Applications From All Red List Countries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2021

The British High Commission in a statement has suspended visitor visa applications from all red list countries, including Nigeria after the UK added Nigeria to its travel red list as a result of concerns over the Omicron COVID variant. The suspension of processing visitor visa applications will only be lifted when the travel ban placed on the country is removed. The commission noted that application of those who applied for a visit visa in a red...

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Buhari Urges the Army to Improve on Intelligence Gathering

MilitaryNational SecurityBuhari Urges the Army to Improve on Intelligence Gathering

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 6, 2021

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday urged the Nigerian Army to do more intelligence gathering and synergy with other security agencies in order to win the battle against terrorism and other forms of insecurity confronting the country. The President maintained that the war against terrorism is intelligence-driven, adding that the army needed to gather information and process them into actionable intelligence for the conduct of their operation. President Buhari gave the advice at the...

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Law & JusticeNewsKate Henshaw Rebukes Clout Chasers For Calling Her Out Over “Social Media” Silence On Sylvester Oromoni’s Death

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)December 4, 2021

LAGOS — Since the painful death of the late Sylvester Oromoni- a 12-year-old Dowen college student who died from the injuries incurred from an alleged bully in school, rage has filled Nigerians and celebrities as they voice their outrage concerning the incident, demanding answers and action from both the school authority and the Lagos State Government, respectively. Nollywood Actress, Kate Henshaw who had no post in relation to the issue in the heat of the...

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Panel Says Lagos Government Trying to Evade Responsibility On #EndSARS Report

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeNewsPanel Says Lagos Government Trying to Evade Responsibility On #EndSARS Report

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 3, 2021

LAGOS — The Lagos judicial panel has accused the state government of trying to avoid its responsibility by noting computer errors in the #EndSARS report. This statement was a reaction to the state government’s white paper released last week Following the release of the panel report which confirmed the shooting of armless protesters at Lekki Toll Gate in October 2020, the Lagos government released the White Paper. A report that dismissed some of the findings...

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Court Dismisses CAN’s Suit Against the FG

Law & JusticeNewsCourt Dismisses CAN’s Suit Against the FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 3, 2021

ABUJA  — A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) against the Corporate Affairs Commission and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit over the failure of the plaintiff to comply with the law in the name used in filing the originating summons. “This application lacks merit and ought to be dismissed and I hereby...

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1,144 Suspects Convicted of Corruption In 10 Months — CJN

CorruptionLaw & Justice1,144 Suspects Convicted of Corruption In 10 Months — CJN

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 2, 2021

ABUJA — 1,144 suspects linked to cases of corruption and fraud have been convicted between January 2 and November 14, 2021 according to the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. Muhammad said this at the third summit on diminishing corruption in the public sector, organized by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The chief justice said the committee set up to handle corruption and financial-related cases has propelled an...

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Sanwo-Olu Breaks Silence On Lagos #EndSARS Panel Report

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeSanwo-Olu Breaks Silence On Lagos #EndSARS Panel Report

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 1, 2021

LAGOS — Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, has said the leak of the unauthorised version of the report reopened a deep wound and generated much tension. The governor said this during a press conference on Tuesday. This is the first time the governor is commenting on the report of the Lagos judicial panel on police brutality. The report of the panel was leaked shortly after it was submitted to the Lagos state government on...

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#EndSARS Panel’s Report On Lekki Shooting Unreliable — Lagos Attorney General

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & Justice#EndSARS Panel’s Report On Lekki Shooting Unreliable — Lagos Attorney General

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 1, 2021

LAGOS — Moyosore Onigbanjo, attorney-general and commissioner for justice in Lagos has said the report presented by the judicial panel is filled with many contradictions. According to him, these contradictions make the report on police brutality findings unreliable. On November 15, the panel had submitted two reports. One on cases of police brutality and another on the Lekki shooting incident. The panel had listed nine fatalities from the shooting at the Lekki tollgate on October...

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Orji Kalu Visits Nnamdi Kanu In DSS Custody, Promises To Keep Counseling Him

Human Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeNewsOrji Kalu Visits Nnamdi Kanu In DSS Custody, Promises To Keep Counseling Him

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 30, 2021

ABUJA  — The Chief Whip of the Nigeria Senate and former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has visited the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services on Monday afternoon. Kalu, in a statement personally signed by him and made available to our correspondent in Abuja, said the IPOB leader was in good health and under proper care. The former...

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