Lai Mohammed Kicks Against Political Solution for IPOB, ESN, Citing Attacks on Government Agencies

ABUJA — The Federal Government has said the attacks on government agencies and agents by the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Eastern Security Network oppose the call for a political solution to their issue. IPOB and ESN are separatist groups agitating for the restoration of the defunct Republic of Biafra. Their leader, Nnamdi Kanu is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services after he was arrested in Kenya and brought to...

Lawmakers Rejects Bill Seeking to Allow Citizens Sue Government Over Lack of Welfare

ABUJA — The Nigerian House of Representatives has rejected a bill that allows citizens to sue the government for not providing basic welfare. The bill suffered a setback at the house of representatives on Wednesday. Sponsored by Sergius Ogun, a lawmaker from Edo, the legislation seeks to amend section 6 of the Constitution to allow the judiciary to entertain cases on the provision of basic welfare as contained in chapter 2. Speaking on the bill,...

#EndSARS: Panel Report Riddled With Discrepancies – Lai Mohammed

ABUJA  — Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture has described the report by the Lagos judicial panel as a reappraisal of the unverified fake news According to him, the report submitted by the panel set up to probe police brutality and the shooting at the Lekki tollgate is riddled with discrepancies. The report which said the incident at Lekki Toll Gate was a “killing of unarmed protesters by soldiers on October 20, 2020 and...

ENDSARS: Panel Submit Report In Three Volumes

YOLA — The Judicial Panel of Inquiry into alleged brutality of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS in Adamawa State Monday submitted its report to government in three volumes consisting of recommendations, submissions and exhibits. The committee was inaugurated in October pursuant to the directives of the National Economic Council following the nationwide protests last year against the disbanded security squad. Presenting the report, Chairman of the 13-member Judicial Panel of Enquiry, Retired Justice Adamu...

Forceful Ejection: Over 400 Residents Sue Minister Of Federal Capital Territory

ABUJA — Over 400 residents of Abuja have sued the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Inspector-General of Police concerning the forcible ejection from their shops. Chukwuma-Umachukwu Ume, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) writing on behalf of the 439 complainants, said most of his clients are the breadwinners of their families. In an impassioned letter to the FCT minister, Muhammad Bello, the distraught traders who are mostly low-income earners, urge the minister...

Cape Verde Opens First Embassy In Nigeria

Jose Silva, Prime Minister of Cape Verde, the only Island-country in West Africa, has pledged better cooperation and increase in trade volumes between Nigeria and his country in the coming years. Silva made the pledge in Abuja on Saturday at the official opening of the first-ever Cape Verdean Embassy in Nigeria, stressing that tourism and transportation would top the areas of cooperation. Speaking to newsmen after the opening, the PM, who spoke through an interpreter,...

US Removes Nigeria from Religious Violators’ List

ABUJA — The United States has removed Nigeria from its list of religious violators, even as it blacklisted Russia, China and eight other countries “as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated ‘systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made this known in a statement on Wednesday titled, ‘Religious Freedom Designations’. While the US had in 2020 placed Nigeria and six other countries on its special...

Buhari Speaks on EndSARS Report, Says His Government Will Allow the System to Work

ABUJA  — Following the recent release of the Lagos State EndSARS Judicial Panel Reports, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told the visiting United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, that his government will allow the system to exhaust itself, and will, therefore, wait for pronouncements from state governments which set up panels to probe police brutality in the country. Buhari said this on Thursday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience...

#EndSARS:Panel Orders Police to Produce rtd SP Monday Christopher

ABUJA — the Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations on Friday, ordered that the police produce rtd SP Monday Christopher to appear before it to answer to the alleged disappearance of Lukman Suleiman. The panel is investigating by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force. The 11-member panel which is chaired by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Suleiman Galadima, gave this order at the hearing...

Over 8,000 Appeals Waiting To Be Heard At The Supreme Court

ABUJA — Senior lawyers in the country have expressed concern at the number of appeals pending at the Supreme Court with over 8,000 appeals waiting to be heard. Apart from political cases that need urgent attention, any appeal to the court now is given a 2028 date for hearing, adding that only time-bound appeals that cannot wait will be given urgent attention at the court. Some senior lawyers who spoke on the issue said the...

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