Lawyers Decries Non-Payment Of Judgment By Federal Government Agencies

BusinessLaw & JusticeNigeriaLawyers Decries Non-Payment Of Judgment By Federal Government Agencies

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 21, 2021

ABUJA — Lawyers who have won various litigations against the federal government agencies have cried out over non-payment of judgment debts incurred by the government. In a statement issued by the director of Legal Services, Centre for Civic Education, Barrister Agomuo Chimaobi, on behalf of the lawyers, said the unpaid judgement debts were affecting them economically, having used their personal resources to prosecute some of the cases on behalf of their clients. Parts of the...

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How Buratai Masterminded the Arrest of Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic

Foreign PolicyHuman Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeHow Buratai Masterminded the Arrest of Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 21, 2021

Facts on Tuesday revealed how Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai (retd), masterminded the arrest of the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. According to The Punch, a source in Benin Republic confided that the former Chief of Army Staff wrote the government of the West African country and insisted on the arrest and extradition of Igboho. It was gathered that former Army boss was at the...

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Lagos Assembly Proposes 2-year Jail Term for Assault On Firemen

Accidents and SafetyLaw & JusticeLagos Assembly Proposes 2-year Jail Term for Assault On Firemen

PilotnewsJuly 20, 2021

IKEJA — Lagos House of Assembly has recommended two years’ imprisonment for a person or persons obstructing fire fighting or assaulting firefighters. The assembly made the recommendation in its proposed state fire service bill. The Chairman of the House Committee on Special Duties, Mr. Raheem Kazeem (Ibeju Lekki II) made the disclosure at a one-day public hearing on the bill on Friday. The public hearing was conducted by the House of Assembly. The News Agency...

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Nigerian Army Remain Focus In Tackling Security Challenges-COAS

MilitaryNational SecurityNigerian Army Remain Focus In Tackling Security Challenges-COAS

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 19, 2021

ABUJA — The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has promised Nigerians that the Nigerian Army would remain focused on tackling the numerous security challenges bedeviling the country. Yahaya made the promise in his goodwill message to officers, soldiers, and their families on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir celebration 2021, in Abuja on Monday. He emphasized that Eid-el-Kabir festival encompasses virtues of obedience, loyalty, and sacrifice, which were the hallmark of professional soldiering. Yahya...

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House Of Representatives Orders Nigerian Navy To Suspend Ongoing Recruitment Exercise

MilitaryNewsHouse Of Representatives Orders Nigerian Navy To Suspend Ongoing Recruitment Exercise

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 15, 2021

The House of Representatives has ordered the Nigerian Navy to suspend its ongoing recruitment exercise, due to non-compliance with the federal character principle in the Constitution. The resolution followed the unanimous adoption of a motion to investigate the process of the Nigerian Navy Supplementary Recruitment of 44 candidates. It noted that “every Nigerian deserves to be treated with dignity and rights, irrespective of where they may be located physically in the country.” It requested the...

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Two Soldiers Killed As Troops Foil ESN Attack in Enugu

National SecurityNewsTwo Soldiers Killed As Troops Foil ESN Attack in Enugu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 14, 2021

ENUGU — Two soldiers have been killed in a firefight between the troops of the Nigerian Army and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) members at the Adani Community of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. This was made known in a statement signed by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, on Wednesday. According to the statement, the incident happened when the troops were trying to repel an attack by the ESN...

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There is “An Urgent Need to Confront the Legacies of Enslavement” – UN

AfricaHuman Rights & FreedomLaw & JusticeThere is “An Urgent Need to Confront the Legacies of Enslavement” – UN

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 12, 2021

The United Nations Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet, has on Monday called for countries to dismantle systemic racism and to acknowledge and provide “reparatory justice” for past wrongs like slavery and colonialism. Bachelet who spoke before the UN Human Rights Council, described how deeply embedded racism against Africans and the people of African descent continue to affect all aspect of their lives. In the presentation of a report which followed the murder of George Floyd by...

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National Assembly Has Taken Five Moves to Monopolize Freedom of Expression Since 2015

Law & JusticePress * MediaNational Assembly Has Taken Five Moves to Monopolize Freedom of Expression Since 2015

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 12, 2021

ABUJA — The common definition of democracy is that it is the government of the people, by the people, and for the people. However, the federal House of Assembly has been strongly criticized since it took over the affairs of the country for its approach to freedom of speech, information, and expression in the country. The criticism was because the legislature had read bills that were in one way or the other meant to suppress...

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ICPC to Arraign Former Surveyor-General Over Theft of Public Asset

CorruptionLaw & JusticeICPC to Arraign Former Surveyor-General Over Theft of Public Asset

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 12, 2021

ABUJA — Ebisintei Awudu, former surveyor-general of the federation is to be arraigned today (Monday) by the  Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over an offence bordering on the theft of public asset. He had been ordered to appear before the federal high court in Abuja by Olusegun Adeniyi after missing the initial date the court scheduled, July 5. The arraignment was stalled as a result of his absence and that of...

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Federal High Court Sentence Two Persons To Life Imprisonment For Kidnapping

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeFederal High Court Sentence Two Persons To Life Imprisonment For Kidnapping

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 8, 2021

KANO — Two persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday by the Federal High Court sitting in Kano for kidnapping a three-year-old boy, Attahiru. The defendants, Umar Salisu, and Abba Tijjani all residing at Kofar Waika Quarters Kano, were convicted on a two-count charge, ranging from conspiracy to kidnapping. The presiding Judge, Justice J.K Daggard in his ruling held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt against the first and second...

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