UK Group Organizes Workshop For Civil Societies in Adamawa to Address Discrimination Against Vulnerable

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeopleUK Group Organizes Workshop For Civil Societies in Adamawa to Address Discrimination Against Vulnerable

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 24, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The United Kingdom (UK) of Great Britain and Northern Ireland groups  have organized a right based approach workshop based on the universal periodic review (UPR) to Adamawa civil society groups aimed at addressing discrimination against the vulnerable. The workshop was centered on ways to address discrimination against minority and vulnerable groups by taking action to discourage politicians from using religious, ethnic, or settler indigenous divisions for political ends. A communication...

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UK Parliamentarians Condemn Buhari’s Government Over Human Rights Abuse

Foreign PolicyLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaUK Parliamentarians Condemn Buhari’s Government Over Human Rights Abuse

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 24, 2020

Parliamentarians of the United Kingdom Parliament on Monday condemned the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, for its attack and intimidation of protesters who took part in the #EndSARS protests. The parliamentarians demanded sanctions on government officials and security agents such as visa ban, freezing of assets and stopping the funding and training for the Nigeria Police Force. The lawmakers’ debate was sequel to a petition started by Silas Ojo, which had garnered over 200,000 signatures....

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UK Parliament to Debate Petition Against Nigerian Government on Monday

Law & JusticeNewsUK Parliament to Debate Petition Against Nigerian Government on Monday

PilotnewsNovember 23, 2020

The United Kingdom Parliament is set to debate a petition seeking sanctions against the Nigerian Government and the Police Force over alleged human rights violations during the #EndSARS protests on Monday. The UK Parliament disclosed this on its website, adding that the debate would be led by Theresa Villiers at the Westminster Hall, between 6:00pm and 7:30pm. In the debate pack titled, ‘E-petition 554150, relating to Nigeria and the sanctions regime’, the shooting of unarmed...

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Buhari Tasks Security Agencies to Do More in Ending Violence in the Country

National SecurityNewsNigeriaBuhari Tasks Security Agencies to Do More in Ending Violence in the Country

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 23, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunday, quoted the President as saying that the country’s security agencies to do more to end violence in the country. Shehu quoted the President in a statement made available to journalists, as speaking while mourning the Nasarawa State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Philip Shekwo, whose lifeless body was found on Sunday after he had earlier been kidnapped. The statement...

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NCAT Zaria Acquires 3 New Training Aircraft

MilitaryNewsNigeriaNCAT Zaria Acquires 3 New Training Aircraft

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 23, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has received the first batch of three training aircraft for the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria. Mr Sirika, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle (@handisirika) on Sunday, added that there was no better aviation safety than having well trained, proficient aviators. According to him, training will now be more efficient, faster and cheaper. “Our roadmap is yielding good result. We appreciate...

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NAF Gets 10 Trucks to Enhance Operation

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNAF Gets 10 Trucks to Enhance Operation

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 21, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Yola, Kebbi, has acquired 10 heavy trucks from the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to enhance its operational efficiency. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar inaugurated the vehicles on Friday at the NAF base,Yola. Abubakar, represented by NAF Chief of Logistics, AVM Aminu Yakubu, said that the vehicles were procured from the NCS through auction. “The vehicles after the purchase...

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Abducted Police Officers Regain Freedom

Law & JusticeNewsAbducted Police Officers Regain Freedom

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 21, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The police have  claimed that they rescued nine Assistant Superintendents of Police, ASPs, abducted by bandits in Katsina. A statement by the force spokesman, Frank Mba, said the officers were rescued through covert operation. “The Nigeria Police have successfully rescued Nine (9) Police Officers who earlier went missing on 8th November, 2020 between Kankara town and Sheme in Katsina State after the night commercial bus they were traveling in came...

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Court In Yola Jailed Okada Rider For 3 Years For Impersonation

BusinessLaw & JusticeNewsCourt In Yola Jailed Okada Rider For 3 Years For Impersonation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 21, 2020

Upper Area Court II sitting in Yola, Adamawa state on Friday convicted a 24-year-old Ja’afaru Usman Keke Napep (Okada Rider) to 3 years imprisonment without an option of fine for impersonation as Nigeria Airforce personnel. Jaafaru Usman, an indigene of Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno state, was caught on the 1st July 2020 fully dressed in a military uniform with the rank of the last corporal along with Legend Club, a popular joint in Jimeta-Yola,...

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#EndSARS: 57 Civilians, 37 Policemen, 6 Soldiers Killed

Law & JusticeNewsNigeria#EndSARS: 57 Civilians, 37 Policemen, 6 Soldiers Killed

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 20, 2020

The aftermath of EndSARS protest in Nigeria shows that 57 civilians, 37 policemen, and 6 Soldiers were killed all over the country during the crisis. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing, also disclosed that 196 policemen were injured; 164 police vehicles destroyed and 134 police stations were razed. “The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Customs Service and Nigeria...

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Lecturer Shoots Wife in the Eye And Kills Himself Over Domestic Quarrels.

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsLecturer Shoots Wife in the Eye And Kills Himself Over Domestic Quarrels.

Victoria Solomon (Staff Reporter)November 20, 2020

It’s very common in some parts of Nigeria to see a husband and his wife engaging in domestic quarrels, sometimes it might escalate to violence. In this case, not only did it get to a violent point but it led to death. On Thursday,19th November, a retired lecturer of a polytechnic in Kaduna shot his wife in the eyes and turned the gun on himself himself and pulled the trigger over a domestic quarrel. Mr....

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