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Akpabio’s diplomatese as enabler

By Emmanuel Aziken Senator Godswill Akpabio’s jaunt into the diplomatic circuit as number three citizen was on the springboard of a lush background of accomplishments in...

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Finally, Dangote Refinery set for production, gets first 1m Barrels Crude Oil feedstock

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Finally, Dangote Refinery set for production, gets first 1m Barrels Crude Oil feedstock

The much-awaited Dangote Refinery located near Lagos, yesterday received its first tanker of crude oil feedstock volume of about one million barrels from the Nigerian National...

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NJC sacks High Court judge for misconduct

The National Judicial Council on Thursday recommended the compulsory retirement of Osun State High Court judge, Justice S. O. Falola. He was found guilty of granting...

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2024 Prophecies: Court will sack APC, PDP Governors – Prophet Olujobi declares

Popular Nigerian Prophet, Bisi Olujobi, has declared that two All Progressives Congress (APC) and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors will be sacked by the court in...

Lagos govt seals RCCG, mosques, hotels over noise pollution

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Lagos govt seals RCCG, mosques, hotels over noise pollution

The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State government has sealed a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Ifelodun Mosque and several other churches and...

“It is not hard to see that the 1st respondent was acting clever when he sent his Aide De Camp to make a report to the same police that acted in concert with him at the scene of the shooting, after preventing the applicant (Ajaka) from entering Lokoja,” he said. Justice Ekwo added: “It is my opinion that it is in the attempt of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th respondents (the security agencies) to make a case to cover up for the act of the 1st respondent (Bello) and the officers of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th respondents that has caused the obvious inconsistencies in their evidence.” The judge observed that none of the respondents’ affidavit evidence was able to address the incident of June 3, which was the main subject of Ajaka’s case. Justice Ekwo said: “It is my finding that the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th respondents violated the rights of the applicant as enshrined in Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). “The case of the applicant succeeds on the merit against the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th respondents in this case and I so hold. “In awarding damages in this case, I will take into account the trauma of the applicant of being shot at by those whose statutory duty is to protect the citizens, acting under the command of the 1st respondent (Bello) who is statutorily the chief security officer of a state for a cause that is manifestly unlawful but inhuman. “I will also take into consideration the physical and mental anguish of the applicant when he stood in utter helplessness and watched the 1st respondent using his political might through the apparatus of the state for security and law enforcement to shoot and burn down the campaign vehicles of the applicant’s political party. “I will further take into account the near-death experience of the applicant and the mental torture that comes with it, when the vehicle in which he was, was riddled with bullets from the guns that ought to have been used to protect him and other citizens. Advertisement “It must be understood that fundamental rights of all citizens are sacrosanct and unless as authorised by law, any action by which an unlawful breach thereof is successfully proved, will be determined to reflect the depth of condemnation by the court.” The judge struck out the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th respondents from the case in the grounds that he found no evidence linking them to the incident of June 3 or any claim against them. He declared that the unprovoked shooting at Ajaka, his cars and his supporters by armed officers of 2nd to 7th respondents and Bello’s thugs on June 3 was reprehensible and a gross violation of his right to life and dignity of his human person as enshrined under Sections 33 and 34 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Articles 4 and 5 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. A9 Laws of the Federation, 2004.

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Court orders Kogi Gov, Yahaya Bello to pay N500m to SDP’s Ajaka over rights violation

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fined Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello N500million in damages over the June 3 attack on, and attempted assassination...

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Tinubu replaces NCDMB Governing Council, Management

President Bola Tinubu today, Thursday, December 7, 2023, dissolved and reconstituted the Governing Council and Management team of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)....

Fulani herdsman surprises viewers with fluent English as he proffers solution to Farmer-Herder crisis

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Benue boils again as herdsmen attack communities killing 12 killed

Gunmen have killed no fewer than 12 persons, with several others sustaining various degrees of injuries in fresh attacks on Anyiin and other communities such as...

Manufacturing giant, P&G, dumps Nigeria as forex crisis takes toll on production

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Manufacturing giant, P&G, dumps Nigeria as forex crisis takes toll on production

A global leader in consumer goods, Procter & Gamble Nigeria is the latest casualty of Nigeria’s harsh operating environment, as the company, yesterday, announced that it...

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Akpabio’s diplomatese as enabler

$30bn GDP: Enugu State Gov’t, National Tourism Institute, Begin Training of tourism, hospitality workers

Finally, Dangote Refinery set for production, gets first 1m Barrels Crude Oil feedstock

NJC sacks High Court judge for misconduct

2024 Prophecies: Court will sack APC, PDP Governors – Prophet Olujobi declares

Lagos govt seals RCCG, mosques, hotels over noise pollution

Court orders Kogi Gov, Yahaya Bello to pay N500m to SDP’s Ajaka over rights violation

Tinubu replaces NCDMB Governing Council, Management

Benue boils again as herdsmen attack communities killing 12 killed

Manufacturing giant, P&G, dumps Nigeria as forex crisis takes toll on production