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Kogi Guber: SDP demands relocation of INEC sensitive materials to Abuja

Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Poll: Results of Polling Units with violence will not be counted, says INEC Chairman Yakubu

Ahead of Saturday’s off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned politicians and political parties that it...

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Mass grave discovered in Anambra, sealed off for forensic investigation – Bianca Ojukwu

Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, wife of late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, has disclosed the existence of a mass grave in Anambra State. Ojukwu stated this in a...

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Lawyer allegedly kills mobile policeman

One Abdullahi Abubakar, said to be a legal practitioner, has allegedly killed a mobile policeman in Bauchi State. The spokesman for Operation Safe Haven military taskforce,...

Court stops sale of Shoprite assets in Nigeria

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Court jails five men for circulating ex-Speaker’s nude video, defrauding him of N38m

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State presided by Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, on Tuesday, sentenced five men tried for cyber-stalking and defrauding former Speaker...

NDDC partners TotalEnergies on renewable energy

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NDDC partners TotalEnergies on renewable energy

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has pledged to collaborate with International Oil Companies, IOCs, and other development partners to increase investments in renewable energy projects to...

“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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Yahaya Bello wants to force successor on Kogi people – Ajaka

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) of the November 11, 2023 election in the Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka, says Governor Yahaya Bello wants...

IGP orders swift rescue of medical students kidnapped in Benue

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ELECTIONS: IGP restricts vehicular movement in Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, November 7, disclosed that there will be no vehicular movement as well as movement of canoes, ships,...

Kogi Guber: Locking Lokoja Stadium will not stop PDP’s victory – Melaye Campaign mocks Bello, APC

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Kogi Guber: Locking Lokoja Stadium will not stop PDP’s victory – Melaye Campaign mocks Bello, APC

The Dino Melaye Campaign Organization has berated Governor Yahaya Bello for allegedly denying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Senator Dino Melaye access to...

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Labour declares nationwide strike from Tuesday

Organised labour comprising of the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Tuesday declared a total nationwide strike effective Tuesday, November...

Kogi SDP condemns abduction of campaign official, killing of three police officers by security operatives

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Kogi SDP condemns abduction of campaign official, killing of three police officers by security operatives

• Three ‘political thugs’ killed during joint security operation in Anyigba, says Kogi police spokesman Three policemen officially assigned to provide security for the campaign team...

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Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Poll: Results of Polling Units with violence will not be counted, says INEC Chairman Yakubu

Mass grave discovered in Anambra, sealed off for forensic investigation – Bianca Ojukwu

Lawyer allegedly kills mobile policeman

Court jails five men for circulating ex-Speaker’s nude video, defrauding him of N38m

NDDC partners TotalEnergies on renewable energy

Yahaya Bello wants to force successor on Kogi people – Ajaka

ELECTIONS: IGP restricts vehicular movement in Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa

Kogi Guber: Locking Lokoja Stadium will not stop PDP’s victory – Melaye Campaign mocks Bello, APC

Labour declares nationwide strike from Tuesday

Kogi SDP condemns abduction of campaign official, killing of three police officers by security operatives