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Some Judges Sell Judgments, Retire To Escape NJC Sanctions – Jega

9Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Some Judges Sell Judgments, Retire To Escape NJC Sanctions – Jega

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said some corrupt judges are usually made part of election petition tribunals in order to corruptly enrich themselves by selling judgments to the highest bidders. Jega said some of these corrupt judges sold judgments to the highest bidders and quickly retired to avoid being sanctioned by the National Judicial Council. The former INEC boss, who is also a former Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano said this in a lecture he delivered at the Owolabi Afuye Memorial Lecture organised by the Nigerian Bar Association, Ibadan Branch as one of the events to mark its 2021 Law Week. A copy of the lecture was made available to our correspondent in Ibadan on Wednesday. The former INEC boss sai...

Nnamdi Kanu Starving In DSS Facility – Brother

7Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, Human Rights, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Nnamdi Kanu Starving In DSS Facility – Brother

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that he is being denied food in the facility of the Department of State Service (DSS). Kanu is currently detained in the facility of the DSS on the order of Justice Binta Murtala Nyako-led Federal High Court in Abuja on the treasonable felony charges preferred against him by the federal government of Nigeria. However, disclosing the alleged ill-treatment by the Department of the State Service in a terse statement forwarded to DAILY POST on Monday, the younger brother to the secessionist leader, Prince Kanu Meme, also claimed that the Nigeria’s secret police has denied him his medical report after taking his blood for more than 21 times. Prince Kanu Meme was on a routine visit to the detained separatist ...

Nureni Jimoh Locked Up In Kano Office 24 Hours After Court Ruling

2Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Nureni Jimoh Locked Up In Kano Office 24 Hours After Court Ruling

Barely 24 hours after an Abuja-based Federal High Court ordered the Kano State Government to apologise and pay the sum of N10 million to the deposed Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, for violating his fundamental human rights, his counsel, Nureni Jimoh, who secured the judgment, was on Wednesday locked up inside his office in Kano. When contacted on phone to comment on the development on Wednesday, Jimoh said he was locked up and could not come out from his office, saying he had notified the Director of State Security. A source, who preferred anonymity, on Wednesday morning, said the backlash of the All Progressives Congress judgment against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the Sanusi judgment had begun. “Nureni Jimoh, who is the lead counsel in the APC case and part of the legal team fo...

Lagos #EndSARS Panel Illegal, Can’t Probe Military, Police – Keyamo

29Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Lagos #EndSARS Panel Illegal, Can’t Probe Military, Police – Keyamo

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Sunday dismissed the #EndSARS panel set up by the Lagos State Government and the report it presented to the state government recently. Keyamo said it was out of the jurisdiction of the panel to investigate the activities of Federal Government institutions and officials such as the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Army. The minister, while appearing on Sunday Politics, a current affairs programme on Channels Television on Sunday, however, said he was not speaking for the Federal Government. The panel had stated in its report that at least nine persons were killed on the night soldiers and policemen stormed the Lekki tollgate to disperse #EndSARS protesters, describing the incident as a “massacre in contex...

BREAKING: Suspected Kidnap Kingpin, Evan’s Co-defendant Chiemeka Arinze, Dies In Custody

29Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

BREAKING: Suspected Kidnap Kingpin, Evan’s Co-defendant Chiemeka Arinze, Dies In Custody

Chiemeka Arinze, a co-defendant with alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, has died in custody. Evans, Arinze, Joseph Emeka, and Udeme Upong are standing trial for the attempted abduction of Chief Vincent Obianodo, the Chairman of the Young Shall Grow Motors, before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court. Read Also: Nigerian Government Set To Publish ‘Proscription Order’ For Bandits Groups After Court Ruling The suspects are facing seven counts of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, attempt to kidnap, among others. It was learnt that Arinze, said to have been ill, died last Friday, November 26, 2021. He died at a General Hospital where he was taken to for treatment, Vanguard rep...

Police Arrest Immigration Officer For Raid On Justice Odili’s Home

28Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Police Arrest Immigration Officer For Raid On Justice Odili’s Home

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a senior immigration officer, Abdullahi Usman, for his alleged role in the raid on the home of Justice Mary Odili, the second most senior judge in the country. The immigration officer is expected to be arraigned this week alongside a journalist, banker, lawyer, a fake policeman and seven others. Altogether, about 15 suspects are expected to be taken to court this week in Abuja, Punch reports. However, reports say the soldiers who allegedly took part in the raid have yet to be arrested. Confirming the development, the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said approval had been given for all the suspects to be arraigned. Read Also: Probe Motive Behind Siege To Odili’s Residence, Wike Tells IG “Yes, it is true. An immigration officer ...

Proscription Order: Military To Unleash Tucano Warplanes Against Bandits

27Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Proscription Order: Military To Unleash Tucano Warplanes Against Bandits

Following a ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday declaring bandits as terrorists, the Nigerian Air Force is set to deploy Super Tucano aircraft in the North-West and North-Central regions of the country, especially in Niger, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states. The military, sources say had been reluctant to deploy the aircraft outside the North-East because of the conditions attached to the sale of the aircraft by the United States, which was anchored on human rights. But top sources in the military told Punch that the coast had become clear to deploy the Super Tucano aircraft against bandits in the North-West and North-Central, following the court order declaring them as terrorists. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja had, in a ruling on Thursday...

Nigerian Government Set To Publish ‘Proscription Order’ For Bandits Groups After Court Ruling

27Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria, Security

Nigerian Government Set To Publish ‘Proscription Order’ For Bandits Groups After Court Ruling

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said the Federal Government’s determination to crush bandits remains unwavering even as the court granted application filed by the government to declare the bandits groups as terrorist organisations. Recall that earlier on Friday, a Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, outlawed the activities of groups linked to banditry and declared their activities as acts of terrorism. The court had asked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to publish the proscription order in the official gazette and two national dailies. Read Also: Declare Bandits Terrorists Under 24-Hours, Reps Tell Buhari Again Justice Taiwo Taiwo in a ruling on Friday had declared the activit...

Breaking: Evans the Kidnapper sentenced to death by hanging

26Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Breaking: Evans the Kidnapper sentenced to death by hanging

Billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike known as Evans the kidnapper has been sentenced to death by a Lagos High Court on Thursday. At the sentencing by an Igbosere High Court in Lagos, Evans who was charged with kidnapping had pleaded not guilty. He was also charged for attempt to kidnap the chairman of the Young Shall Grow Motors, Mr Vincent Obianodo. Other charges against him are bordering on conspiracy, kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms. Evans was docked with three other defendants — Joseph Emeka, Chiemeka Arinze, and Udeme Upong. He was apprehended by the Inspector General of police’s Intelligence Response Team led by Abba Kyari. In 2013, Evans was declared wanted after he allegedly masterminded the attempted kidnap of Mr Vincent Obianudo, a business...

What Those Familiar With Buhari Told Us After Igbo Elders’ Meeting – Ezeife

23Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, Human Rights, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

What Those Familiar With Buhari Told Us After Igbo Elders’ Meeting – Ezeife

A former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has revealed that ministers and other government officials familiar with the President Muhammadu Buhari said he takes his promise to consider the release of Nnamdi Kanu seriously. Ezeife made this known on Monday when he featured on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ monitored by newsmen. The ex-Anambra governor and some respected Igbo elders, led by Minister of Aviation in the First Republic, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, had visited Buhari in Aso Rock on Friday and requested the unconditional release of the detained leader of the proscribed secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra. Buhari had told them he would not want to interfere in the running of the judiciary but said he would consider their demand though “a heavy one...