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Opinion: Why the Code of Conduct Tribunal Lacks Jurisdiction to Try the CJN – by Emmanuel Jakpa

21Jan

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Opinion: Why the Code of Conduct Tribunal Lacks Jurisdiction to Try the CJN – by Emmanuel Jakpa

Word on the street is that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Walter Onnoghen admitted guilt to the Code of Conduct investigators and tried to excuse it by pleading mistake. The next line of argument is that ignorance of the law is not an excuse. I heard it from a layman like Fisayo Soyombo who said that the Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria has already been convicted in the court of public opinion. Then I heard it from Prof. Oyebode on national television and then from a radical young lawyer I admire so much Mr. Umar Sa’ad. The question really is who is ignorant of the law? According to the reports in the news, Chief Justice Onnoghen was visited by operatives of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) on 10/1/19 and he admitted in writing that a Standard Chartered Bank Account...

Nigeria: Stop Harrassing the CJN or We Will Mobilize and Shake the Country – Niger Delta Agitators

14Jan

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Nigeria: Stop Harrassing the CJN or We Will Mobilize and Shake the Country – Niger Delta Agitators

A coalition known as the Niger Delta Agitators has issued a warning to the Federal Government regarding what they term the harassment of the Chief Justice of the federation. According to the group, this harassment was simply based on the fact that the CJN was from the South-south and not from the North. In a statement released by Niger Delta Watchdogs' General John Dukku the group stated as follows: "The General Assembly of the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators is shocked to learn about the arraignment of the Chief Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen over allegations of his false declaration of assets based on a petition written by one Mr. Dennis Aghanya of the Anti-Corruption and Research Based Data Initiative. The CJN is suffering just because he is ...

Opinion: Buhari, Tinubu and the Abdication of Responsibility By Dele Momodu

14Jan

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Opinion: Buhari, Tinubu and the Abdication of Responsibility By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, despite the open and brazen braggadocious posturings of the ruling party, things seem to be fast falling apart within the All People’s Congress (APC). The arrogance of power probably must have misled some of the powerful gladiators in the party that they are invincible and infallible. But unwarranted arrogance and pride go forth before a calamitous fall. There seems no doubt that the APC also underrates the extensive networks and connections of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar who has been in this race for 25 solid years. Speak to most of them, they will boastfully tell you that Buhari owns the North of Nigeria, as if the North is one State or monolithic or homogenous region. Except for those too lazy to analyse the ethnic, religious and political configuration of Nigeria, the...

Nigeria: IPOB Insists on Boycotting the 2019 General Elections

14Jan

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Nigeria: IPOB Insists on Boycotting the 2019 General Elections

The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has insisted that its position on boycotting the 2019 elections has not changed. In a statement credited to Mazi Alphonsus Uche Okafor-Mefor, the deputy leader of the group, the group said "Forget all the noise, disregard all self-destructive, nocturnal activities and conducts of baby opportunists whose stock in trade is treachery in Biafra land. Truth is that we have made up our minds, crossed boundaries and calibrated territories and guess what ? We have firmly established ourselves both in minds and presence of friends and foes. We, therefore, make bold to state with every ounce of certainty and beyond every conceivable equivocation that nobody can question the wisdom in "boycotting the fraudulent election" of the zoo ca...

Nigeria: Our First Priority is Keeping America Safe and Secure – APC

12Jan

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Nigeria: Our First Priority is Keeping America Safe and Secure – APC

A website identified as APC's official website has been reported to have published plagiarized content. In a thoroughly embarrassing development, the title of one of the pages read "Our Priority is Keeping America Safe and Secure". The content on said page continued thus "Assertively pontificate long-term high-impact testing procedures wiProgressively synergize timely action items and business “outside the box” thinking. Distinctively foster best-of-breed markets before collaborative schemas. Authoritatively embrace tactical potentialities vis-a-vis low-risk high-yield architectures. Completely administrate robust testing procedures vis-a-vis dynamic testing procedures. Globally fabricate functional intellectual capital for B2B e-services." Further search by our tech team showed ...

Nigeria: Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Onnoghen, to be Arraigned at CCT Monday

12Jan

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Onnoghen, to be Arraigned at CCT Monday

The Federal Government has asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen, to immediately vacate his exalted office as head of the nation’s judiciary over alleged sundry asset declaration issues. In a move to force Justice Onnoghen out of office, the Federal Government will on Monday January 14 arraign the CJN before the Justice Danladi Yakubu led-Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja on charges of failures to declare his assets as required by law and for operating Bank Domiciliary Foreign Currency Accounts. The charge sighted by PRNigeria against Justice Onnoghen has already being filed and served on him last Friday at his official residence in Abuja preparatory for his appearance at the tribunal. The Federal Government among others is accusing Nigeria’s Head of the J...

Nigeria: 61 Political Parties Reject INEC 2019 Draft Election Guidelines

12Jan

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Nigeria: 61 Political Parties Reject INEC 2019 Draft Election Guidelines

About 61 political parties have clashed with INEC over its proposed election guidelines. The parties under the auspices of the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) rejected the proposed guidelines and presented their demands. The demands as released by the council reads as follows: Political parties clash with INEC over 8 obnoxious clauses inserted into the election guidelines that will ruin the 2019 elections. ...Political parties demand retention of 2011 and 2015 separate accreditation time and separate voting time to help forstall rigging with the presence of voters at the polling unit instead of INEC 2019 simultaneous accreditation and voting. ....Political parties demands announcement of accreditation figures by 12noon on election day and recorded in a signed form and given ...

Nigeria: Buhari Has Done Well for South-East and South-South Geopolitical Zones – Gov. Obiano

10Jan

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Nigeria: Buhari Has Done Well for South-East and South-South Geopolitical Zones – Gov. Obiano

The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the progress of work on the construction of the second Niger Bridge. He said the President had done well for the South-East and South-South geopolitical zones. Obiano stated this during an inspection visit of the project in Onitsha, Anambra State. He expressed satisfaction with the standard and pace of work on the project. The governor said he was confident that the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari would deliver on the job as scheduled. He noted that the bridge, when completed, would not only boost the economic activities of the South-East and South-South but that of the country at large. Obiano said, “I have no choice but to praise President Muhammadu Buhari for his...

2019 Election: Commotion, Walk Out and Fight Engulf INEC Chairman Meeting with 91 Political Party Chairmen

8Jan

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2019 Election: Commotion, Walk Out and Fight Engulf INEC Chairman Meeting with 91 Political Party Chairmen

Party chairmen accuse INEC of doctoring/tampering with guideline for 2019 election on accreditation procedures. Party chairmen demands list of Collected PVC before election Party Chairmen wants Amina to step Down as head of collation unit . Party Chairmen want IGP sacked. The ongoing meeting of the leadership of INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) led by Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and National Chairmen of 91 Political Parties snowballed into crisis over the issue of production of the Guideline without the consultation and notification of the chairmen of Political Parties who saw the guideline smuggled into the meeting with obnoxious clauses and strange inclusions that will lead to massive rigging of the 2019 election. Trouble started when Ikeng...

Opinion: It’s Amaechi’s Voice but It was Doctored by Olawale Olaleye

7Jan

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Opinion: It’s Amaechi’s Voice but It was Doctored by Olawale Olaleye

What you have been listening to is the doctored version of his encounter with the blackmailers, who had been on his case in over five months, asking for money and threatening to release the tape close to the election period. Since my brother and friend, the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi started trending with a supposedly leaked audio, where he was heard crucifying his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, friends and colleagues had sent me different versions, seeking to know if it was his voice. I'm confirming that now. It's his voice. Oh, they also wanted to know if he actually said those things about the president. Again, he did, clearly not in the context of what has been flying around. What you have been listening to is the doctored version of his encounter w...