A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja, on the 3rd of March, 2022, awarded the sum of ten million naira, against the EFCC, for illegally freezing the account of a company, Rodrigo International Services Ltd.The court further granted an order of perpetual injunction restraining the EFCC from further freezing the said Applicant’s account without first charging it to court for any offence known to law. The judgement was consequent upon a fundamental rights enforcement application filed by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, seeking to enforce the company’s fundamental rights. Ozekhome, SAN, had approached the court presided over…
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**”As Reps Order Regulatory Authorities to end Cartels In Aviation sector ***NNPC assures of Availability of Product The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority may be forced to shut down the nation’s airspace to ensure safety of Nigerian travellers unless something urgently is done to address the current situation in the industry, the Director General of the agency, Captain Musa Nuhu on told the House of Representatives Captain Nuhu spoke just as the House directed the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority to do everything possible to dismantle the cartel growing in the industry There a sudden hike in the prices of…
In a bid to sensitize the electorate, on reasons they should shun corrupt politicians during the 2023 general elections. the Akin Fadeyi Foundation has rolled out a comprehensive campaign To achieve maximum coverage the group said it had designed jingles and video clips which would be aired in various Nigerian languages on television, radio and all social media platforms. The Election sensitisation project, titled, “2023 Elections: Put on your thinking cap,” was launched by the Manager, Brand and Communications of the AFF, Sarah Amanabo, at a media conference held at the nation’s capital. The event was attended virtually by prominent…
Another tragedy occured in Benue on Wednesday when Fulani terroristscontinued with their massacre of Tiv farmers in the Guma local government area of the state.Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Nathaniel Ikyur in a statement said the latest attack which claimed several lives took place at Ye village, along Daudu-Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area. The assailants also attacked branch Udei and killed more than four people and injured many who have been taken to nearby health centre. The Fulani gunmen who invaded the villages in the early hours were said to have crossed over from a neighbouring state…
A group, Indigenous People of Nigeria (IPN) has faulted the zonal arrangement of the national leadership offices of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC). The Convener of the Indigenous People of Nigeria, Mazi Nnamdi Iroegbu while speaking at a press conference in Abuja, said the arrangement was a manifest insensitivity to the multi-ethnic setting of the country, insisting that it portend danger to the corporate existence of the country. The group, had earlier envisaged the anomaly and had written a letter to the National Secretariat of APC for the party to be guided when allocating leadership offices, but regretted that the…
A group, Youths Arise for Undiluted Leadership and Development Initiatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to replace the heads of Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Agency (NNDPRA) and Nigerian National Petroleum Limited (NNPL) over the recent sabotage leading to the importation of contaminated petroleum products.The action they observed has since triggered artificial and endless scarcity of supply in Nigeria.They also asked the President to set up an Independent Panel of Inquiry into the circumstances that surrounded the importation of the contaminated petroleum products into the country by the NNPC and its contractors.Speaking at a press conference held at the…
A civil society group under the aegis of Citizens’ Rights, Accountability and Development (ICRAD) has petitioned the ICPC over what it described as illegal extortion of N1,500 levy on all students byFCT Secondary Education Board led by Alhaji Yahaya Musa Mohammed whose tenure ended recently. In the petition which was addressed to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) they queried such illegal imposition of fees and racketeering by the FCT Secondary Education Board. The group had through the petition invited the anti-graft agency to look into the “illegal imposition of a “mandatory, unauthorized and illegal payment of…
Senate on Wednesday passed the proceeds of crime Bill 2022. The Joint Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes; and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters had presented the report on the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill, 2022. Presenting the Joint Committee’s report, Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari (Kaduna North), said the bill seeks to provide for the restraint, seizure, confiscation and forfeiture of properties derived from unlawful activities. He explained that if signed into law, it would expand the mandates of existing statutory institutions to manage proceeds of crime, rather than creating a new body to carry out such…
The Senate on Wednesday turned down President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to amend the Electoral Act, 2022, which specifically asked for section 84(12) to be outrightly deleted from the act.This followed the failure of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to scale through second reading on the floor during plenary. The proposed law, “A bill for an Act to Amend the Electoral Act 2022” was overwhelmingly rejected during its second reading Before a voice vote on the bill, for which the nays had it, several lawmakers spoke against going ahead to amend the Actt and urged that the Senate abide by a…
Mike Ozekhome INTRODUCTION Let us today deal with SuperCop, Abba Kyari and the tale of two jurisdictions conundrum. This is a serious constitutional, legal and political quandary matter. BACKGROUND TO US’s APPLICATION FOR THE SURRENDER OF ABBA KYARI The Diplomatic Representative of the U.S. Embassy in Abuja had made a request for the surrender of 46 year old Abba Alhaji Kyari, over the pending charges against Abba Kyari in the US. This request is allegedly based on the relationship of Kyari with Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a 37 year old self-confessed international fraudster, popularly known as Hushpuppi. Hushpuppi had alleged that…