December 5, 2019

Breaking: Kanu To Broadcast On Terrorism And Rights Abuse

December 5, 2019 6:49 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has via his verified Facebook page announced  that he’ll be issuing a radio broadcast on Saturday to talk about state-sponsored terrorist acts going on in Nigeria and the varuious ways the Nigerian governement has abused the Human rights of Nigerians.

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“Join me for broadcast on Radio Biafra as we continue to expose horrific state-sponsored terrorism and human rights abused by the Nigerian government.”

Date: Saturday, December 7th 2019

Time: 7 pm Biafraland Time

Listen via:

TuneIn on Radio Biafra –
tun.in/sffJa

Website …

Ejiofor

Residents Flee Town Of Ejiofor After Policemen’s Death

December 5, 2019 3:29 am

• ‘We want him over murder of two officers’
• IPOB alleges plot to kill counsel
• Ohanaeze condemns move by security agents
• Petitions Buhari over checkpoints in S’east

A siege allegedly laid to Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government of Anambra State by a combined team of soldiers and policemen forced residents to flee the community yesterday.

The desertion of the community came on the heels of declaration of Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to the Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, wanted by the state police command over an alleged killing of Oliver Innoma …

Lyon To Dickson: I’ll Probe Your Administration

December 5, 2019 3:27 am

The governor-elect of Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon, has inaugurated a 59-member Transition Council set up by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to scrutinise the accounts of the outgoing Governor Seriake Dickson’s administration. He said that was needed for appropriate action when he takes over on February 14, 2020.

Lyon, while inaugurating the transition committee at the party secretariat in Yenagoa yesterday, urged it to develop and identify failures of the outgoing administration, and also proffer possible solutions to tackle the economic, security, developmental, infrastructural and the several other areas that often affected the machinery of …

Boko

EFCC Arraigns Mama Boko Haram For ₦66 Million Fraud

December 5, 2019 3:27 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday dragged Barr. Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly called Mama Boko Haram to court over allegations of fraud amounting to ₦66 million, TheNation has revealed.

Mama Boko Haram along with Tahiru Alhaji Saidu Daura, the Programme Manager of Complete Care and Aid Foundation, an NGO owned by Barr. Aisha Wakil was also joined in the suite. The case which was read before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a-3 count charge borders on “cheating and conspiracy to the tune of N 66m”.

Ali Tijjani, the petitioner alleged that, …

Onyema: Northern Youths To March To US Embassy In Nigeria

December 5, 2019 3:25 am

NORTHERN youths have revealed plans to mobilize its members across the Northern States for the peaceful rally at the US embassy over the alleged US$20million indictment of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Barr. Allen Onyema by United States Department of Justice raising concern and suspicion over the alleged indictment and questioning the timing.

The Youth under the aegis of Arewa Youth Patriotic Front in a statement said the Air Peace Chairman, was allegedly being framed in collaboration with some Nigerians to undermine his business interest across Africa.

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FG To Arraign Ifeanyi Ubah Over ₦135bn Debt

December 5, 2019 3:25 am

The Federal Government has filed criminal charges against Ifeanyi Ubah and his Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited over an indebtedness of ₦135bn to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria.

In the charges filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, the prosecution said the ₦135bn emanated from a July 2013 consent judgment between Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited and AMCON but accused Ubah of frustrating AMCON’s efforts to recover the judgment debt.

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The prosecution alleged that in a bid to defeat the realisation of the judgment credit, …

Bill

Ahmed Lawan Says Hate Speech Bill Won’t Be Passed

December 5, 2019 3:22 am

Following the public outcry that greeted the hate speech bill, the Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said the Senate won’t pass the proposed anti-free speech bills.

Lawan made the disclosure in response to a detailed written protest letter against the hate speech bill and anti-social media bill before the senate by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA.

He said legislators will listen to the pulse of the Nigerians who have rejected the bills and will do exactly as they demanded.

Lawan had in his letter to HURIWA dated November 20th 2019 which was endorsed by his Chief of …

Falana

Falana: Border Closure And Hate Speech Bill Are Illegal

December 5, 2019 3:22 am

Lagos Fiery Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana(SAN), has declared that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government was allegedly misled into having the erroneous impression that only border closure can guarantee food security and economic development in the country.

Falana, a social crusader and human rights activist added that the National Assembly lacks the constitutional powers to promulgate any law under the guise of Hate Speech, saying such was not captured under the exclusive and concurrent lists of the 1999 constitution.

The human rights lawyer clarified that going ahead to promulgate such law would not only betray the trust reposed in the …

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