August 21, 2020

UN Peacekeepers Visit Mali’s President Keita In Detention

UN Peacekeepers Visit Mali’s President Keita In Detention

August 21, 2020 1:28 pm

Members of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) have managed to visit President Ibrahim Keita and other senior government officials who have been detained by the leaders of military mutiny earlier this week, official said.

The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) disclosed this on Friday in Moscow.

Mali  was rocked on Tuesday by the coup carried out by a group of Malian soldiers.

The soldiers led by some colonels, took control of the Kati military base near the capital of Bamako and seized President Keita and some other high-ranking officials.

Keita then, at gunpoint, announced his …

C/River State Judiciary Facing Constitutional Crisis – Lawyers

Indictment: NBA Election Flawed, But We Can’t Nullify It – BoT

August 21, 2020 11:00 am

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has admitted that the election that brought in Olumide Akpata as President-elect of the association was flawed.

But the BoT, led by Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), however, said it would not cancel the election.

One of the contestants, Dele Adesina (SAN) had written the BoT, calling for the cancellation of the election on allegation that it was rigged in favour of Olumide.

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But the BoT, in reply to Adesina said it had given careful consideration and deeply reflected …

Can What Happened In Mali, Happen In Nigeria Of Today?

Can What Happened In Mali, Happen In Nigeria Of Today?

August 21, 2020 10:39 am

On 18 August 2020, elements of the Malian Armed Forces began a mutiny. Soldiers on pick-up trucks stormed the Soundiata military base in the town of Kati, where gunfire was exchanged before weapons were distributed from the armory and senior officers arrested. Tanks and armoured vehicles were seen on the town’s streets, as well as military trucks heading for the capital, Bamako. The soldiers detained several government officials including President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta who resigned and dissolved the government. This is the country’s second coup in less than 10 years, following the 2012 coup d’état.

Protests in Mali had …

Kidnapper Wadume Treated Princely, As Evans Is Condemned

Kidnapper Wadume Treated Princely, As Evans Is Condemned

August 21, 2020 9:49 am

Notorious kidnap kingpin, Chikwudubem Onwuamadike, more commonly known as Evans, has been sentenced to death by a Lagos High Court. Evans Chikwudubem Onwuamadike was arrested in June 2017 and arraigned on charges bordering on kidnapping.

Investigations revealed how Evans used two separate gangs to conduct high-profile kidnappings: one to carry out the abduction and another to transfer the victim to a safe house. The gang leader extracted million-dollar ransoms from the families of his victims, whom he would keep in captivity sometimes for several months.

The Lagos State Police disclosed how Evans conspired on February 14th, 2017 at about 7.45 …

SERAP Reacts As NBA Withdraws Invitation To Gov El-Rufai

SERAP Reacts As NBA Withdraws Invitation To Gov El-Rufai

August 21, 2020 5:58 am

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Thursday backed the decision of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to withdraw its invitation to the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai.

Recall that the NBA had earlier withdrawn its invitation to El-Rufai via a tweet on its official Twitter handle following protests from some lawyers.

It read: “The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at its ongoing meeting resolves that the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, H.E. Nasir El-Rufai, by the 2020 Annual General Conference Planning committee be withdrawn and decision communicated to the Governor.”

El-Rufai was billed …

WASSCE Extends Registration Date For Private Candidates

WASSCE 2020: WAEC Clears Air On leaked Question Papers

August 21, 2020 5:54 am

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has insisted that none of its question papers for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been leaked.

This year’s examination started on Monday, August 17, and has been marred with reports of alleged circulation of question papers.

Read Also: WAEC Denies Fire Outbreak At Headquarters

But in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs, Demainus Ojijeogu, WAEC maintained there was no leaked question paper.

“There has been no leakage of any paper, whatsoever. Some have even gone ahead to misquote the head of the National Office of WAEC Nigeria,

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El-Rufai: MURIC Attacks NBA For Inviting Obasanjo, Wike

August 21, 2020 5:47 am

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has described the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA’s decision to withdraw its invitation to Governor Nasir El-Rufai as parochial, myopic, and jejune.

The NBA yesterday removed the name of El-Rufai from the list of speakers at its 2020 Virtual Annual General Conference (AGC) which is scheduled for 26th to 29th August, 2020.

The Islamic human rights organisation reacted to the development in a statement through its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.

Read Also: MURIC Accuses Gov Sanwo-Olu Of Lopsided Appointments

El-Rufai was billed to speak on the topic: ‘Who is a Nigerian?’ But his inclusion led to …

Osinbajo Kicks Against Prohibition Of Cryptocurrency

Salami Panel: How Osinbajo’s Ex-Aide Squandered ₦250m

August 21, 2020 5:41 am

An ex-aide to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Donald Wokoma, allegedly failed to execute some contracts awarded to his firms in 2018, after receiving ₦250million.

This was when he served as Special Assistant to the VP on National Economic Council (NEC).

PRNigeria’s Economic Confidential reports that Wokoma was a signatory to the bank accounts of the companies.

An investigator at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spoke while testifying before the Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Investigative Committee on Thursday.

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The panel is investigating EFCC activities under the suspended Acting …

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