April 24, 2021

Buhari Has Killed Nigeria – Mike Ozekhome Laments

Boko Haram: Pantami Can Be Prosecuted For Terrorism – Ozekhome

April 24, 2021 12:42 pm

Mike Ozekhome, SAN, a constitutional lawyer and Human Rights Activist, has faulted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency for defending the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, amid alleged links to terrorist organisations.

Ozekhome, in a statement he issued on Friday, claimed that even though Pantami committed the alleged terrorist acts before the passing of the Terrorism (Prevention Amendment) Act 2013, the Minister could be prosecuted under Section 46 of the EFCC Act, 2004.

Recall that Pantami was accused of being sympathetic to terrorist organisations like Al-Qaeda, Taliban and Boko Haram.

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NDDC: Akpabio Appeals To Protesting Ijaw Youths For Peace

EFCC Never Detained Me Over $350,000 Attempted Bribe – Akpabio

April 24, 2021 12:37 pm

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has explained that at no point was he detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for attempting to bribe the agency’s boss, Abdulrasheed Bawa with a sum of $350,000.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Minister, Anietie Ekong, disclosed this in a press statement sent to our correspondent in Uyo on Saturday following a media report of the minister’s detention on Wednesday.

Ekong explained that Akpabio on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 had an audience with the new Chairman of the EFCC by Noon to discuss the transfer of funds …

No Sane Govt Allows Criminals Overrun Its Country – Wike

April 24, 2021 12:31 pm

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said no sane government would fold its arms and remain indifferent towards the unprecedented security threats orchestrated by non-State actors.

Governor Wike stated this when the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor and other top military officers paid him a courtesy call at the Government House, Port Harcourt.

The Governor, who charged the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor to reduce the level of insurgency in the country, cited terrorism as one of the biggest existential threats to the country.

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Biden Speaks To Erdogan As Armenian Genocide Question Looms

April 24, 2021 12:40 am

US President Joe Biden on Friday made a call to the Turkish president, Erdogan just a day before he is expected to make the landmark recognition of the Armenian genocide.

Saturday (Today) would mark the 106th anniversary of the waning Ottoman Empire’s mass killings of hundreds of thousands of Armenians, whose descendants have been making frantic efforts to ensure that the world recognizes the massacres as genocide.

Before now, Turkey has adamantly rejected the label of genocide and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by telephone Friday with Biden, who took office in January vowing a new focus on human …