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Israel Has The Right To Defend Itself – Biden

May 15, 2021 4:09 am

US President, Joe Biden yesterday asserted that Israelis ‘had the right to defend themselves’ against Hamas attacks following a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, he said he hoped both sides work towards de-escalating as soon as possible.

The US President, speaking for the first time since clashes began on Monday, said after a phone call with the Israeli leader: ‘My expectation and hope is that this will be closing down sooner than later, but Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory.’

Mr. Biden’s comments came as Israel …

Dasuki: I’m Ready To Appear In Court To Defend Myself

December 26, 2019 1:49 pm

Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on Wednesday, said with his release from the custody of the Department of State Services, he was ready to appear in court to defend himself.

Dasuki who was arrested in December 2015 for alleged corruption during his tenure as national security adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, was granted bail several times by courts but DSS refused to release him.

He consequently vowed not to attend court trial until the bail orders were complied with. He was however released from detention on Tuesday following a directive from the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar …

Why I Didn’t Direct Bayelsans To Defend Themselves -Dickson

November 29, 2019 9:19 am

Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has disclosed that he consciously took steps not to direct Bayelsans and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to defend themselves in the course of the Bayelsa governorship elections and after the declaration of David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner because he did not want the state to be destabilised.

Dickson who insisted that the leaders of the APC in conjunction with the Federal Government, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies plotted to take-over Bayelsa by force, said results of votes declared by INEC especially in Ogbia, …

Defend your ancestral lands, Soyinka, Ooni advise Nigerians

July 8, 2019 12:14 am

Nigeria cannot survive another civil war, Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka and frontline monarch Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, have warned.

They called on the authorities to arrest what they see as the prevailing drift into “a dysfunctional state on multiple levels of citizenship, community belonging, security and productive opportunities”.

In a communiqué they issued at the end of a meeting at the weekend, the duo counselled the government on ensuring co-existence amongst Nigerians.

The communique was issued after a visit by the royal father to Soyinka in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

They said that solutions must be …

Metuh hires new Lawyer to defend alleged ₦400m fraud case

March 13, 2019 10:31 am

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has engaged a new lawyer, Abel Oziokor, to continue with his defence at the Federal High Court, Abuja, where he is standing trial on alleged N400 million fraud and money laundering charges.

Oziokor’s appointment comes shortly after Metuh had debriefed his former counsel, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), who had been in charge of the case since 2015, when the trial started.

Metuh and his company, Dextra Investment Ltd., are being prosecuted by the federal government over alleged money laundering and illegal receipt of funds from the office of

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Jubril hires Olanipekun, 8 other SANs, to defend mandate

March 9, 2019 12:48 am

Jubril Al-Sudan, the has appointed a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), to lead the team that will defend his mandate at the Presidential Election Tribunal.

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second in the February 23 presidential poll had gone to court to challenge Buhari’s victory.