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Ukraine Demands Punishment For Iran Plane Downing

January 11, 2020 5:31 pm

Ukraine on Saturday demanded that Iran punish those guilty for the downing of a Ukrainian airliner and compensate victims while praising Tehran for cooperating with an “objective” investigation.

Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky was due to discuss the incident with his Iranian counterpart President Hassan Rouhani at 5:00 pm local time (1500 GMT), his press office said.

“We expect Iran… to bring the guilty to the courts,” the Ukrainian leader wrote on Facebook, calling also for the “payment of compensation” and the return of remains.

Tehran admitted Saturday that it accidentally downed the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) plane, killing all 176

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Soleimani Killing: Iraq Demands Justice From UN Over Attack

January 7, 2020 1:31 pm

Iraq, through its United Nations Ambassador Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom, has sent a message to the United Nations’ Security Council, asking it to condemn America’s raid that killed Qussem Soleimani.

Maj.-Gen. Soleimani, Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, was killed in a US airstrike on his convoy at Baghdad airport on Friday rising the tension of another World War.

Read Also: The Deadly U.S Drone That Killed Soleimani

The airstrike, which was an order from US President, Donald Trump, has since generated a lot of controversies and reactions from world leaders.

The Ambassador urged the …

2020: APGA Makes Demands, Task FG

December 30, 2019 4:59 am
The national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Victor Oye, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to factor the sufferings of the people into whatever programmes it plans to execute 2020.

The APGA chairman opined that anything outside of this would increase the hardship and hunger in the country.

Oye made his opinion known in a terse statement forwarded to newsmen on Sunday afternoon.

Read Also: Will Buhari Succeed in Taking Us Into Second Slavery?

The statement partly reads, “Despite the social, economic and political challenges facing our nation, we still have every reason to be grateful

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US Watchlist: Centre Writes Trump, Demands Apology

December 23, 2019 5:31 am

The United States, US, President, Donald Trump has been asked to counter the religious right violation tag placed on Nigeria by US authorities.

The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency, CESJET, made this request in an open letter addressed to Trump on Sunday.

CESJET joined the Federal Government to rubbish the religious violation tag on Nigeria, especially as there is no tangible evidence that suggests that Nigeria is intolerant of religious organizations, and promoting violent extremism.

The Centre’s Executive Secretary, Comrade Ikpa Isaac, in the letter noted that the claim by the US authorities was watery considering the fact

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Oraifite: Group Writes SGF, PSC Demands Joint Investigation

December 18, 2019 8:49 am

Civil Rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has written to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha, and Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith, demanding a joint investigation board into the Oraifite-Anambra police and army mayhem of December 2, 2019.

Board Chairman of intersociety, Emeka Umegabalasi, lawyers Obianuju Igboeli, Head of Civil Liberties and  Rule of Law, Chinwe Umeche, Head of Democracy and Good Governance and Ndidiamaka Bernard Chinaza, Head of Int’l Justice & Human Rights, who signed the letters  said their request was  to establish ‘criminal’ and …

Sowore Sues DSS, Demands ‎₦500m For Human Rights Violation

November 22, 2019 11:52 am
Sahara Reporters publisher and convener of the RevolutionNow protests Omoyele Sowore has sued the Department of State Services (DSS) over the violation of his fundamental human right.
“An order of this court compelling the respondents to pay to the applicant the sum of ₦500,000, 000, 00 (Five hundred million naira) as general and aggravated damages for the illegal violation of the applicant’s fundamental right to life, dignity of his person, fair hearing, health, freedom of movement and freedom of association,” Sowore’s lawyer Femi Falana said in the suit marked FHC/ABJ /C51409/2019 dated November 20, 2019.
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South-South APC Demands Return Of NDDC To Presidency

South-South APC Demands Return Of NDDC To Presidency

November 4, 2019 5:14 am
  • Accuses Akpabio of using NDDC to play personal politics *Some govt officials frightened by planned audit, says former gov

The South-south chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the return the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) under the presidency.

The  APC’s National Vice Chairman, South-South, Prince Hilliard Eta, made the call in a statement issued yesteday, where he said that the recent crisis in the commission was causing embarrassment to the party in the zone.

He also accused the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Seabtor …

APC Lawmaker Accuses Segalink Of Libel, Demands ₦3bn

APC Lawmaker Accuses Segalink Of Libel, Demands ₦3bn

October 31, 2019 3:03 pm

Activist and convener of EndSARS movement Segun Awosanya, Segalink has been accused of making defamatory statements against a member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives.

Wole Olanipekun Chambers, lawyers to Abdulmumin Jubrin, an All Progressive Congress representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency in Kano State, said Awosanya made libellous and defamatory publications against their clients on twitter.

On October 17, Segalink in a tweet thread alleged that Jubrin has “17 bank accounts local and foreign despite signing a CCB form that he had no foreign account.”

“I showed the world documents and modus of siphoning money from MDAs after appropriation, till date @officialEFCC …

NATO Demands Russia Withdraw All Troops’ From Ukraine

NATO Demands Russia Withdraw All Troops’ From Ukraine

October 30, 2019 2:56 pm

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday welcomed a pullback by the Ukrainian army and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, but reiterated calls for Russia to “withdraw all their troops”.

Tuesday saw a long-awaited pullback between the two sides in a key area of the war-torn east.

The move was a precondition for the first face-to-face talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

“We welcome all efforts to reduce tensions,” Stoltenberg said during a visit to the Ukrainian port city of Odessa.

“But we know there

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Hausa Community In Delta Demands Security ID Cards

Hausa Community In Delta Demands Security ID Cards

October 23, 2019 5:09 pm

The Hausa community in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, have requested for identity cards as a step towards curbing security challenges in the area.

They made the request at a community stakeholders’ meeting convened by the leadership of the youths in the area.

The meeting came on the heels of the invasion of Azagba Mixed Secondary School in Issele-Azagba in neighbouring Aniocha North Local Government Area by gunmen who unsuccessfully attempted to kidnap five teachers.

Two persons reportedly died in the attack.

At the Ibusa meeting, stakeholders frowned at the perpetuation of crime under any guise, …

Turkey Defiant On Syria Operation As US Demands Ceasefire

Turkey Defiant On Syria Operation As US Demands Ceasefire

October 16, 2019 8:33 am

Turkey remained defiant against mounting international pressure to curb its military offensive against Kurdish militants in Syria, raising tensions with Washington as Vice President Mike Pence headed for Ankara on Wednesday to demand a ceasefire.

Battles raged in the key Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain as dawn broke on Wednesday, with Kurdish fighters trying to hold off the onslaught by Turkish-backed forces, now in its second week.

The fighting has triggered a flurry of diplomacy among major powers, with US President Donald Trump dispatching Pence along with his top diplomat Mike Pompeo to Turkey amid the greatest crisis …

Anambra 2021: Anglican Church demands governorship slot

Anambra 2021: Anglican Church demands governorship slot

September 3, 2019 2:23 am

Members of the Anglican Communion in Anambra State have made passionate appeal for the election of the member of the church as the governor of the state come 2021 governorship election.

The Church Strategic Committee for the Election of Indigenous Bishop of Nnewi Diocese who made the appeal yesterday when they visited the Bishop-elect, Diocese of Nnewi (Anglican Communion) Ven. Ndubisi Obi in his office at St. Augustine Anglican Church, Federal Housing Estate, 3-3 Onitsha said it balanced equation since Catholic Church members had been in power for many years in the state.

The committee lamented that none of the …

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