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Corruption Report: Buhari’s Aide Threatens Legal Action

February 8, 2020 9:46 am

Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, Senior Adviser to the President on Judicial Reforms and International Relations, has threatened a legal suit against institutions and individuals spreading fake news that she benefited from corrupt funds.

Mr Atuegwu Okafor, a Solicitor to Ibekaku-Nwagwu disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

“We have read with profound dismay a publication in a popular online outfit which it alleged that Ibekaku- Nwagwu was indicted for illegally benefiting from corrupt funds.

“We have conferred with Ibekaku-Nwagwu and hereby state unequivocally that the publication is false in its entirety.

“In the said publication that was published …

‘Amotekun Is Legal’ – Prof. Itse Sagay

January 13, 2020 8:36 am

Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay, has thrown his weight behind the establishment of Operation Amotekun by Southwest governors.

Sagay insisted that Amotekun was legal and was in line with the constitutional role of the governors as chief security officers of their states.

Recall that governors from Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, and Lagos States had last week Thursday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital launched a security outfit called Amotekun.

However, the PACAC Chairman said the Police lacked adequate manpower to effectively secure a country of nearly 200 million people, hence the establishment of …

Huawei Plans Legal Challenge To Latest US Pressure: Report

November 29, 2019 2:56 pm

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is preparing a legal counterpunch against new moves by American regulators to bar the company from accessing $8.5 billion in US federal funds for services and equipment, a report said Friday.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week branded Huawei and its Chinese rival ZTE as threats to US national security and blocked them from the fund.

It also proposed that other service providers be required to cancel or replace existing services and equipment from the companies.

Huawei plans to file a lawsuit in the United States next week, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified …

UNICEF: Every Nigerian Should Have Legal Identity by 2030

October 31, 2019 3:22 am

The United Nations is working assiduously with the federal government towards ensuring that come 2030, every Nigerian is captured and have a legal identity.

This was announced in Abuja recently by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in an official open letter by its Nigeria representative, Peter Hawkins, to every Nigerian child in commemoration of the 30 years of existence of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The letter stated that Nigeria has made a lot of progress even though so much more needs to be done towards ensuring that all children have rights that are realised and …

Quebec Raises Legal Consumption Age For Cannabis To 21

October 30, 2019 2:40 pm

The day cannabis was legalized in Canada in 2018, the line outside of Quebec’s government-run pot shop in downtown Montreal ran hundreds deep down multiple city blocks.

At least some of those enthusiasts will be gravely disappointed after a new law passed by the provincial government has raised the legal consumption age from 18 to 21. The change, announced this week, is intended to “protect” teenagers and their developing brains, according to the junior health minister, Lionel Carmant.

The new law, which comes into effect on 1 January, also prohibits the consumption of cannabis on public roads, in bus shelters, …

Atiku set to reclaim mandate, inaugurates legal team

March 3, 2019 12:32 am

Still seething over alleged irregularities and massive rigging that robbed him of victory in the February 23 presidential poll, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar must gird his loins for an epic legal duel.

With all plaintiffs who have embarked on this endeavour drawing blank since 1979, legal practitioners insist that Abubakar must be ready to provide such incontrovertible, undisputable evidence to buttress his claims, as the journey is fraught with tight legal traps.

Poll shift legal but destroys INEC’s credibility- Lawyers

February 16, 2019 4:34 pm

Lawyers on Saturday affirmed the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reschedule elections but noted the Commission damaged its credibility with how it shifted presidential and national assembly polls.

Chief Niyi Akintola SAN observed the Electoral Act permitted the Commission to make polls adjustments in the national interest.

Section 26(1) of the Electoral 2010 (As Amended), says: “Where a date has been appointed for the holding of an election, and there is reason to believe that a serious breach of the peace is likely to occur if the election is proceeded with on that date, or it …