prosecution

I Have No Hand In Prosecution Of Agba Jalingo – Ayade

January 27, 2020 1:49 pm

Governor of Cross Rivers State, Ben Ayade has washed his hands off the prosecution of Agba Jalingo, a journalist standing trial in a Calabar court on charges of treason and terrorism.

Professor Ben Ayade said the case is between Agba Jalingo and the federal government Nigeria.

He said Agba Jalingo was arrested for his link to Omoyele Sowore’s revolution now movement.

The Governor said he would prefer that the detained journalist is released but should be strongly warned against using the power of the pen and journalism to …

Malami: The Quota System AGF/Senior Advocate Of Nonsense

Malami Takes Over Sowore’s Prosecution

December 14, 2019 8:31 am

The office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN has taken over the prosecution of Omoyele Sowore in the charge of treasonable felony against him at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

The move according to the AGF, demonstrates government’s commitment to respect of the rule of law and fundamental rights of citizens.

In reaction, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), asked Malami, to withdraw the pending criminal charges against his clients – Sowore and Olawale Bakare, insisting that there was no evidence to get …

Allen Onyema: MEND Backs US Prosecution Of Air Peace Boss

December 1, 2019 10:29 am

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has applauded the indictment of Air Peace Chairman, Allen Onyema, in a $21m fraud by the United States of America.

Onyema was indicted by a federal grand jury in the US on November 19 on multiple charges bordering on criminal conspiracy, bank fraud and money laundering and faces a jail term of 105 years if found guilty.

MEND posited that the Niger Delta amnesty program was built on a fraudulent foundation from inception, starting with the grossly exaggerated figure of militants put at 30,000, a figure that was a key element …

Don’t Vest Powers Of Prosecution On School Management –NANS

November 19, 2019 11:13 am

Sex For Marks in tertiary institutions and the Sexual Harassment Bill going through the second reading in the Senate, The education Report sought the views of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

While NANS welcomed the Bill and suggested an amendment to the section which vested the powers of prosecution on the school management, ASUU insists the nation does not need such new laws to tackle the sex scandal rocking tertiary institutions. Rather the union insist that there are existing laws to apply against the scourge.

President, National Association of Nigerian

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70 FRSC Officers To Face Prosecution Over Alleged Fraud

October 17, 2019 5:32 pm

No fewer than 70 officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been arrested for alleged extortion during patrol and in the corps facilities, the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has said.

Oyeyemi disclosed this on Thursday during a strategic session with unit commanders at the FRSC Academy, Udi in Enugu State.

The corps marshal said that extortion was becoming a cankerworm which seemed to be eating into the corps systematically and must be stopped by all means.

He said that it was sad that in spite of the good welfare packages the government had made available to the …

'Political elite, learn from Ekweremadu’s Nuremberg attack'

FG demands prosecution of Ekweremadu’s attackers

August 20, 2019 7:10 am

The Federal Government has called on German authorities to unmask the identity of and try the Aug. 17 attackers of Sen. Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany.

In a statement issued on Monday by Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, the embassy also demanded that the attackers be tried in accordance with German laws.

The embassy stated that investigations would help identify the attackers with a view to bringing them to justice.

The Nigerian embassy, which said that investigating the perpetrators would discourage any individual or group from carrying out acts of violence against Nigerian government officials on German soil, cited the threat …