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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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Stiffer Punishment For Randy Lecturers

November 9, 2019 10:35 am
Following the recent reported cases of sexual harassment in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that henceforth, any lecturer indicted in the sex-for-marks scandal and other sexual-related offences would face the “stiffest punishment under the law.” The president, in his speech at the 35th convocation ceremony of the University of Ilorin, condemned the rising cases of sexual scandals in the nation’s university system.

The president’s terse threat of full sanctions on the offenders, though belated, has brought an official stamp of disavowal of the heinous acts, which have seized the nation by the jugular in recent times. Also,

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NBC’s punishment against AIT too harsh, says Dr Ajulo

June 7, 2019 7:13 am

A Constitutional lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, has joined other Nigerians in condemning the punishment meted to DAAR Communication, owner of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM by the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), saying it was too harsh.
Ajulo said on Friday in Abuja that there were other punishments that could be employed by NBC to ensure that any erring media outfit conformed to prescribed laws and regulations.

He said that the freedom of the press was guaranteed in developed nations and polities, adding that the provisions of Section 23 of the constitution guaranteed press freedom.

According to him, the …

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