Fear, anger and condemnation trailed Tuesday night’s attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. Observers said if such a secured facility could be breached, with all 64 suspected Boko Haram commanders and other criminals freed, where else is safe? Terrorists on Tuesday night invaded the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja freeing several inmates, […]
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The hundreds of Nigerians convicted in foreign prisons were largely left with no legal assistance or no help from the Nigerian government to get a fair trial, the Legal Defence and Assistance Project has said. At a roundtable on ‘Moving Nigeria Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty’ organized for the media and civil society […]
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In 2014, the Lagos Division of Court of Appeal approved the injunction by the Lagos State Government to stop the use of hijab in public schools. The judgment was given by Justice Grace Onyeabo of the High Court of Lagos State on October 17, 2014. It ruled that female Muslim students should not use hijab […]
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Kaduna, Nigeria’s “Centre of Learning,” is host to many military institutions and formations, including the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and 1 Division, Nigerian Army. The military presence notwithstanding, many schools, like communities in the state, have been attacked by bandits and remain crippled, Abdulgafar Alabelewe reports. Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji; Nigerian Air […]
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High Chief Ayo Olayinka J.P on seat with African-American Commandos on courtesy visit to HRH (Dr) Samson Adeleke Oke, the Ajalaye (Paramount Ruler of Ipetu-Ijesa Kingdom) in his Royal Palace In Ipetu-Ijesa, Osun State, Nigeria By Prof Kola Kesinro To use the words of Hon Oluwole Oke, the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Ijesa North […]
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By Olawale Olaleye Since his emergence as Nigeria’s number-two citizen, different accounts had been flying around on how Professor Yemi Osinbajo, actually secured the coveted vice-presidential slot, a majority of which revolved around the person of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his former boss. Indeed, the recent revelation by Chief Bisi Akande in his book, “My Participations” […]
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By Aaron Ukodie Because God had miraculously made it possible for me to send my first daughter to the US for a degree in Business Management, and later Law, which she did in seven years, it was only fair that the second one is given the same opportunity. I have four daughters. Three biological, one […]
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Contrary to public perception, it is not only on the score of zoning that leaders of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are divided. Underlying the stringent arguments for and against zoning the party’s Presidential ticket is also the quiet censure against former party stalwarts that traveled to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
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The Caretaker/Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, was appointed to resolve some crisis in the party. Twenty months after, the crisis has gone from bad to worse. The recent attempt to sideline Buni and the secretary of the committee, Senator John […]
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By Tony Adesemoye Gracious Almighty Father! Many of us are calling to Thee to intervene in what is happening across the world – the anger and hate for our fellow men, the fear of disease, and now, especially, the fear of war. At this moment, we lift Thy children who are fighting for their lives, […]
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