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Femi Falana, SAN. The Alliance for Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond has said that the claim by the Nigerian Government that the nation’s revenue had declined was false, fraught with inadequacies and figures that fail to reflect the country’s economic realities. Femi Falana, Chairman of the group, in a statement on Thursday said gross mismanagement, incompetence and corruption was the reason for policies such as the electricity tariff increase and fuel hike that makes life burdensome for citizens. He said, “Since the Federal Government has announced plans to switch from PMS to Compressed Natural Gas, the increase in petrol should be cancelled without delay. After all, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mr Timpere Sylva, has assured the nation that CNG would be sold between N95 and N97 per litre.” Femi Falana, SAN. Minister of Finance and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, had cited revenue shortfall as reasons behind the government’s recent fuel an

Hope Uzodinma Hope Uzodinma Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, has signed into law the Imo State Administration Of Criminal bill No 2 of 2020 (ISACJL, 2020), which empowers him to arrest and detain any resident of the state for as long as he wishes. According to documents seen by SaharaReporters, any person detained on the orders of Uzodinma can only be released when he grants a license to the said individual. It also abolished all forms of preliminary inquiry or preliminary investigation into a criminal charge by a magistrate or any court in the state and replaced them with preparation of proof of evidence. Hope Uzodinma “Chapter 38 (section 484 to 485) deals with detention during governor’s pleasure. “Section 484 of the ISACJL, 2020 provides that where any person is ordered to be detained during the governor’s pleasure, he shall notwithstanding anything in the ISACJL, 2020 or contained in any other written law liable to be detained in such place and under such conditions

Wale Babalakin The University of Lagos Pro-Chancellor, Wale Babalakin (SAN), has resigned from his position at the institution. His resignation came few hours after the Special Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government to look into the affairs of the university submitted its report to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja. Babalakin in his resignation letter addressed to the Education Minister and copied to President Muhammadu Buhari said there were too many vested interests in the UNILAG leadership issue. Wale Babalakin He thanked Buhari for giving him the opportunity to serve as the Pro-Chancellor from May 2017. Babalakin insisted that the membership of the panel was inappropriate. “How can a committee of Vice Chancellors determine the culpability or otherwise of the actions of a Pro-Chancellor and a Governing Council? On the face of it, it is simply wrong! Furthermore, the Vice Chancellors on the panel were drawn from relatively smaller universities w

Lance Corporal Martins Lance Corporal Martins Colonel Yabaji, head of the military base, 8th Division, Sokoto, has ordered all soldiers under his command to unleash terror on Lance Corporal Martins Idakpini, the soldier, who criticised Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, in a viral video. Yabaji ordered renewed hostility on Idakpini on Thursday when he assembled soldiers within the base for a public address. Yabaji said Idakpini was recalcitrant and authorities from above had ordered him to unleash more terror on the vmsoldier. Lance Corporal Martins In 2017, a Lance Corporal, Benjamin Collins, was similarly tortured by three senior officers at the Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja, leading to his death. The Nigerian Army is notorious for extrajudicial violence and disregard for legal process or the supervision of a court or tribunal in meting out punishment to alleged offenders. An Abuja Federal High Court had mandated the Chief of Army Staff and Attorney-General of the Federati

L-R: Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma; BBNaija Housemate, Ozo. Despite owning pensioners in the state, the Imo State Government has concluded plans to waste millions of naira in its bid to draw support for Ozoemena “Ozo” Chukwu, one of the contestants currently competing in the Big Brother Naija Lockdown reality show. The plan is beign orchestrated by Bobby Micheal, Special Adviser, and Chinonye Agogbuo, Senior Special Assistant to Imo State governor on Entertainment. L-R: Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma; BBNaija Housemate, Ozo. Bobby and Agogbuo had earlier taken to their social media accounts to declare their support for the housemate, who they claimed was representing the state. SaharaReporters gathered that the duo was at Bongo Centre, Owerri, on Tuesday to share recharge cards worth thousands of naira to those who will be voting for Ozo. “He’s our son. We must support him. Recharge cards to vote for him to be distributed today, 10am at Bongo Centre,” Agogbuo posted on