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Survivors Of Lekki Tollgate Killings Demonstrate At Lagos Judicial Panel

A group of persons with visible injuries came to the premises of Lagos State Court of Arbitration, Lekki, venue of the Lagos State Panel of Judicial Inquiry, on Friday, to demonstrate that their injuries were caused by the soldiers who shot at them on October 20 during the #EndSARS protest. They arrived at the venue in a white bus, followed by a placard-carrying group, New Nigeria Network. “We have people with amputated legs. We have people with brain surgery in this van. We have dozens of them that are yet to be discharged,” said their spokesperson.  “This is from the Lekki tollgate massacre in 2020. We want justice. We don’t want to be silenced. We don’t want to be marginalised even in our own country.”  11:09 A banner is up in front of the court building. Dabira is up speaking. She was the one on stage telling people to sit down when the shooting started. pic.twitter.com/858K7cXhTa — Editi Effiòng (@EditiEffiong) December 4, 2020 While the Nigerian Army has consi

Delta State Threatens To Punish Nurses, Midwives Who Join Ongoing Strike

Delta state governor Ifeanyi Okowa The Delta State government has threatened to punish any nurse or midwife who joined the strike by the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives in the state. The state’s Ministry of Health issued the threat in a circular dated December 3, 2020, and marked HNC3/T/15, to all principals of the state’s schools of nursing and other government centres where the nurses and midwives are employed. Delta state governor Ifeanyi Okowa Instead of implementing the demands of the health workers, the state government threatened to deal with any nurse or midwife who “flouts this directive” according to the rule of engagement and extant provisions. See Also Sahara Reporters Nurses, Midwives Begin Indefinite Strike In Delta 0 Comments 3 Hours Ago SaharaReporters gathered that the health workers commenced their strike on Thursday, based on a five-point demand. The strike stems from the demotion of principals of nursing and midwifery schools

Appeal Court Upholds Maryam Sanda’s Death Penalty For Killing Husband

File Photo The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja on Friday, has affirmed the death sentence on Maryam Sanda. A Federal Capital Territory High Court had, in January 2020, sentenced Sanda to death by hanging for the murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. File Photo The Nigerian police charged Sanda for culpable homicide in November 2017 and sought the death penalty against Sanda in a two-count charge. After the lower court found her guilty of killing Bello, she approached the appellate court to upturn the judgement. In a notice of appeal predicated on 20 grounds, the appellant through her legal team described the judgment of the trial court as “a miscarriage of justice”. She submitted that the judge relied on circumstantial evidence as there was “lack of confessional statement, absence of murder weapon, lack of corroboration of evidence by two or more witnesses and lack of autopsy report to determine the true cause of her husband’s death.” But the appellate court dismissed

Leadership Failure In Africa: Nigeria A Classic Example Of Failed Leadership And Weak Institutions By Richard Odusanya

Richard Odusanya “The tragedy of Africa is wrought in the minds of politicians who behave like demi-gods and delude themselves that they have monopoly of wisdom.”- PLO Lumumba. Africa is the cradle of civilization and the root of mankind. A land flowing with milk and honey; nature is kind with her, beautiful weather, optimal temperature for diverse ecosystem balance, giving rise to an array of different types of resources, but the inhabitants are like its own natural disasters. The mindsets of the average African are tailored more towards a set goals for personal aggrandizement, individual accomplishment, self-centeredness, materialism, and slave mentality. This may be part of the reasons for the types of leadership that emerged and the society we have today. Except for few countries like Ghana, Botswana, Rwanda etcetera; that are fortunate enough to have succeeded by reasons of good leadership, prudent management of resources and electoral system that is relatively credible

How Ex-NBA President, Usoro Paid N65m To Akwa Ibom Attorney General’s Account – EFCC Witness

Paul-Usoro, NBA President. A second prosecution witness at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has said that a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro, SAN, paid the sum of N65million into the bank account of Uwemedimo Nwoko, the Attorney- General, Akwa-Ibom State. The witness, Abdulrahman Arabo, told Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the FHC, Ikoyi that  Usoro was first arraigned on December 18, 2018, before Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court. Paul-Usoro He was later re-arraigned on March 1, 2019, before Justice Aikawa on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N1.4billion brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. One of the counts reads, “That you, Paul Usoro, SAN, Emmanuel Udom (currently constitutionally immune against criminal prosecution), Uwemedimo Thomas Nwoko (still at large), Nsikan Linus Nkan, Commissioner of Finance, Akwa Ibom State (still at large), Mfon Jacobson Udomah, Account