As Nigerians thought that the last has been hear about Abba Kyari case National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Tuesday, gave reasons it resorted to the trial of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his co-defendants behind closed doors.Counsel for the NDLEA, Mr Sunday Joseph, told newsmen who were barred from covering the sitting shortly after the case was adjourned by Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja.Joseph, who said there was security concern about the trial, said the class of witnesses brought to court were undercover…
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Fegge Police Division, Onitsha Receives Facelift, Officers, Men Elated
Alphonsus Nweze The Nigerian Police have always come under stringent and consistent criticism for poor performance, engaging in extortion, intimidation, abuse of people’s rights, bribery and corruption. But most of these criticisms failed to take into cognisance the adverse and poor working conditions of Police personnel in Nigeria.Apart from relative poor remuneration and allowances, those incentives and facilities that would help them to at least put up modest performance such as operational vehicles, office and residential accomodation and generally conducive working environment among others are grossly lacking in most Police…
Read MoreUN, EU, others decry electoral Gender-based violence against women
As the obnoxious dust raised during the last election has refused to settle, the United Nations and the European Union (EU), on Monday, condemned gender-based violence against women during elections.Ms Beatrice Eyong, the UN Women Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, said violence against women in elections had been recognised as one of the key obstacles to advancing women’s participation in public life.“Violent acts committed towards women are gender-based and they tend to discourage women from being politically active.“It is often used to intimidate women from practising their political rights…
Read MoreCJN, cog in the Wheel of Presidential Election Petition – Rights Activist
By Alphonsus Nweze The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), Nze Emeka Umeagbalasi, has said that the Chief Justice of the Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, is the major stumbling block on the way of getting justice from the Judiciary in the on-going Presidential Election Petition in Abuja Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential candidate and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) dragged both the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Ahmed Bola Tinubu, who was declared the…
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