Tag: Health

Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s fundamental rights suit against DSS

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In an unending battle between Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the prosrcibed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the Department of States Services (DSS) a Federal High Court, Abuja, predised over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, on Friday, dismissed the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Kanu. The judge dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and substance.Kanu, through his lawyer, Maxwell Opara, had, in a fundamental rights enforcement suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1585/2021, sued the Director-General (DG) of DSS and the office as 1st and 2nd respondents respectively.He also joined the Attorney-General…

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FMC Hong to reduce unemployment rate by over 3000, says lawmaker

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Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives, Rt.Hon. ( Dr.) Yusuf Buba, has said that the establishment of a new Federal Medical Centre in Hong, Adamawa State, will provide over 3000 direct jobs to the teeming unemployed youths in the country. Buba, a member representing Gombi /Hong Federal Constituency, stated this on Thursday in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Nkem Anyata-Lafia, in Abuja. The lawmaker said other opportunities that would emanate from the facility include the enormous multiplier effects of jobs…

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El-Zakzaky drags NIS to court over refusal to release their passports

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The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Mallama Zennah, have sued Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) over its refusal to release their international passports. The couple, who listed the NIS and its Comptroller General as 1st and 2nd defendants respectively, prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja, to enforce their fundamental right. In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/22/2022 and filed by their lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, dated and filed on January 11, El-Zakzaky and his wife said they have the right to freedom of movement…

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Passport seizure: You lied on El-Zakzaky, wife’s health status, personal physician replies Malami

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Dr Abubakar Yahaya, one of the personal physicians of Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Malama Zeenah, described the comment made by the Attorney General of Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on their health status as untrue and falsehood. Dr Yahaya stated this, on Monday, in a statement made available in Abuja and titled: “Seizing Sheikh Zakzaky’s Passport, AGF, Admit Guilt.” He said Malami’s media publication on the 22nd of November, 2021, in which he asserted that the health…

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Deteriorating health: Our travel passports have been placed on restriction for no reason, El-Zakzaky cries out

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The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, on Sunday, disclosed that the Federal Government has placed his international passport and that of his wife, Malama Zeenah, on restriction for no reason despite their serious health challenge. El-Zakzaky stated that they are still being denied their freedom despite a court order, which discharged and acquitted them of all the eight-count charge preferred against them by the government. He said they have been denied traveling abroad for proper medical treatment as “passport flagging’ has been placed on…

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