Tag: Nigerian Navy

Nursing mother faint after Naval personnel ordered her to climb pedestrian bridge, 30 times

admin

*Confiscates her N1, 000 A nursing mother, Esther Obiechina, narrated how some Naval personnel at Uga junction, in Onitsha, Anambra State commercial nerve centre forced her to climb the pedestrian bridge at Uga Junction, 30 times. Obiechina who spoke to newsmen at a hospital, where she is recuperating when she lost her consciousness said that the Naval Personnel also confiscated her one thousand naira (N1000.00), being her transport fare back to her village in Ogbaru Local Government.and money to buy pap for her new baby. The young lady said her…

Read More

FCT indigenes pray court to expunge Section 297(2) from 1999 Constitution

admin

Some indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to make an order, nullifying Section 297(2) from the 1999 Constitution (as amended).They also sought, among others, a payment of N1 billion damages over alleged unlawful takeover of their land by the Armed Force.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 297(2) of the constitution states that “the ownership of all lands comprised in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja shall vest in the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”The plaintiffs are Alhaji Jagaba…

Read More