Suspend plans for military intervention in Niger, ex-lawmaker advises ECOWAS

A former member of the House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, on Sunday, called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its chairman, President Bola Tinubu to suspend the planned invasion of Niger Republic.Uwak, in a statement in Abuja, said there was need to sustain the diplomatic channels already opened with the junta led by Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani and to agree on timelines for the return to democratic government.ECOWAS troops, in a meeting in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday, had pledged their readiness to join the standby force set…

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Code of Conduct Tribunal Chair’s Futile War Against Justice Ekwo

By Kehinde Adewole Since a verdict of the Federal High Court in Abuja, ordered Danladi Umar, Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to submit himself to the Nigeria Senate for investigation over physical assault on a private security guard in Abuja, Umar has launched an unrelenting attack on Justice Inyang Ekwo, who delivered the judgement. Justice Ekwo had missed Mr Umar’s suit in which he sought to stop the Senate from probing issues surrounding his physical assault on a security guard at Bannex Plaza in Wuse area of Abuja.…

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