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Feb
17
2022
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EXCLUSIVE: Abba Kyari’s Arrest Not Related To Obi Cubana — NDLEA

EXCLUSIVE: Abba Kyari’s Arrest Not Related To Obi Cubana — NDLEA

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The case against Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police who is now in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), is unrelated to his alleged ties to popular socialite, Obinna Iyiegbu, better known as Obi Cubana, the agency has confirmed. Kyari, who had been on suspension from police duties for the past five months for allegedly helping internet fraudster Hushpuppi to launder his money in the US, was declared wanted by the NDLEA last Monday for alleged involvement in a 25kg cocaine deal. The Nigeria Police Force subsequently announced his arrest and transfer to the…
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Feb
16
2022
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IPOB, ESN Members Out To Destroy Me, Says Abba Kyari

IPOB, ESN Members Out To Destroy Me, Says Abba Kyari

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The embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has claimed that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) are behind his travails. Kyari made this claim when he appeared before a probe panel led by Joseph Egbunike, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, according to a report obtained by Daily Trust. In a report submitted by the panel to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, which was in turn forwarded to the Police Service Commission (PSC), Kyari said the outlawed IPOB and its armed wing were after him due…
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Feb
16
2022
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Orji Kalu: Why NJC must sanction Mohammed Idris, other judges – HURIWA

Orji Kalu: Why NJC must sanction Mohammed Idris, other judges – HURIWA

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Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has asked the National Judicial Council through the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, to sanction Justice Mohammed Idris, and other judges for presiding over cases in Federal High Court despite their elevation to the Court of Appeal. In a statement on Wednesday, National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said the CJN and the NJC should immediately recommend punishment for Idris over the “malicious prosecution” of former governor of Abia State, Uzor Kalu. HURIWA, in an earlier letter to the CJN dated February 14, 2022, recalled that on Friday…
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Feb
16
2022
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Speaker Gbajabiamila launches probe of Aregbesola over stolen N165 billion prison fund

Speaker Gbajabiamila launches probe of Aregbesola over stolen N165 billion prison fund

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Speaker Gbajabiamila launches probe of Aregbesola over stolen N165 billion prison fund Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, a staunch loyalist of presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu, has initiated a vast corruption probe of interior minister Rauf Aregbesola at the House of Representatives. Mr Gbajabiamila presided over the plenary on Wednesday where it was decided that Mr Aregbesola and prisons chief Haliru Nababa should be probed for mismanaging up to N165 billion in funds earmarked for prisons development across the country. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance by Ndudi Elumelu, the minority leader of the House on the floor of the…
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Feb
16
2022
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BREAKING: Court To Rule On Nnamdi Kanu April 8

BREAKING: Court To Rule On Nnamdi Kanu April 8

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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed April 8 to decide whether the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, will be discharged from the 15- count terrorism charges instituted against him or not. Kanu’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, had urged Justice Binta Nyako to quash and dismiss the amended 15- count charges for being incompetent. Details to follow…
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Feb
16
2022
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BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu may go blind, his sight deteriorating, Ozekhome tells court

BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu may go blind, his sight deteriorating, Ozekhome tells court

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Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome(SAN), who is the lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, raised the alarm that his client’s sight had deteriorated. Ozekhome told the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that Kanu, who is currently in custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, may go blind if nothing was urgently done to restore his sight. The senior lawyer, who recently took over the defence team of the embattled IPOB leader, said his client’s pair of eyeglasses was confiscated in 2015, when he was initially arrested…
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Feb
16
2022
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Chief Patrick Eholor of One Love Foundation floors FG as ECOWAS Court dismisses application against suit on Twitter ban

Chief Patrick Eholor of One Love Foundation floors FG as ECOWAS Court dismisses application against suit on Twitter ban

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The ECOWAS Court has dismissed the application by the Federal Government seeking to stop the judgment in the Twitter ban case. The court said the application is frivolous and lacking in merit. The case is now adjourned to 10 May 2022 for judgment. One Love Foundation (OLF), a social rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 195 other organisations had sued the Federal Government, questioning the legality of its ban on use of Twitter by Nigerians.
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Feb
16
2022
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BREAKING: Senate gets new Clerk 

BREAKING: Senate gets new Clerk 

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The Deputy Clerk of the Senate Isabella Ugochi Iloba has formally assumed duty as the Acting Clerk of the Red Chamber. Iloba took over from the outgone Clerk Mr. Ibrahim El-Ladan following his retirement on age grounds. El-Ladan was retired by the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) on February 9, 2022. The Commission had directed El-ladan and another officer, Adebayo Anthony Adebanjo, to proceed on retirement with immediate effect, while Michael Okpara should retire in six months. Iloba was appointed by the NASC as acting Clerk to the Senate to take over from El-Ladan. The letter obtained by The Nation…
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Feb
16
2022
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Police panel recommend Abba Kyari’s demotion

Police panel recommend Abba Kyari’s demotion

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The Nigeria Police Force Disciplinary Committee has recommended the demotion of the suspended Commander of IRT, DCP Abba Kyari, to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police. This was after the Committee reviewed the report of the Special Investigation Panel that investigated Kyari over an indictment by an affidavit of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Committee found Kyari to have fraternised with fraudsters and also violated the social media policies of the Nigeria Police Force by responding to the FBI’s indictment on his Facebook page without recourse to laid down procedures. The Police have begun further investigations against…
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Feb
16
2022
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Embattled Abba Kyari’s brother received N279m from Hushpuppi, others – Police report

Embattled Abba Kyari’s brother received N279m from Hushpuppi, others – Police report

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POLICE investigations have revealed how members of a syndicate led by international scammer, Ramon Abass, popularly known as Hushpuppi paid N235, 120, 000 to a younger brother of a former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari The probe also indicates that Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, equally funnelled N44m to his brother’s bank account in multiple transactions. However, the investigation report obtained by our correspondent on Monday, failed to disclose whether Kyari’s brother was acting as a proxy for his embattled elder brother who is currently in custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The DCP, who was…
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