A Legal Practitioner, Dr Kayode Ajulo has said that the planned prosecution of users of the suspended twitter microblogging platform by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, is unknown to the county’s laws. Ajulo, also a Constitutional Lawyer, stated this on Sunday, while speaking in Abuja. He said that the statement from the AGF should have been directed at those who abused social media and not all twitter users, stressing that having carefully studied Nigeria’s various penal laws, nowhere was a citizen of the country prohibited from receiving or disseminating information. This, according to him, was…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
At least 100 people were killed in a “barbaric attack” by gunmen targeting a village in north-eastern Burkina Faso, said the West African country’s president, Roch Kabore, on Saturday. Kabore said he had ordered three days of national mourning over the attack on the village of Solhan in the conflict-ridden Sahel region. Security forces were already en route to track down the perpetrators behind the “shameful” act, he added in the statement on Facebook. There was no information about the attackers’ motive or identity. It was the deadliest attack in Burkina Faso in years, and according to the AIB state…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will prioritise measures aimed at preventing corruption in order to save the huge cost of prosecuting corruption cases. Executive Chairman of EFCC, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, said other measures undertaken by the agency included the re-launch of the inter-faith dialogue and instilling the culture of integrity in young people. Bawa said in New York on Sunday that one of the best means to fight corruption in the country was for Nigerians to have attitudinal change. He said that the anti-corruption agency was exploring Nigeria’s religious strength, pointing out that Nigeria is unarguably the most…
Maj. Hamza Al Mustapha, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late military head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, says the current effort to amend the 1999 Constitution might not work, as it is being done in a rush. Al Mustapha said this when he spoke in Abuja on Sunday. “Constitutional amendments are done to carry everybody along, but I can see a Constitutional amendment carrying a few elites in a hurry. “Constitutional amendments should be given time and should not be seen carrying the opinions of a few elites abandoning the majority. “Most Nigerians especially the downtrodden in rural communities are…
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has reacted to the recent remark by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo against the Igbo secession bid, describing it as hypocritical attempt to fool the nation. A statement by CNG’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, reminded Ohanaeze and the Igbo that they can only fool some people sometimes, but cannot fool all the people all the time. “It is no longer in doubt that the current violent agitations and disturbances over Biafra is clearly an agenda with a wholesome backing from every component of the Igbo community in Nigeria and in the Diaspora including Ohanaeze. The CNG reminded…
Founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN, prophet T. B. Joshua is dead. A statement by the church confirmed that the death of the popular pastor occurred on Saturday at 57. “Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” – Amos 3:7 On Saturday 5th June 2021, Prophet TB Joshua spoke during the Emmanuel TV Partners Meeting: “Time for everything – time to come here for prayer and time to return home after the service.” “God has taken His servant Prophet TB Joshua home – as it should be by divine…
Senator Aliyu Wamakko has called on Southern leaders to speak up against attacks on northern traders traveling to that region, by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. According to the senator, in a statement he personally signed and obtained by ASHENEWS on Saturday, “If leaders from the South-East feel they can allow their own people to do what they wanted, we may have no choice than to stop dousing the increasing tension among our own followers.” Wamakko observed that the silence by Southern leaders, indicates “Their tacit approval for the activities of the murderous IPOB gangs,” adding that…
Following Nigerian government ban on the operations of Twitter in the country, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has directed for immediate prosecution of offenders of the ban. According to the statement by the spokesperson in his office, Dr Umar Gwandu on Saturday, Malami directed the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, DPPF, to swing into action and commence in earnest, the process of prosecution of violators of the de-activation of operations of Twitter in Nigeria. He also directed the DPPF to liase with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, National…
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), says ecosystem restoration work can only be achieved when focus is made on addressing the actual sources of environmental degradation. It said this done, the removal mechanism would no longer become business as usual in the continuation of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere. ERA/FoEN made the assertion in commemorating this year’s world environment day with the theme: ‘Ecosystem Restoration.’ This year’s world environment day theme is incredibly significant because it calls on all of us to do our parts in protecting our ecosystems in these uncertain times. In a press…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has said that marine travellers in the state will have to wear life jackets before they embark on their journeys in motor boats instead of dug-out canoes. The governor gave the directive in the wake of a boat mishap in which 13 people traveling from Dorowa to Ginga village in Shagari local government area of the state died. The governor, who condole the people of the town over the incident directed the state ministry for local government, headed by the state Deputy Governor, Hon. Manir Muhammad Dan’Iya, who accompanied him during the condolence visit, in…