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Lawyer petitions NHRC over army brutality of lawyers
By Joe Odje WARRI - A Warri based human rights lawyer, Mr. Oghenejabor Ikimi Esq has petitioned the Nigerian Army before the National Human Rights Commission in Abuja over unlawful wounding, assault, brutality, torture, inhuman treatment meted out on two legal practitioners, U. E. Ogbonnanya and Kosie Emmanuel by Gabon .A, Oyewunmi .A, and Basir S of 222 Battalion. Ikimi's petition dated...
Akwa Ibom and outlandish reports
Akwa Ibom and outlandish reports Charles Udoh Elections, to a large extent, have been won and lost but the drumbeats of political manipulations and propaganda are still echoing in the background. The recent barrage of questionable statistics released by some otherwise reputable national agencies, including the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), raise a lot of concerns about the professionalism and intentions of...
Assam condemns Ex-minister’s attack on A’Ibom Works Commissioner
Assam condemns Ex-minister's attack on A'Ibom Works Commissioner Chief Assam Assam, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Russia and Belarus has condemned the recent attack on the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Works, Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, by a former Minister of Lands and Housing Development, Chief Nduese Essien. Chief Essien who is the Leader of Eket Senatorial District Elders' Forum had earlier...
Herdsmen: Fayemi reacts as Ekiti monarch faults police claim on killings
A traditional ruler in Ekiti State and Olu of Iyemero, Oba Ebenezer Ogungbemi, has insisted that two people have been killed in the attack allegedly carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a farmstead in the town. The monarch dismissed the claim by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Asuquo Amba, that preliminary report indicated that nobody died during the attack. Some...
