Kidnapping

Nigeria: Mystery Behind the Kidnap of 80-Year-Old Woman

By David Chyddy Eleke

At 80, nothing excites Madam Roselyn Ughanze, more than her firm belief in God. A devout Christian, she diligently attends morning mass every day. Her faith in God and His ability to protect her from the machinations of her enemies is incontestable.Indeed, when her second son, Uche, a Lagos-based business man bought a Honda CRV car for her, she insisted that the car should carry a customized registration number of the Biblical - 'Psalm 37' which in its first two verses read thus: "I do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong, for they are like the grass...They will soon wither away like green plant; they will soon die. Full story...

Source:http://allafrica.com

Posted by Amaka, 30 October 2012

Rape

Police Arrest Man who Defiled 10-year-old Stepdaughter •Man Remanded for Raping 9-year-Old Girl

By Olayinka Olukoya

THE Ogun State police command has arrested the 62-year-old man, Alabi Ibraheem, who was accussed of defiling his 10-year-old stepdaughter in Abeokuta.The accused, who was reported to have evaded arrest, was eventually arrested by policemen attached to the Oluwo police station, Abeokuta.He was immediately transferred to Ilupeju police station on Ayetoro road and was subsequently transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour for further interrogation. Full story...

Source:http://tribune.com.ng

Posted by Amaka, 30 October 2012

Corruption

$15m Ibori’s Bribe: EFCC Raises Alarm over Clark’s Call for Lamorde’s Removal

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has expressed reservation over comment made by elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, calling for the removal of its Executive Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde over the Commission’s handling of the Ibori bribe saga.Clark had on September 25, 2012 addressed a press conference in Abuja where he called for the removal of the EFCC boss on the grounds that he lied in the sworn affidavit he deposed to as Director of Operations regarding the Ibori bribe. Full story...

Source: http://www.osundefender.org

Posted by Amaka, 30 October 2012

Sentencing

Don’t Execute Death Row Inmates, Amnesty Begs Edo

Amnesty International has appealed to the Edo State Government to rescind its decision to carry out the death sentence on two prisoners on death row in the state.It argued that since Nigeria’s justice system was not able to provide a fair trial for many of the death row inmates, it would not be proper to still kill those who did not receive a fair trial and had been on death row for many years.The Director-General, Amnesty International, Mr. Salil Shetty, made the appeal while speaking with journalists when he visited the office of the Human Rights Social Development and Environment Foundation, HURSDEF, in Port Harcourt. Full story...

Source:http://www.osundefender.org

Posted by Amaka, 30 October 2012

National Security

National Security Challenges: The Panacea in Youth Empowerment

By Oluwatoba Oguntuase

AT no time in the history of the Nigerian nation is the issue of unemployment and its attendant consequence of insecurity more of concern than today. About 22 months after the British Council published its Demographic Report on Nigeria (Next Generation Nigeria, September 30, 2010) and three years to the deadline of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), socio-economic outlook in the world’s most populous black nation has remained notoriously gloomy. Full story...

Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com

Posted by Amaka, 30 October 2012

Finance

Nigeria: Dollarisation of the Nigerian Economy - Who Is to Blame?

By Gabriel Omoh

Two weeks ago while in Tokyo at the conclusion of the 2012 IMF/World Bank Group Annual meetings, the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, decried the dollarisation of the Nigerian economy. He said the President, the CBN and everybody is worried about the development.In Economic parlance, dollarisation of an economy occurs when the inhabitants of a country use foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency as a store of value, unit of account, and/or medium of exchange within the domestic economy. Full story...

Source:http://allafrica.com/stories/201210290875.html

Posted by Amaka, 30 October 2012

Tax Law

Halliburton vs. FIRS: Judgment Review

By Olalekan Sowande

LAGOS Zone of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (the tribunal) on Friday, September 14, 2012, in what could be considered a watershed in the development of Nigeria’s jurisprudence on taxation, delivered its judgment in the case of Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Limited (Appellant) vs. Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The judgment of the tribunal has, undoubtedly, reinforced the time-honored fundamental principle of tax law that what could be collected as tax by the state must be clearly enacted by the Legislature. The foundation of this principle was established in Article 4 of the English Bill of Rights (1689) where it was stated “that levying money for, or to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, without consent of Parliament is illegal….”Full story...

Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com

Posted by Amaka, 30 October 2012

Legal Practitioners

Nigeria: Falana Urges National Assembly to Grant Total Autonomy to Anti-Corruption Agencies

A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), on Monday called on the National Assembly to urgently enact a legislation granting total autonomy to anti-corruption agencies in the country.Falana made the call in Lagos while speaking at a media-round table on "Promoting Ethics and Integrity within the Courts System - The Role of Lawyers".The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the forum was organised by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in collaboration with The Royal Netherlands Embassy, Abuja. Full story...Source:http://allafrica.com/stories/201210300297.htmlPosted by Amaka, 30 October 2012

Babatunde: A Man Law Breeds

By Joseph Onyekwere
 HE hardly speaks but when he does, everybody listens. This is because Olayiwola Moronmubo Babatunde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), speaks only when it is extremely important and in his own area of legal expertise.As a legal authority who combines law practice with publishing, he still would not like to comment on issues outside his scope of practice, thereby entrenching himself as an archetype of professional integrity. Full story...Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 30 October 2012

Prisons

Security Agencies Foil Jailbreak Attempt

Rivers - The police in Rivers have beefed up security at Federal Prison, Ahoada, in Ahoada East Local Government Area following a jailbreak attempt on Saturday.The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ben Ugwuegbulam, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Sunday that the police and other security agencies foiled an attempt by inmates to escape from the prison.NAN learnt that the inmates protested against over-crowding and the inability of the state chief judge to come to the prison for jail delivery. Full story...

Source: http://nigeria.news24.com

Posted by Amaka, 29 October 2012

Terrorism

Blast Kills Five in Nigerian Church

By Garba Mohammed

A SUICIDE bomber in a car detonated his explosives on Sunday at a Catholic church holding mass in northern Nigeria, killing five and wounding nearly 100 worshippers, officials said.The attack triggered reprisals during which two more people were killed, reports said.The bomber drove a jeep right inside the packed St Rita’s church, in the Malali area of Kaduna, a volatile ethnically and religiously mixed city, in the morning.A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) in Kaduna said five people had been confirmed killed, while 98 people were receiving treatment for wounds at two local hospitals. Full story...

Source: http://www.bdlive.co.za

Posted by Amaka, 29 October 2012

National Assembly

Reps C’ttee Flags Off Public Sessions on Constitution Review Thursday

The House of Representatives special adhoc committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution has concluded arrangement for the flag-off of the Peoples’ Public Sessions on the review of the 1999 Constitution in the 360 federal constituencies in the country.A statement by Oke Epia, the spokesman for the committee chairman and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Emeka Ihedioha, quoted Ihedioha as saying that 21 most important items have been shortlisted as priorities in the ongoing process. Full story...

Source:http://www.osundefender.org

Posted by Amaka, 20 October 2012

Enviromental Law

No Corpse Washed Off Morgues in Delta Floods –Govt

Delta State government, on Sunday, refuted a report that corpses were washed away from the mortuary of the General Hospital, Patani, by a flood and described the report as false and mischievous.The government said in a statement that although Patani was one of the communities affected by the flood in the state, only the entrance of the hospital was flooded.The statement, signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Chike Ogeah, described the report on the flooding of hospital morgue as false. Full story...

Source:http://world.myjoyonline.com

Posted by Amaka, 29 October 2012

Murder

Teacher Kills 12 year Old Pupil

A 12-year-old pupil in a  secondary school in Awka, Anambra State, has been flogged to death by a teacher. Chidimma Ukachukwu, the student died after she was allegedly  flogged  by her teacher for failing to do her homework.According to a reliable source the girl died on Thursday last week after she was flogged.Full story...

Source:http://www.businessdayonline.com

Posted by Amaka, 24 October 2012

Constitutional Law

Constitution Review: NULGE Seeks Autonomy For LGAs

By Isaiah Benjamine

 The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has urged the National Assembly to ensure autonomy for local governments in the ongoing constitution review.The National President of the Union, Comrade Ibrahim Khaleel ADK who said this, yesterday,said that a memo to that effect has already been submitted to the Assembly.The union leader pointed out that the demand was based on the belief that meaningful development could only be achieved from the grass roots. Full story...

Source:http://leadership.ng/nga

Posted by Amaka, 24 October 2012

Nigerian Police

Break Any Law During the Sallah and be Crushed – Police

Police in Plateau State have warned that lawlessness will not be tolerated during Sallah in Jos.Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Emmanuel Ayeni, stated this at a meeting with stakeholders in Jos on Tuesday, adding that, the police were prepared to arrest any person or group of persons planning to foment trouble during the festive period (Thursday and Friday).He also  warned  worshipers to steer clear of  the Rukuba Road and Polo Field prayer  grounds during the period, saying they are still under ban. Full story...

Source:http://www.channelstv.com

Posted by Amaka, 24 October 2012

Traffic Law

New Traffic Law: Lagos Okada Riders Cry, ‘Foul!’

By Nnamdi Inyama

THE Lagos State government of Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) is lucky its fate does not lie in the hands of commercial motorcycle operators in the state, popularly called Okada.If it did, then, give the Okada riders a few days and Fashola would not be sitting in the Round House as, according to one of them, Kola “this Fashola is not the one we voted for last year”, a commercial motorcyclist, Chidi Anah told The Guardian at Ikotun yesterday.“If we had the power, we will remove him immediately and bring in a kind, understanding governor who will realize that, we, Okada riders are hardworking Nigerians.Full story...

Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com

Posted by Amaka, 24 October 2012

International Law

Nigeria: Bakassi Gone for Good - the Actors in the Eye of History

By Hugo OdiogorNigeria became the first country in history to cede its territory and willingly agreed to displace its own citizens, in their home land in peace time, to honour its war time obligations and in the spirit of African brotherhood.The United Nations recognised this extraordinary accomplishment and duly sent a message of congratulations to Aso Rock. To us, when the full history of Bakassi is finally written, there will be chapters for some individuals, institutions and agencies whose role would appear in bold gold prints as heroes while others would end up in the foot notes. This perspective is just a guide. Full story...Source:http://allafrica.com
Posted by Amaka, 22 0ctober 2012

Human Rights

Nigeria: Falana Threatens Dangote Over Rights' Violations

By Toba Suleiman

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has threatened a legal action against the Dangote Group of Companies, owned by the billionaire business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, over alleged infringement on peoples' rights.While Falana disclosed that Dangote's companies would be sued for the alleged killings of innocent Nigerians in various accidents across the country, he added that oil companies would be sued for not paying compensations to some communities where they operate. Full story...

Source:http://allafrica.com

Posted by Amaka, 22 0ctober 2012

Property Law

Revealed: How Land-Grabbing Legislators Schemed Out Abuja Estate Owners!

Street Journal’s findings have revealed that at least one quarter of the land at hitherto occupied by privately owned estates on the Airport Road, Lugbe, Abuja has been allocated to members of the National Assembly. Not less than 500 out of the 3, 000 plots of land have been allocated to Senators and Members of the House of Representatives.Findings however revealed that back in 2004, the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) sold the land to Nigerians who were interested in developing residential estates to ease the problem of accommodation in the Federal Capital. Full story...

Source:http://thestreetjournal.org

Posted by Amaka, 19 October 2012

Impeachment

Nigeria: 'Why the Impeachment Cannot Stand'

By Andrew Agbese

The purported impeachment of the speaker is nothing but an exhibition of rascality. Out of 25 members of the House, 12 people sat illegally because we were on oversight function. We were supposed to return on Thursday but because of their intention, they went to the chamber two days to our resumption, 12 of them sat and took that action. The 12 later claimed they were 17. Full story...

Source:http://allafrica.com

Posted by Amaka, 19 october 2012