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*Judiciary deserves sympathy and commendation Says Rukayat Shittu*

_As A'Court uphold her election victory_

JUDICIARY DESERVES SYMPATHY AND COMMENDATION

On Tuesday, 28th November 2023, the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory dismissed the case of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Hon. Magaji Abdullahi challenging my victory at the poll.

The election tribunal had earlier ordered a rerun in 5 polling units of the constituency, a decision that was challenged at the Appeal Court, leading to this final judgment in my favor at the upper court.

This judgment finally ends the political tussle and we can now fully concentrate on the business of representation.

I thank the Almighty Allah for this victory and I specially thank our people in Owode/Onire constituency, our elders and leaders, as well as the party for their unrivaled support during the process.

The support of my leaders in Owode/Onire constituency is beyond explanation and I cannot thank them enough for their sacrifices.

The unending support of the Executive Governor of Kwara State, His Excellency, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, and his beautiful wife, Her Excellency, Kwara State First Lady, Amb Dr. Olufolake Abdulrazaq is too numerous to mention. Your excellencies, thank you for nurturing me, being a father, mother, leader, mentor, and support system.

My appreciation goes to the 10th Kwara State House of Assembly ably led by Rt. Hon Danladi Salihu, I am so grateful for the support of all. Thank you Honorables

I also extend my gratitude to my legal team for a job well done. And to other key people who played an important role in the success of our sweet victories, Allah will not forsake you all. Thank you for standing through in prayers and efforts.

It is important to note that, this is the 5th case I was involved in since emerging as a candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress in June 2022.

In the pre-election matter, I went from the high court, appeal court, and the supreme court, and in the post-election matter, I have gone from the high court and now appeal court, giving me a first-hand experience of the level of stress and pressure we subject our judiciary to as a country.

While it is true that the judiciary needs to improve as being advocated by many, I must say that our judiciary deserves sympathy for the magnitude of the burden before them and commendation for the sacrifices they are making in discharging their duties.

Additionally, contrary to public perception, Nigeria's judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivers more judgments than most countries of the world. As a matter of fact, Nigeria's Supreme Court delivers more judgments than the US, UK, and France joined together annually.

I therefore want to urge the people of Nigeria to be kind, patient, and considerate of the Nigerian judiciary because the burden of work placed on them is too huge and they are human like every one of us, working under difficult conditions.

Finally, now that we are done with politics, I assure our people in Owode/Onire constituency that I will never take your support for granted and I will continue to do my best to bring the dividends of democracy to our constituency.

Hon. Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu
Member representing Owode/Onire State Constituency

https://www.legit.ng/politics/1566122-rukayat-motunrayo-shittu-pdp-loses-court-appeal-affirms-victory-kwara-apc-lawmaker/

Rukayat Shittu Wins, as A’Court Upturn Tribunal Judgement

The youngest lawmaker in Nigeria and member representing Owode Onire state constituency, Hon Rukayat Shittu has defeated the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the Court of Appeal.

The sensational lawmaker, who is the candidate of ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) won her election in March, 2023 but her victory was challenged at the election tribunal by the candidate of opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Magaji [/b]Abdullahi.

The election tribunal in ilorin, the Kwara State capital cancelled election results in 5 polling units and ordered rerun in the 5 units, a decision that was challenged by Rukayat at the Appeal Court.

[b]The Court of Appeal in Abuja today, upturned the decision of the lower court, declaring that Rukayat Shittu was legitimately elected as the representative of Owode Onire state constituency.

The Court of Appeal judgement dismissed PDP’s claim as lacking in substance, upholding INEC’s declaration of Rukayat Shittu as the validly elected lawmaker.

https://prnigeria.com/2023/11/28/rukayat-shittu-wins-court/

Osun, Ekiti, three others, rated most peaceful states- PeacePro

https://www.google.com/amp/s/guardian.ng/news/osun-ekiti-three-others-rated-most-peaceful-states/amp

PeacePro call on FG to prosecute all those involved in $11b P&ID fraud conspiracy


_Says every penny spent on ligation must be recovered from economic saboteurs_

A peacebuilding think tank, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to prosecute all those involved in the conspiracy to defraud Nigeria by Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited.

PeacePro said that, the attempt to defraud Nigeria by P&ID to the tune of $11billion is not an isolated case, as several of such cases exists, some of which maybe ongoing and others concluded, noting that those involved in the scam are a cartel that must be exposed and severely punished.

In a statement by the Executive Director of PeacePro, Amb Abdulrazaq Hamzat over the weekend, PeacePro said that Commercial Courts of England and Wales saved Nigeria from what could literally be described as catastrophe of the greatest order and we must do everything possible to ensure the country is never put at the mercy of foreign government to address crisis of such magnitude.

According to Hamzat, after a long, tortuous legal battle, Nigeria narrowly escape from a hefty penalty of over $11billion over a fraudulent failed 2010 deal to develop a gas processing plant in the country.

Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales halted enforcement of a $11 billion Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited arbitration award against Nigeria, which has been described as scam.

According to the judge, the company’s award against Nigeria was obtained by fraud.

Hamzat explained that, Nigeria may have succeeded in upturning the fine, which is about 30% of our national budget, but that is after spending over $40 million in litigation fees and the federal government must treat all those involved as economic saboteurs.

Hamzat maintained that, those involved are scattered amongst the senior civil and public servants, with support of some private players and President Tinubu and the national assembly must address the situation like a national emergency.

He concluded that all business deals involving govt, either concluded or currently disputed should be reviewed to identify pattern of fraud and the respective players.

https://thenews-chronicle.com/peacepro-calls-on-fg-to-prosecute-those-involved-in-11b-pid-fraud-conspiracy/

Govt should delibrately help our citizens japa

Ministry of foreign affairs should have a unit that specializes in helping people japa, sort out job issues and offer them international services in case they need them.

This would help the country continue to play significant role in the life of our citizens outside the country, instead of watching the citizens desperately engage in self govt, which leads to doing too many bad things that ends up damaging the country abroad.

The lack of significant role by govt in the life of our citizens made it possible for Nigerians to be involved in slave labor abroad, it also makes exploiting them easier, either by their own country people or by people in their host country.

This is why the remittances coming to Nigeria is also very small compared to the cost.

The era of trying to hold people down is over.

If you do not provide them this services, they will seek it else where and most times, at the detriment of the nation.

Govt should do what must be done for the citizens and ensure the country get the right returns, including taxing our citizens abroad, for getting maximum returns for value provided.

Abdulrazaq Hamzat

A peacebuilding Think Tank, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has challenged Africa Union leadership to demilitarise Africa within the next 10 years.

AIT reports


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTIDyzy1ogo?si=Up_4GRWNKss6ssNw

rabimlomo:
Very true. Israel may be worse.

It's just simple

There's no difference between Israel and Hamas- PeacePro

_Says we need to humanize all people to avert further crisis_

A peacebuilding think tank, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has described Isreal and Hamas as two sides of the same coin, arguing that there's no difference between both entities.

PeacePro, which recently launched the Africa Peace Insight report said that, while it is saddened by the magnitude of terror unleashed by Hamas in Isreal against civilians, the development in Gaza is not less appalling and Isreal's state terror against the Palestinian population for over 70 years is not less condemnable.

In a statement by the Executive Director of PeacePro, Mr Abdulrazaq Hamzat, the peacebuilding group said that, Isreal's apartied occupation against Palestine and the open imprisonment of over 2 million people in Gaza is the worst kind of dehumanization.

According to Hamzat, no reasonable person would support Hamas's attack against innocent Isreal civilians, but possibility of such attack could have been avoided if Isreal had committed itself to humanizing Palestinians over the years.

Hamzat said, "We cannot dehumanize a people for so long and still expect them to act humane. So, we must humanize all people to avert crisis of such magnitude in the future", he says.

Hamzat, who is also a former Nigerian Ambassador to the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) also noted that, the world is currently talking about Palestine from the perspectives of finding solution to the crisis, not as mere rhetorics in global conversation.

Hamzat explained that, "before the unfortunate escalation between Hamas and Isreal, the Palestinian question has became a mere rhetorics in global conversation and it took this abhorable action from Hamas for the world to remember that Palestinians are still a people needing to be humanized and whose freedom is still the responsibility of global community"

He therefore called on Isreal to change approach, saying their military superiority over the years has not made Isreal more peaceful and may likely not do so in the future, but their humanization of the Palestinians may achieve better results.

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Peacepro sets new agenda for AU in maiden Africa’s insight report

Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has debuted the maiden edition of Africa Peace Insight (API) report in Nigeria, with a challenge to leadership of African Union (AU) to activate action plans for demilitarizion of the continent.

The peace-building think tank report also named Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Equatorial Guinea and Tunisia as most peaceful countries across the 5 subregions of Afric.

It equally listed South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Mali and Democratic Republic of Congo as least peaceful countries across the subregion.

Executive director of PeacePro, Amb. Abdulrazaq Hamzat at the online public presentation of the report weekend said the Africa Peace Insight is an extracted report from the Global Peace Index (GPI), produced by Australia based Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) to contextualise, simplify and further breakdown the GPI from a continental perspective.

129 participants including Nigeria’s youngest lawmaker in serving in the Kwara state House of Assembly, north central Nigeria, Rukayat Shittu and other members of PeacePro namely Amb. Fowobi Olanrewaju Desmond, Amb. Alanskasim Aliyu and Amb. Hamzat Barsham were in attendance.

Hamzat stated that, Africa Peace Insight report spotlight ongoing conflict in Africa including the situation in ECOWAS led West Africa and the ongoing crisis in Sudan, review findings of global peace index, presented Africa as a single entity by extracting North Africa rating from Middle East as done by the GPI.

https://blueprint.ng/peacepro-sets-new-agenda-for-au-in-maiden-africas-insight-report/

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Demilitarise Africa, end foreign military bases, PeacePro tasks AU

An organisation concerned with peacebuilding in Africa, the Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro), has stated that the African continent will experience lasting peace when the African Union and other regional bodies make a firm decision to demilitarise the continent by putting an end to the presence of foreign military bases and state-connected mercenaries on the continent.

As part of the recommendations contained in its maiden edition of the Africa Peace Insight (API) report in Nigeria, the organisation stated that the demilitarisation of the continent would reduce the availability of small arms and light weapons in the hands of non-state actors, thereby giving state forces fewer challenges in dealing with insecurity.

The Executive Director of PeacePro, Ambassador Abdulrazaq Hamzat, said at the public presentation of the report during the weekend that the African Union and other regional bodies should make a firm decision on the status of all foreign military bases on the continent and set both short- and long-term targets to demilitarise the continent.

“The short-term target of the continent should be the total demilitarisation of all foreign military bases within the next five years, ensuring that existing military bases are without weapons and military hardware.

“Long-term targets should be based on regional priority, ultimately leading to the total eradication of foreign military presence on the continent, both in terms of hardware and personnel.”

It was also recommended that the African Union and other regional bodies develop a joint continental gateway to the global mineral market as part of the continent’s free trade agreement, such as Mines2Market.

“The African Union and other regional bodies should pull resources together to create a gateway for all countries on the continent to access the global market and sell their products at market prices, using the Mines2Market approach.

“States should decriminalise artisanal mining, create access for artisanal miners to legally operate within the continent, and attract more resources to mining communities.”

The report also named Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, and Tunisia as the most peaceful countries across the five subregions of Africa, and it equally listed South Africa, Sudan, Mali, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the least peaceful countries across the subregion.

Hamzat said that the Africa Peace Insight is an extracted report from the Global Peace Index (GPI), produced by the Australia-based Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), to contextualise, simplify, and further break the GPI from a continental perspective.

He also explained that the Africa Peace Insight report spotlights ongoing conflicts in Africa, including the situation in ECOWAS-led West Africa and the ongoing crisis in Sudan.

It also outlined the most and least peaceful countries across the subregion and provided recommendations on pressing peacebuilding concerns on the continent.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/demilitarise-africa-end-foreign-military-bases-group-tasks-au-others/

Arapmoi22:
[b]When your data is Verified with CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). I don't know whether that is not Goverment certifying your Data in America.

Anyway you can see https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/cdc-provisional-data-gun-suicides-reach-all-time-high-in-2022-gun-homicides-down-slightly-from-2021#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20provisional%20CDC%20data%2C%2048%2C117%20people,died%20by%20guns%20in%202022%20compared%20to%202021.
for CDC report for 2022.

Your Explainer did tell you that IPs can do the blocking. Know that the site is not an interactive one. So, GVA disclaimed that it doesn't block anyone.

To your last question, Data is there for comparative analysis. it doesn't matter which country is being compared. Canada to Denmark, Afghanistan to Sudan, South Africa to Nigeria, anything to anything. Data is meant for Analysis.

Would you have praised God if Boko Haram had been killing 118 Nigerians daily with Gun just to have higher rates than America?

Data is there for analysis. Sometimes it tells you you are doing well, another it showed you are doing bad.[/b]

Everyone will speak based on the limit of their understanding.

So, you don't have to worry

ivolt:
So, one private 3rd party data collector website that most people have never heard of was blocked on your company laptop and voila
European/western company is blocking you.
Even the website clearly explains why you might get blocked on its main page:
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/explainer

I am curious though, do you check the stats each time you read a violent deaths news
about Nigeria in order to compare and feel good about the news?

What exactly is your point?

ivolt:
To the OP, comparing your country's security situation against the worse is senseless.
If you have ever lost a close one to violence, you would realise that it doesn't matter
if 1 million Americans are killed per day.

You should learn how to read right, instead of imposing your preconceived mindset on public issues.

Does this look like comparison to you?

You need to fix your mind

Arapmoi22:
A black man had been conditioned to be inferior.
Hence, we believe anything western is better.
It is a complex. Inferiority one at that.
Do you know a typical Nigerian feel proud when talking down his Nation?
It is like winning a medal to them.

It will not continue for long.

We will change the situation in due time.

This is just the beginning