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Business › Re: CBN Orders DMBs To Sell FOREX To Customers by NwaNimo1(m): 9:14am On Jul 29, 2021
Politics › Re: Obiano: Prof. Soludo Is The Next Governor Of Anambra State by NwaNimo1(m): 9:13am On Jul 29, 2021
Politics › Re: Ikpeazu Visits The Family Of Ibrahim Attahiru, The Late COAS (Photos) by NwaNimo1(m): 7:09pm On Jul 28, 2021
Politics › Re: Electricity Grid Collapses Again by NwaNimo1(m): 7:01pm On Jul 28, 2021
Politics › Re: Niger State Set To Connect 14,000 New Water Lines For Supply (Pictures) by NwaNimo1(m): 1:51pm On Jul 28, 2021
Pets › Re: Rabies: US Bans Importation Of Dogs From Nigeria, 112 Countries by NwaNimo1(m): 8:13pm On Jul 27, 2021
Celebrities › Re: Francis Duru Celebrates His 52nd Birthday (Photos) by NwaNimo1(m): 8:11pm On Jul 27, 2021
Politics › Re: Fact-Check: Was Nnamdi Kanu Taken Out Of Abuja By DSS To Avoid Court Appearance? by NwaNimo1(m):
Is he in Nigeria self?

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He was snapped somewhere in handcuffs flanked by clearly foreign police?
Politics › Re: Beninoise Policemen Disperse Igboho's Supporters, Journalists by NwaNimo1(m): 10:07pm On Jul 26, 2021
Politics › Re: Media, Supporters Barred As Igboho’s Cotonou Trial Resumes Behind Closed Doors by NwaNimo1(m): 2:57pm On Jul 26, 2021
Crime › Nigeria School Kidnappers Abduct Man Delivering Ransom by NwaNimo1(op): 11:08pm On Jul 25, 2021
Kidnappers in Nigeria have seized a man who was sent to deliver a ransom payment to secure the release of dozens of abducted school children.

The elderly man was sent by the children's parents after they managed to raise 30m naira ($73,000; £53,000) by selling land and other possessions.

But they have been left feeling hopeless following his kidnapping.

The north of the country is in the midst of a wave of school abductions carried out by criminals for profit.

Ransoms are frequently paid, but this is a rare case where the person carrying the cash has been taken.

The kidnappers called up the school's headteacher to say that the money delivered was not the agreed sum.

The 136 students were taken from an Islamic school in Tegina, Niger state, in late May.

Gunmen riding on motorcycles stormed the town and opened fire indiscriminately killing one person and injuring another.

As people fled, the attackers went to the school and seized the children.

The parents and school administrators negotiated with the criminals and agreed to pay the ransom. They sold part of the school's land as well as other possessions.

Headteacher Malam Abubakar Alhassan told the BBC that six people were sent with the correct amount to meet the kidnappers near the forest where the children were being held.

When they arrived, the gunmen demanded that one of the group, an elderly man, follow them into the forest so that the cash could be counted.

But they later called to say the money was not sufficient.

"Parents are now resigned to fate. They say they can't raise any more money. They are now relying on God," Mr Alhassan told the BBC.

More than 1,000 students have been abducted from schools across northern Nigeria since December last year.

Hundreds of them are still in captivity, but 28 of the 121 children taken from the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna state earlier this month were freed on Saturday night.

The authorities are being severely criticised for their failure to tackle the country's widespread insecurity including the deepening kidnapping crisis.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57960544
Politics › Re: Northern Leaders Responsible For Insecurity In North – Matawalle by NwaNimo1(m): 10:50pm On Jul 25, 2021
Politics › Re: Reno Omokri Advises The Poor To Eat Grass, Quotes Scripture To Buttress Point by NwaNimo1(m): 10:41pm On Jul 25, 2021
Jobs/Vacancies › Re: I Feel Like Quitting My Job by NwaNimo1(m): 9:37pm On Jul 25, 2021
Politics › REVEALED: Nigerian Law Allows Restricted Terrorism Trial For IPOB by NwaNimo1(op): 9:23pm On Jul 25, 2021
The Nigerian government can try proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, under stealth circumstances, according to sections of the law.

Kanu, who was arrested abroad last month, is currently in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).

He will be arraigned at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday.

Nigeria’s Terrorism Act of 2013 gives the court the powers to conduct such trial under more restrictive circumstances as is the case in certain parts of the country.

These laws are in line with global standards including those of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 – Sections 802-811.

According to the Practice Direction and Protocol of Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act 2013, Section 34 subsection 3, “The court may also decide, in the public interest and national security that (a) all or any of the proceedings pending before the court shall not be published in any manner; and (b) that such proceedings shall be adjourned and the accused persons detained pending when the Attorney-General is able to guarantee the protection of persons and witnesses safety of the witnesses and other persons involved in the matter.

Similarly, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2015 (Section 233) subsection 1, “A trial for the offence referred to in subsection (4) of this section may not, where the court so determines, be held in an open court.

Subsection 2 adds that, “The names, addresses, telephone numbers and identity of the victims of such offences or witnesses shall not be disclosed in any record or report of the proceedings and it shall be sufficient to designate the names of the victims or witnesses with a combination of alphabets.

Subsection 3 provides more details on how proceedings will conducted. “Where in any proceeding the court deems it necessary or protect the identity of the victim or a witness, the court may take any or all of the following measures: (a) Receive evidence by video link; (b) Permit the witness to be screened or masked; (c) Any other measure that the court considers appropriate in the circumstance.

With regards to the safety of witnesses that will be called during the proceedings, “(Section 34 – “(1) states that, “the court may, on its own or on a motion by the Attorney-General or a relevant law enforcement or security agency, protect a witness or any person in any proceeding before it where it is satisfied that the life of the person or witness is in danger and take such measures as it deems fit to keep the identity and address of the witness or person secret.

According to subsection 2 of the same section, “The measures which the court may take under subsection (1) of this section may include the- (a) holding of the proceeding at a place to be decided by the court; (b) avoidance of the mention of the real name and address of the witness or person in its orders, judgments or records of the case, which are accessible to the public; or (c) issuing of a direction for ensuring that the identity and address of the witness or person are not disclosed; (d) undertaking the proceeding in camera in order to protect the identity and location of witnesses and other persons.”

In the case of Kanu, the Nigerian government vowed that a fair hearing will be conducted.

This is in line with Article 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights that states that, “In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law.

https://dailytrust.com/revealed-nigerian-law-allows-restricted-terrorism-trial-for-ipob
Politics › Re: DSS Operatives Take Over Federal High Court, Abuja Ahead Of Nnamdi Kanu's Trial by NwaNimo1(m): 8:30pm On Jul 25, 2021
Politics › Re: Governor Ikpeazu Sacks ASEPA, APUMA Bosses by NwaNimo1(m): 2:59pm On Jul 25, 2021
Christianity Etc › Re: Prophet Isaiah Okechukwu Gives Peter Godwin Money by NwaNimo1(m): 1:25am On Jul 25, 2021
Politics › Re: APC Sweeps Lagos Council Polls As Results Trickle In by NwaNimo1(m): 9:12pm On Jul 24, 2021
Travel › Re: Air Peace Aircraft Tyre Bursts At Ilorin Airport by NwaNimo1(m): 9:11pm On Jul 24, 2021
Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Difficulty In Uploading Passport Photo On FRSC Portal by NwaNimo1(m): 8:59pm On Jul 24, 2021
Sports › Re: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Signs New Manchester United Contract Until 2024 by NwaNimo1(m): 8:20pm On Jul 24, 2021
Business › Re: How You Can Start A Profitable Yam Frying Business With 20k by NwaNimo1(m): 5:43pm On Jul 24, 2021
Politics › Re: Osinbajo To Launch Africa's First Court Recording System by NwaNimo1(m): 5:38pm On Jul 24, 2021
Politics › Re: World Bank Says 50% Of Nigerian Youths Want To Leave The Country by NwaNimo1(op): 5:36pm On Jul 24, 2021
Crime › Re: 300 Nigerians Languishing In Italian Jail For Mafia-Related Offences by NwaNimo1(m): 5:34pm On Jul 24, 2021
Politics › World Bank Says 50% Of Nigerian Youths Want To Leave The Country by NwaNimo1(op): 5:30pm On Jul 24, 2021
An increasing number of young Nigerians are looking to leave the country in search of a brighter economic future, according to the World Bank.

This was disclosed by the World Bank in a study titled “Of Roads Less Traveled: Assessing the Potential for Migration to Provide Overseas Jobs for Nigeria’s Youth,” which was released this week on its website.

Nigeria placed third in West Africa among the nations polled, trailing only Liberia (70 percent) and Sierra Leone (60 percent) in terms of respondents who would relocate permanently to another country.

Niger Republic was the lowest placed country in the study, coming in at 10%.

“With rising migratory pressures created by poor employment conditions, Nigerians are increasingly choosing to migrate through irregular means,” the Bank stated.

It went on to say that Nigerians were the largest group of migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa coming in Europe in 2016 and 2017, with almost 40,000 landing in Italy in 2016, with over 90% arriving by sea.

“A greater proportion of Nigerian migrants arriving in Italy were women (32 percent) than migrants from the rest of SSA (24 percent),” the banks stated

Part of the report also revealed that while the number of asylum seekers from Nigeria has declined in recent years, this does not translate as decreased demand for migration from Nigeria. The drop in migration levels from Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries to Europe is a result of tighter border control policies supported by the EU in transit countries such as Libya and Niger.

“However, the underlying economic and demographic factors that create migratory pressures are unlikely to subside in the near future, with other potential irregular routes being reported through Sudan and Chad to Libya” it noted.

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/world-bank-says-50-of-nigerian-youths-want-to-leave-the-country/
Crime › Re: Court Remands Businessman For Adultery, Impregnating Lady In Kebbi by NwaNimo1(op): 8:51pm On Jul 23, 2021
Crime › Court Remands Businessman For Adultery, Impregnating Lady In Kebbi by NwaNimo1(op): 8:49pm On Jul 23, 2021
A magistrate court in Birnin Kebbi Friday ordered the remand in a correctional centre in Birnin Kebbi one Oyenbuce Okafor for committing adultery for many years which led to impregnating one Mansura with whom he was arraigned. shocked

The duo was arrested by Hisbah in Birnin Kebbi and handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution, in the course of an investigation it was revealed that Onyebuci and Mansura have been in a long illicit affair and already had a child.

According to the complaint, Mansura has approached Hisbah when Onyebuci requested to take custody of the three-year-old baby which was turned down by her parents for religious and ethnic reasons.

Arraigning the two suspects before Magistrate Samaila Kakale Mungadi, the police prosecutor Jibrin Abba told the court that, Okafor and Mansura confessed to having been in a long illicit affair that produced a baby boy.

While reading his judgement, judge Samaila said the offence they committed is contrary to section 369 of the panel code he, therefore, ordered that the two should be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case till a later date in July.

Okafor’s lawyer who applied for bail was countered by the police prosecutor who said that the accused once jumped with on another case at another court in Kebbi state.

In a related development, Onyenbuci has filed a case against Hisbah at the federal high court in Birnin Kebbi for defamation of character which the complaint challenged the jurisdiction of the court to entertain a case pending in another court.

https://independent.ng/court-remands-businessman-for-adultery-impregnating-lady-in-kebbi/
Politics › Re: Outrage As Abuja Council Slams N100,000 Levy On Firms Using Generators, Machines by NwaNimo1(m):
Taxing generator users?......The country is truly finished!

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