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7Ebisco:
Mike Ozekhome, the lawyer representing embattled Kogi State senator, Dino Melaye, has opened up on the trial of his client earlier today.

Dino Melaye had on Thursday appeared before a Kogi court over alleged criminal conspiracy.

He was consequently remanded in Police custody till June 11.

Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, while speaking with Premium Times, said the decision of the court was for the Inspector-General of Police to “take adequate care of the defendant.”

“What happened was that the prosecution asked the court to remand him in prison, but the judge refused and rather said the Inspector-General of Police should take care of Mr. Melaye until he fully recovers.”

“The police will have no alternative but to return Mr Melaye to the National Hospital Abuja, especially since hospitals in Kogi State are all on strike”.

As at time of filling report, it is not yet clear if the police will bring the senator back to Abuja or keep him in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/05/dino-melaye-ozekhome-explains-why-judge.html

KingOfAmebo:
Ealier today I read a post that the Board of Dangote Cement Plc, global, announced the appointment of Cherie Blair and Mick Davies as Independent Non-Executive Directors.

https://www.nairaland.com/4485453/dangote-cement-appoints-cherie-blair

Typical of Nigerians, some are quick to rant about this appointment and asked if "there is no Nigerian more qualified for the job"

I repeat... forget sentiments, this woman is well qualified for the job. Aliko Dangote is NOT a politician but a business man. Read through Cherie Blair's profile but this time slowly and tell me which Nigerian is more qualified.


Cherie Blair CBE, QC is a leading barrister with over 35 years’ experience in arbitration, mediation, public international law, human rights, employment law and European Community law. She studied law at the London School of Economics (LSE) and graduated with a First Class Degree in 1975. While studying for her Bar examinations she also taught Law at the University of Westminster. Cherie came top of her year in her Bar examinations and was called to the Bar in 1976. She was appointed Queen’s Counsel (QC) in 1995.

In 2000, shortly before the implementation of the Human Rights Act, Cherie and 21 other prominent Barristers set up a ground breaking legal practice, Matrix Chambers. She has also argued cases in the House of Lords, one of the most well-known being the Begum case. She is an accredited Advanced Mediator under the ADR Chambers/Harvard Law Project and an Elite Mediator with Clerksroom.

Cherie Blair, has appeared in the European Court of Justice and in multiple Commonwealth jurisdictions and also lectures internationally. She is the Chancellor Emeritus and Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University; Governor Emeritus and Honorary Fellow of the LSE and the Open University (D.Univ.Open 1999); LLD (Hons), University of Liverpool (2003); Hon.D.Lit UMIST (2003); Doctor of Laws (Westminster University).

Cherie Blair is the Founder and Chair of Omnia Strategy where she focuses on strategic international legal and advisory work and practices as a barrister, representing over 30 governments as well as numerous multinational corporations in international disputes.

In 2012, she was designated to serve on the ICSID panel of arbitrators and is a panellist at the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration. She continues to work independently, primarily as an arbitrator and mediator

Cherie is closely involved with various charities and is a strong advocate for women’s rights. She is the founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, which runs programmes to support women entrepreneurs across the developing world, including Africa. She is also Vice Chair of the International Council on Women’s Business Leadership founded by Secretary Hillary Clinton.

Cherie sits as an Honorary Chair of the World Justice Project. In 2007, she received the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill medal in recognition of her high ideals and courageous actions.

In 2013, she was awarded the CBE in the New Year Honours for her services to women’s issues and to charity in the UK and overseas.

Cherie is also an active campaigner for prison reform and was ‘President of The Commission on English Prisons Today’ between 2007 and 2009, under the auspices of the Howard League for Penal Reform.

She is an adviser to “B Team,” a not-for-profit initiative formed by a global group of leaders, to be a driving force for social, environmental and economic benefit. She is wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

NB. I dont work for Aliko Dangote and he is not my Uncle. I am a Nigerian and it hurts that we dont have people to match someone like her career wise, at least presently.

Meritgoal:
Seems our mumu never do for this Naija, why should we be fooled by any polician again with all the bad occurrences here and there, one politician will now come and be parading them self as the messiah seizing the opportunity of what is happening in the country to sell them self to us.

What is happening now can happen during anybody's regim and they can find little or no solutions to it, the measures the current government is taking on the security matter is not less than what any other good government can do. I'm not advocating for the current government but thinking if somebody else take over power that he'll do better is an hallucination.

To me, I'll say this government should rather continue with the few jobs we can notice he's doing in the area of fighting corruption and changing peoples orientation about governance and the effort on combating insurgency and insecurity in general, after the second term then we can redefine our Choice of leaders completely. No more the usual power scavengers in the corridors of leadership. We want selfless leaders, masses oriented leadership and the leadership that recognizes the right of the Citizens.

PassingShot:
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Sane and discerning minds know otherwise. Even your Trump you praise to high heavens respects PMB's work on corruption.

The corruption tag you have been trying in vain to associate PMB with has never worked and will NEVER work.

It's like looking for impurities from distilled water.

texazzpete:
Lmao. Utter bollocks

Sadly there are people with limited IQ that will actually fall for this. I can already see some on this page.

motherfucker:
That is quite hash and tribalistic of you to lump the whole blame on innocent beggars. The gutters are mostly blocked and abused by eveb people like you than those beggars.

I don't like Buhari and his APC evil but your comment here is damn too bias.

SmartPolician:
Rochas keeps doing great things, haters keep hating

Some people will drink poison when Rochas becomes president

I've never seen a Nigerian as generous as Rochas

NOBODY

Gerrard59:
It happens everywhere. From the US to Singapore to Japan. Everywhere!

As for Sowore, he has to explain how he supported the use of NEPA certificate and a man who owned a ranch of only 150 cows year-in-year-out. To worsen it, he proposes ridiculous economic policies.

Buhari should continue. Next time, cretins will learn.

Butterflyleo:
No government is free of loans not even the best in the world. Besides before any government arrives at a place of being seen as "the best" they embarked on major overhaul or direct infrastructural growth direction as well as created an enabling environment for technological boom FROM WITHIN. The policy of this present government has been largely targeted at self awareness and self empowerment in the area of agriculture majorly and then infrastructural improvement while locking down our borders against things felt to be detrimental to our self awareness goals (even though this has been gradual) but yes results are evident because it pushed a lot of Nigerians to begin to look inward and that includes me.

The economy is diversifying but as large as Nigeria is, diversification would be disastrous if done suddenly so has to be encouraged.

Stage 1: Agricultural focus IN ALL FORMS. This has revived the formerly comatose agricultural sector and brought back the pride of farming which is a money spinner for any nation. I believe that when this is concluded with, the next focus would be technology and we are already seeing hints of that from the government. If we still discover oil in the north that would still not distract the focus on agriculture. It would simply help both compliment each other further.

Security of citizens is one of the primary objectives of any government. When the international community see how serious security is taken into consideration in any country it makes investors more comfortable and of course attracts investment even to areas or regions otherwise known to be hot spots.

Buhari does not need a new manifesto for a second term. He simply needs to continue implementing the one he is currently on without distraction. As far as I am concerned, i am comfortable and very okay with the direction he is headed.

I am a product of his economic policies since it helped me take up farming WITH PRIDE and have been laughing to the bank ever since.

#DontBeALazyYouth.