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The Global Defence Consortium of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has issued a stern warning to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the National Judicial Council (NJC), and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), cautioning that their continued silence over alleged judicial misconduct in Kanu’s trial will trigger international escalation. In a statement signed by Barrister Onyedikachi Ifedi, the consortium said the petition presented at the NBA Annual Conference in Enugu called for “an immediate halt to the unlawful persecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu” and demanded “a transparent investigation of Justice Binta Nyako,…

….Accuses him of  dropping Gov’s name to  do wrong In Markets. A group known as the ‘Property Owners Association’ at the Imo State International Modern Market Egbeada/Ubommiri is demanding for the immediate removal of Barr Rex Anunobi,as Commissioner of Commerce,Trade and in Investment. In a strong worded petition to the Governor of Imo state Sen.Hope Uzodinma  signed by the group’s Chairman and Secretary,chief chibuike Amama and Ibe Esther C and made available to newsmen in Owerri, they alleged,said Commissioner is  using the name of Gov Uzodinma to commit lots of…

Dr. Bolaji Akinyemi, a democrat, human rights activist, and social crusader, in an interview with The Punch correspondent, addressed a range of issues including the hurdles facing the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and its coalition partners, the controversy around the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, and President Bola Tinubu’s performance in office. When Dr. Bolaji Akinyemi was asked about the statement by the Minister of Works, Mr. David Umahi, that those pushing for a coalition against President Bola Tinubu were faceless and lacked credibility, he disagreed strongly. He argued that what truly…

Former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Sam Amadi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s trip to Europe, describing it as a “working vacation” that highlights the President’s limited stamina for the demands of office. The Presidency announced that Tinubu departed Abuja on September 4 for a 10-day working vacation across France and the United Kingdom as part of his 2025 annual leave. In a post on X on Thursday, Amadi argued that the President and his team were undermining his re-election prospects. “The president and his team…

 Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, on Monday, September 8, raised alarm over Nigeria’s rising debt profile. As  reported by Daily Trust, Abbas warned that it has crossed the country’s statutory threshold and now threatens fiscal sustainability Speaking at the opening of the 11th Annual Conference and General Assembly of the West Africa Association of Public Accounts Committees (WAAPAC), Abbas said Nigeria’s debt had reached “a critical point” and called for urgent reforms in borrowing practic  es and oversight…  

The Patriotic Imo Citizens, PIC has taken a swipe at the Greater Imo Initiative, GII , describing the group’s recent press conference in Owerri as a desperate attempt at blackmail targeted at Chima Amadi. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Chris Abumchi Anyanwueke, PIC dismissed the allegations of money laundering, unlawful possession of INEC materials, ritual practices and links to President Bola Tinubu as fabricated tales designed to mislead the public and tarnish Amadi’s  reputation. The group accused GII, led by former lawmaker, Hon. Ethelbert Nnanna of…

  …Writes  UN ,AU,Common Wealth ,IHRO  The family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has flayed the call for the granting of amnesty to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, arguing that amnesty is for people who have committed a crime or have been convicted by a court of law. In a statement issued by Prince Emmanuel Kanu on behalf of the family to the global community, including the United Nations, African Union, Commonwealth, international human rights organizations, foreign missions, and all advocates of justice and freedom. The family…