Nigeria: Pressure Mounts for Release of Jailed Human Rights Lawyer Inibehe Effiong
He was sentenced to 30 days in prison on July 27 for contempt of court.
He was sentenced to 30 days in prison on July 27 for contempt of court.
The soldiers served in the FCT with 7 Guards Battalion, Lungi Barracks Maitama and 176 Guards Battalion Gwagwalada.
Buhari had overridden the long-drawn attempt by the NNPC to block the deal, citing the need to attract Foreign Direct Investment to the oil and gas sector.
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Those released include four children and three adults.
Ties between the two countries have grown since a coup in May last year.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum had last week, resisted renewed moves by Attorney General Malami to pay the money.
Ibrahim Aliyu issued the summon following the absence of the Minister, who sent the ministry’s Director Home Finance, Stephen Okon, to represent her.
He explained that the loan was extended through the Central Bank of Nigeria’s support to the private pharmaceutical sector.
He called for urgent action to end the ugly trend in the interest of the region and the country at large.
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has announced the arrest of the terrorists behind the attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. On
He said Nigeria will not be where it is if public office holders take their job seriously.
The release is sequel to the receipt of the letter of clemency from the presidential prerogative of mercy committee.
He said it was instructive Nigeria was attracting positive international attention for promoting media freedom and freedom of expression.
It was the fourth time in a year the governor would be inspecting the 37-kilometre infrastructure started by his administration.
The traditional rulers and youth groups from the Niger Delta said the call was necessitated by the short time available to President Buhari’s administration.
He said it was necessary to clarify his views as the world is aware of his connection with the confraternity.
The US alleged that Bagudu, 60, was part of a network controlled by former dictator Sani Abacha that misappropriated billions of dollars from state coffers in the 1990s.
Although there was a marked improvement between 2020 and 2021, the fragile national power grid experienced frequent crashes this year.
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