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MISSING KIDS IN KAFANCHAN SOUTHERN KADUNA

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As shared by Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP EBONG EYIBIO, who is the Area Commander of Kafanchan, Southern Kaduna, Kaduna State: THESE CHILDREN, SUCCESS JOSEPH 7YRS & GODWIN JOSEPH 5YRS, ARE SAID TO HAVE DISAPPEARED ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL, ST MARY PRIMARY SCHOOL, KAFANCHAN. IF SEEN REPORT TO THE NEARBY POLICE STATION PLEASE. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=687690738077703&id=100005103498286

Tinubu and APC Governors A No-Show As Buhari Urges Ondo Voters To Vote Akeredolu As Next Governor

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday urged the people of Ondo State to vote for Rotimi Akeredolu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the November 26, 2016 governorship election in the state. Mr. Buhari spoke at the grand finale of the governorship campaign of Mr. Akeredolu and his running mate, Ajayi Agboola. Earlier, he had met for about an hour with some members of the party who had contested the party primary but failed to be elected as the governorship candidate. Senate President Bukola Saraki, APC national chairman, John Odigie Oyegun, and some governors joined the president.  Conspicuously absent from the event, which took place at the Democracy Park in Akure, the state capital, were the APC’s national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and some southwest APC governors, including Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, and Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo. President Buhari told the campaign crowd that there was no turning back, adding that t

How to Identify a Suicide Bomber 2

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The Adamawa State Government, yesterday released a public service announcement to citizens and inhabitants of the state on the basic information on how to Identify a Suicide Bomber and possible steps to take.

Crackdown" On Judicial Officers - Separating The Law From Sentiments By Inibehe Effiong

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The State Security Service (SSS) embarked on an unprecedented "crackdown" on allegedly corrupt judicial officers across the country over the weekend. Among the judicial officers whose houses were searched and thereafter arrested and detained are two Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria; Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro. As expected, the action has polarised lawyers, commentators, the media, civil society and the public. Differing views have been expressed on the constitutionality or otherwise of the steps and procedures adopted by the SSS. Sadly, the public has been deprived of opinions that are rooted in law owing largely to the belligerent and sentimental posturing and aggressive grandstanding that has impaired commentaries on the issues in controversy. My task in this essay is simply to offer a legal opinion on the following four issues: First, are judicial officers in Nigeria immune from the criminal justice system?; Second, is it mandatory for security ag