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Good Morning! Here Are Some Major News Headlines In The Newspapers Today: Cult groups write Ogun monarch, beg for forgiveness

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January 13, 2024

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1. Two cult groups, Neo Black Movement, popularly called Aye, and the National Association of Airlords, also known as Eiye Confraternity, Sagamu chapter, have written letters of apologies to the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Adewale Ajayi, asking him and other traditional rulers in Remoland to forgive them of their wrongdoings. The two groups, in a viral letter, pleaded for mercy and promised to abide by the laws of the country.

2. The Dangote Refinery on Friday, January 12, commenced production. The largest single-train refinery in the world located in Nigeria’s commercial hub began operations in the early hours of Friday. This followed the delivery of six million barrels of crude supply to the refinery this week.

3. President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments to fill eleven offices of chief executive officers of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture and Creative Economy. According to a statement issued by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday, among those appointed into offices are entertainment guru, Obi Asika, who will head the National Council for Arts and Culture, as Director-General, and veteran Kannywood actor and Director, Ali Nuhu, who will head the Nigerian Film Corporation as Managing-Director.

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4. President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, January 12, charged governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to always put the interest of Nigeria ahead of political affiliations.
According to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu tasked the governors to design and implement policies that prioritize all Nigerians.

5. President Bola Tinubu has suspended all administered programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA. This was contained in a statement signed by Segun Imohiosen, the Director of Information, office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

6. President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, tasked France to work with Nigeria and other stakeholders in strengthening technical cooperation to address the prevailing threat of terrorism and violent extremism. A statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said President Tinubu also commended the outgoing French Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann, for her dedication to enhancing relations between France and Nigeria.

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7. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to revisit a case of N70 billion alleged fraud against the Minister of Defense, State, Muhammad Bello Matawalle. The agency had launched an investigation into Matawalle’s time as governor of Zamfara State.

8. The storm is over for Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang and Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal on the threat to their tenure. The Supreme Court on Friday restored their mandate which the Court of Appeal had nullified.

9. The Peoples Democratic Party has revealed that it will be difficult to dislodge the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 presidential election without a genuine coalition. PDP 2023 Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, had made a merger proposition while hosting the National Executive Committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria.

10. The case of the female employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Amarachi Ugochukwu, who allegedly took her own life after consuming an insecticide has been referred to the State Criminal Investigation Department. The incident happened on Monday within the premises of the bank when the 32-year-old locked herself in the restroom and ingested the insecticide.

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Court knocks FG for lack of diligent prosecution in Tukur Mamu’s terrorism financing case

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April 29, 2024

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A federal high court in Abuja has reprimanded the federal government for lack of diligent prosecution in the charge filed against Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald newspaper.

At the court session on Monday, David Kaswe, prosecution counsel, was not in court despite having entered his name on the cause list, indicating his presence.

Abdul Mohammed, Mamu’s counsel, urged the court to stand down the matter to await Kaswe’s return.

However, the prosecution lawyer was still not in court when the case was called again after the judge had delivered a judgment.

Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, expressed surprise over “the miraculous disappearance” of the federal government’s lawyer in court.

“I am also aware that the prosecution was in court this morning, but as to the miracle of the disappearance of the prosecution as at the time this matter comes up for hearing is beyond my understanding,” Ekwo said.

“This antic of the prosecution is only being tolerated in today’s proceeding.

“If the prosecution demonstrates that they are not ready to prosecute this matter either diligently or expeditiously, the court will make the right decision at that point.”

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MAMU ASKS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO KUJE PRISON

Mamu’s lawyer moved an application to transfer his client to the Kuje correctional facility.

He said the prosecution had already responded to the motion.

In the application, the defence counsel said the Department of State Services (DSS) has refused to obey a previous court order which directed that Mamu should be allowed access to his doctors.

He said Mamu would get proper medical attention in Kuje prison.

“This application is brought so that we will take the defendant to the prisons because they always obey court orders there so that if we go there, he will have access to his medical officer,” he said.

“It is completely within the discretion of the court and we do not want to bring an application for contempt as that will take time.

“Therefore, we want the court to vary the order and the defendant will stay in the Kuja correctional facility. That is what we are asking for.”

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The judge adjourned the matter until May 20 for ruling on Mamu’s application.

BACKGROUND

Mamu is standing trial for allegedly aiding the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train in March 2022.

After his arrest in 2022, the federal government said $300,000 was found in his possession.

He was arraigned in March 2023 by the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) on a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism.

However, in March, he pleaded not guilty to all the counts and denied having allegiance to the terrorists.

Mamu is alleged to have received $120,000 as ransom payments on behalf of the Boko Haram terrorist group.

The monies were said to have been received from families of hostages kidnapped during the train attack.

He was also accused of exchanging voice note communications relating to the hostages with one Baba Adamu, a Boko Haram spokesperson.

The federal government also tagged the $300,000 found in Mamu’s possession after his arrest, as terrorist funds.

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Mamu, an aide to Ahmad Gumi, a popular Islamic cleric, was involved in negotiations for the release of the passengers abducted during the attack on a Kaduna-bound train.

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Abuse of office: Emefiele challenges jurisdiction of Lagos court to try him

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April 29, 2024

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The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has deferred till the end of trial, its ruling on the application filed by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to try him on the charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Through his lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olalekan Ojo, Emefiele submitted that he cannot be tried in the high court of any state in Nigeria for alleged acts of abuse of his office as this raises issues of constitutionality and legality.

The former CBN governor also noted that counts 1-4 of the 26 counts charge filed by the EFCC against him are unconstitutional as they are not contained in any law in Nigeria.

His counsel asked the court to make an order striking out counts one to four of the charge on the grounds that:

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. the Honourable Court has no jurisdiction to try the offence of abuse of office in relation to the office of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria which the 1st Defendant occupied at all times material to the commission of the offences and

ii. the 1st Defendant’s/Applicant’s acts said to constitute arbitrary acts resulting in abuse of office are not offences known to law as mandatorily required by section 36(12) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.

The EFCC through its counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rotimi Oyedepo, however, countered these arguments.

Citing decided cases of the Supreme Court, he asked the trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi, not to defer or prevent the trial of the case on the basis of objections challenging the particulars of the counts of the information.

“That approach is intended to take us back to where we are coming from as this were the basis for Section 1 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA and the purpose for which Administration of Criminal Justice Law, ACJL was intended. The intention of our collective resolution as a nation was to to prevent undue delay in our criminal cases.

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“I urge my lord to refuse this invitation, trial has commenced, this application to prevent the trial today is unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional and I urge the court not to depart from the decision of the apex court as to do so would amount to judicial rascality,” Oyedepo stated.