Africa
Nigeria orders Abuja school to shut over attack fears
Nigeria is grappling with rising attacks by gunmen, many of them targeting individuals, priests and students for ransom
BBC Africa
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Nigeria: Terrorists plotting more prison attacks in three States - Military intel
The attacks are planned to be carried out successively, first, in Gusau, then Birnin Kebbi, and finally Katsina, the military told the correctional service.
AllAfrica
Africa
Ike Ekweremadu: Nigerian senator accused of organ-harvesting plot
The defendants live in Nigeria but have family in London, magistrates were told. Both are accused of conspiracy to arrange and/or facilitate the travel of another person with a view to exploitation.
BBC
Business
Nigeria: Fidelity Bank PLC, others fined $857,000 over cryptocurrency transactions
The CBN circular of 5 February 2021 restricted deposit money banks (DMBs), nonbank financial institutions (NBFIs), and other financial institutions (OFIs) from facilitating cryptocurrency transactions. The account of any customer involved i...
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Africa
Nigeria court drops eight of 15 charges against separatist leader
Mr Kanu is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a group that wants a breakaway state in south-east Nigeria where mainly Igbo people live, and which has been outlawed by the government.
BBC
Africa
Nigeria: Court sends 'super cop', Abba Kyari, co-defendants to prison after bail denial
Abba Kyari, popularly known as Nigeria's ‘super cop’, a reputation he earned for investigating big criminal cases, was arrested in January, alongside four others for their alleged involvement in a cocaine-trafficking cartel.
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Courts
Amend section 24 of Cybercrime Act – ECOWAS Court directs Nigeria
The Court's directive comes on the back of a writ, challenging the legality and compatibility of Section 24 of Nigeria's Cybercrime Act 2005.
DL News
Courts
Conduct speedy trial of rape case-ECOWAS court to Nigeria
The applicant, a Nigerian woman filed a suit at the court against Peter Okoro for raping her somewhere in 2011 in Lagos.
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Africa
Nigerians banned from going to fight in Ukraine
This follows reports of alleged recruitment of volunteers in the country to fight on the side of Ukraine.
BBC
US
Trump Urges Countries To Ban Twitter And Facebook – Says ‘Perhaps’ He Should Have Done It
Trump issued a statement congratulating Nigeria for blocking Twitter on Friday
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Africa
Nigeria: Buhari’s son-in-law declared ‘wanted’ over an alleged fraud
Corruption investigators in Nigeria have declared that the president’s son-in-law Gimba Yau Kumo is “wanted” in connection with an alleged $65m housing fraud.
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Accra unauthorized billboards: Owners given Nov 13 deadline to identify structures or face removal
In a joint statement issued on Thursday, November 5, the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and the Advertising Association of Ghana (AAG) announced that enforcement activities would begin on November 14.
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General
GBA reviewing Tribunals Act for constitutional compliance
The Association’s Legal Committee, chaired by private legal practitioner Ace Anan Ankomah, is carrying out the review. GBA President Efua Ghartey said this at the Association’s conference, adding that the Bar would announce its considered p...
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General
Korle Bu doctors to strike from May 4 after talks with management break down
The Korle Bu Doctors Association says the decision was not taken lightly, but followed repeated meetings and written engagements that did not produce meaningful results.
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General
GSL Muslim Students’ Association pays courtesy call on National Chief Imam
The delegation was led by the Association's president, Abdul Razak, and the vice president, Sharifa Adams.
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Supreme Court News
Why Dafeamekpor, 2 others have dragged the Ghana Bar Association to Supreme Court
The plaintiffs contend that the “Ghana Bar Association” mentioned in the Constitution is not synonymous with the current GBA, which they describe as merely a “voluntary association of lawyers registered under private law.”
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Courts
Accra High Court injuncts CLOGSAG from imposing acting executives
The court also ordered that the outgoing National Executives of the association maintain their respective positions until the final determination of the substantive suit before it.
GNA
General
Parliament’s Committee to meet CPA, discuss anti-gay Bill
The CPA was founded as the Empire Parliamentary Association in 1911. Its first branches were Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, the latter branch administering the Association as a whole.
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UTAG hasn’t suspended strike, the decision will depend on steps taken by NLC and Employment Ministry – Samuel Nkuban
So on the basis of that, we are willing to suspend if indeed all these processes go through with government showing us the deserved respect and commitment,” he reiterated.
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Striking Universities’ Senior Staff breached rules of engagement – Fair Wages Commission
UTAG members are on strike because they want the government to restore their conditions of service agreed upon with the government in 2012.
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