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Nnamdi Kanu’s $800M Lawsuit Against Buhari’s Government Struck Out By ECOWAS Court
A suit brought by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), has been dismissed by the ECOWAS Court of Justice. Nnamdi Kanu had alleged assault, torture, violation of his property right and inhuman treatment by the Nigerian Government.
The IPOB leader, who is also the Director of Radio Biafra and registered under the United Nations and the regulatory laws of the United Kingdom, is requesting for a compensation of $800M.
In his ruling on Wednesday, justice Dupe Aboki, leading a three-man panel, said Kanu has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt his claims and therefore dismissed his request for compensation.
However, the Court affirmed that Kanu had the legal capacity to approach the court for the alleged violation of his fundamental human rights; it ruled that without a mandate, he lacked the legal personality to stand on behalf of IPOB before the court.
Considering the proper parties before the court, the names of the second and third defendants (Director-General, State Security Service, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice) who are both not signatories to the ECOWAS Revised Treaty, were dismissed from the suit as improper parties, having only the first defendant, The Federal Republic of Nigeria as the sole defendant.
Nnamdi Kanu also alleged he was a victim of constant arrest, torture, detention, inhuman and degrading treatment while in the custody of SSS and that belongings were seized by the defendant through its agent
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
