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Unlawful Ownership Of Gun: Court To Hear Emefiele, FG's Applications On Aug 15
Godwin Emefiele has requested that the court provide a request releasing him of all offenses arraigned Emefiele waves at a group assembled at a Government High Court in Ikoyi after his arraignment on Tuesday, July 25, 2023
The Bureaucratic High Court sitting in Lagos has concluded till Tuesday, Aug fifteenth, further hearing in the applications recorded by the suspended National Bank of Nigeria Lead representative, Godwin Emefiele trying to prevent the Central Government from further remanding or arraigning him on the charge of unlawful ownership of a gun and ammo or on some other charge besides.
Equity Nicholas Oweibo decided that the application which addressed the ward of the court was need and would be taken close by one more application recorded by the public authority looking for pass on to request against the request giving bail to the suspended CBN lead representative.
Counsel for the suspended CBN Lead representative, Senior Supporter of Nigeria, Victor Opara had let the court know that the application was "pertinent and predominant by reason of the diligent, determined insubordination of the DSS to an unmistakable, immediate and intense request of the court on the bail use of his client".
He informed the adjudicator that he had just barely been served in court earlier today, with the arraignment's answer to the application trying to stop the preliminary of the suspended CBN Lead representative. He likewise requested a short deferment to empower him answer on places of regulation to the answer of the Indictment.
Counsel for the Central Government, an associate boss state counsel, Kehinde Fagbemi, but conflicted. She let the court know that the indictment had documented first its application looking for pass on to pursue and to remain the procedures of the court forthcoming allure.
She encouraged the court to hear the FG's application and award an intermission for Emefiele's application.
"On the standard of first in time, our movement starts things out and it is ready for hearing. It is dull that any application that tries to carry life to a case and another that looks for death, that which looks for life ought to be taken first… "
"We ask the court to hear our application today. We are in favor of a deferment for them to answer our answer to their own application", she said.
In the wake of paying attention to the two players, Equity Oweibo in his decision said, "The matter of the court today is the knowing about the movement of the arraignment. Recording is closed and it is ready for hearing. The courts consideration has anyway been attracted to the respondent's movement.
Taking into account the need of the movement which is in a manner testing the indictment and the ward of the court, I will permit the guard to answer with the goal that the two applications will be taken together."
The court then, at that point, concluded to August fifteenth for becoming aware of the two applications.
On August 8, the suspended CBN lead representative documented an application under the steady gaze of the Bureaucratic High Court, Lagos to prevent the National Government from further indicting him on the charge of unlawful ownership of a gun and ammo or on some other charge besides.
He's additionally looking for a request for the court releasing him of all offenses arraigned by the Public authority who is in "shameless noncompliance" of the staying alive orders of the court conceding him abandon July 25, 2023. What's more, a further request disallowing the FG from proceeding to partake in any type of guilty pleasure from the courts aside from and except if it consents to the bail administering.
Through his legal advisors drove by Senior Supporter of Nigeria, Joseph Daudu, the suspended CBN Lead representative documented the application under the steady gaze of Get-away adjudicator, Equity Nicholas Oweibo who had conceded him to bail after his arraignment.
The application was recorded according to Segment 6(6)(a) of the 1999 Constitution (as changed), pertinent areas of the Organization of Law enforcement Act, 2015 and under the innate powers of the court.
Emefiele requested that Equity Oweibo stay further procedures in the current charge until he debilitates every one of the cures accessible to him in regulation to propel the public authority and the DSS to comply with the request for the court conceding him to bail or remanding him in the guardianship of the Nigerian Remedial Center until he idealizes his bail terms.
The application looks to summon the locale of the court to uphold its requests so as not to be viewed as an innocuous bull canine or paper tiger.
The candidate additionally says that the cycles looks to save and safeguard the adequacy, magnificence and respectability of the court as well as law and order in our vote based system .
Before Emefiele's application, the National Government had on Aug third recorded an application under the steady gaze of a similar court looking for pass on to bid against the request giving bail to the suspended CBN lead representative.
In the application recorded by a representative overseer of public arraignments of the League, Nkiru Jones-Nebo, the FG has likewise requested the court to remain the execution from the request to remand Emefiele in the care of the Nigeria Remedial administrations and a request remanding him rather in the guardianship of the DSS.
Equity Oweibo had fixed Thursday, Aug 10 to hear the application.
South Africa's Zuma Immediately Delivered Subsequent to Answering To Jail
The previous president was condemned to 15 months in June 2021 subsequent to declining to affirm before a board testing monetary defilement and cronyism under his administration - - yet was liberated on clinical parole only two months into his term.Previous South African President Jacob Zuma looks on during the 55th Public Meeting of the African Public Congress (ANC) at the Public Diversion Community (NASREC) in Johannesburg on December 16, 2022. (Photograph by GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP) South Africa's previous president Jacob Zuma revealed back to jail on Friday just to be quickly delivered, in the most recent wind over the 81-year-old's hatred of court sentence.Zuma was requested to report back to jail and showed up at 6:00 am (0400 GMT) at a detainment office in the eastern town of Estcourt where he was "conceded into the framework", the jail administration said. In any case, he was given up in a little more than an hour as a feature of a "reduction process" meaning to address stuffing in jail, as per Restorative Administrations public magistrate Makgothi Thobakgale. "Upon entrance into the framework he was exposed to regulatory cycles… He was then delivered," Thobakgale told a question and answer session in Pretoria. Zuma was condemned to 15 months in June 2021 in the wake of declining to affirm before a board testing monetary debasement and cronyism under his administration — yet was liberated on clinical parole only two months into his term.He began serving his term from the get-go in July 2021. His imprisoning started fights that plummeted into mobs and stealing from that left in excess of 350 dead in the most exceedingly terrible savagery to stir things up around town since the coming of a vote based system in South Africa. The next month, he was owned up to clinic for an undisclosed condition prior to being allowed clinical parole.In November last year, a requests court found the delivery was illicitly allowed and requested Zuma back to the Estcourt Remedial Center in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal territory. South Africa's jail administration, which had allowed Zuma's restrictive delivery, pursued the choice, however the bid was excused by the Sacred Court a month ago. Thobakgale said the ex-president was requested to get back to prison on Friday in consistence with the decision. In any case, Zuma promptly profited from a reduction of peaceful guilty parties supported by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Equity Pastor Ronald Lamola said.In excess of 24,000 prisoners, around 66% of them under remedial oversight and parole, are to be delivered under the cycle, said Lamola. The move "will reduce packing" which "represents an immediate danger to prisoner wellbeing, security, and the executives, and it could prompt a flood in gangsterism," the clergyman said. Mzwanele Manyi, a representative for Zuma's establishment said the ex-president was "at home" and talking with his lawful group. Zuma filled in as president from 2009 to 2018 preceding being constrained out over join charges. Other than his 2021 disdain of court conviction he is having to deal with discrete penalties of debasement in an arms acquisition embarrassment dating to the last part of the 1990s, when he was VP.
Women’s World Cup: Super Falcons Arrive Nigeria After Exit
Super Falcons of Nigeria
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have arrived in the country after their second-round finish at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia.
They arrived in Lagos from Australia on Wednesday at Murtala Muhammed Airport without Head Coach Randy Waldrum, who left the camp on Tuesday and returned to his base in the United States.
His contract expires after the World Cup, and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has yet to make any comment on extending the deal with the American manager.
Before the tournament, the American coach disagreed with the NFF over finances, but despite the off-the-field issues, Waldrum has remained steadfast, emphasizing his pride in the team’s accomplishments, and a strong desire to lead them to qualify for the next Olympic Games.
The Super Falcons did not lose a single match throughout the competition’s group stage for the first time, despite the group including powerful women’s footballing nations.
They were defeated by European champions England on penalties on Monday, but their effort received praise throughout the world.
Fountain Of Life Founder, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya Dies At 67
Late Pastor Odukoya
The Founder of Fountain of Life Church Bishop Taiwo Odukoya is dead. Pastor Odukoya died in the United States of America on Monday, The Cause of his death is yet to be disclosed.
Many people have been reacting to The death of the 67 Year old Pastor since the news surfaced on the Church website.
Pastor Odukoya was born in Kaduna State On June 15, 1956 and married Bimbo (nee Williams) in 1984 with whom he co-founded the Fountain of Life Church.
Bimbo Odukoya died in the Sosoliso Airlines plane crash with 102 Other Passengers in December 2005. Bishop Taiwo Odukoya later married a South Africa Lady, Normiti who died of cancer a year ago.
Niger Coup: ECOWAS Announces New Sanctions Against Individuals, Entities
Ahead of the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting on Thursday in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu In his capacity as the Chairman of the sub-regional body has ordered additional financial sanctions through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on entities and individuals related to or involved with the military junta in Niger Republic.
Briefing State House correspondents Tuesday on the President’s position after the Expiration of the seven day Ultimatum, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Ajuri Ngelale said the action is not being taken by an individual President or on behalf of a single nation, Rather, it is being taken by the ECOWAS chairman, who is also the President of Nigeria, based on the consensus resolution of all ECOWAS members and heads of state.
He added that these financial sanctions have been agreed upon by all ECOWAS Member States in response to the military junta in Niger Republic.
Previously, the regional bloc had given the Niger Republic junta seven days to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, warning of potential sanctions, including the possibility of military intervention.
However, the coup leaders dismissed the threats and declared their intention to resist any foreign interference.
The coupists have cut off diplomatic ties with Nigeria, Togo, France, and the United States. They have also closed Nigerien airspace indefinitely.
Ajuri said: “The news that Mr. President has directed the acting CBN governor to levy another slate of sanctions against entities and individuals associated with the military junta in Niger public. “I said that intentionally I didn’t make a mistake, because I was given permission to make that statement and I emphasized that this is not an individual action taken by an individual President on behalf of individual nation.
“This is an action taken yes, by ECOWAS chairman who is the president of Nigeria, but standing on the authority provided by the consensus resolution of all ECOWAS members and heads of state with regard to financial sanctions being levied by ECOWAS Member States against the military junta in Niger Republic. “There is an authority that we are standing on. It is not Nigerian government authority, it is the authority of the resolution passed in public before now.”
Ngelale also explained that the actions against Niger being coordinated by President Tinubu are not personal as they are under the auspices of the ECOWAS where he is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government.
He said: “Concerning the ultimatum given to the military Junta in Niger Republic, the ECOWAS mandate, and ultimatum is not a Nigerian ultimatum. It is not a Nigerian mandate.
Junta in Niger Republic, the ECOWAS mandate, and ultimatum is not a Nigerian ultimatum. It is not a Nigerian mandate.
“And the office of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, also serving as the chairman of ECOWAS, seeks to emphasize this point, that due to certain domestic and international media coverage, tending toward a personalization of the ECOWAS sub-regional position to his person and to our nation individually.
“It is because of this that Mr. President has deemed it necessary to state unequivocally that the mandate and ultimatum by issued ECOWAS is that of ECOWAS’ position.
“While His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assumed the ECOWAS chairmanship, the position of ECOWAS conveys the consensus position of member heads of state. And a coup will not occur in one’s backyard, without one be particularly aware of it.
“The president in recent days, particularly following the expiration of the ultimatum given by ECOWAS has widened consultations internationally but most especially domestically, including interfaces with state governors in Nigeria, who govern states bordering Niger public on the various fallouts and outcomes of the unfortunate situation that has unfolded in Niger Republic.
“But President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, wishes to emphasize to this distinguished audience that the response of ECOWAS to the military coup in Niger has been and will remain devoid of ethnic and religious sentiments and considerations.
“The regional bloc is made up of all sub-regional ethnic groups, religious groups, and all other forms of human diversity. And the response of ECOWAS, therefore, represents all of these groups, and not any of these groups individually.”
He says the extraordinary summit of ECOWAS on Thursday will result in significant decisions regarding the situation in Niger Republic.
The UN Secretary-General's representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simao, was also in Abuja for talks on the crisis.
Updated August 8, 2023
A street vendor pushes his cart past burned cars outside the headquarters of president Bazoum’s Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism in Niamey on August 7, 2023. Niger’s military rulers were on Monday in defiance of an ultimatum to restore the elected government as the threat of possible military intervention was still on the table. (Photo by AFP)
The second-ranking US diplomat met Niger’s military leaders on Monday to press to reverse a coup but reported no headway a day after an ultimatum from the West African bloc ECOWAS was ignored.
Victoria Nuland, a veteran envoy and acting deputy secretary of state, said she met for more than two hours with military chiefs who ousted democratically elected Western ally Mohamed Bazoum on July 26.
Nuland’s trip, conducted in secrecy until she left, came after the expiration of a deadline set by ECOWAS to reinstate Bazoum by midnight (2300 GMT) on Sunday or risk military intervention.
The 15-nation bloc is reconvening for its own diplomatic push on the crisis with a summit Thursday in Nigerian capital Abuja.
A source close to ECOWAS said an immediate military intervention to restore Bazoum was not envisaged at this stage, adding that the path to dialogue still appeared open.
Speaking to reporters before her departure, Nuland described her talks as “extremely frank and at times quite difficult”.
She said she offered the coup leaders “a number of options” to exit the crisis and restore the relationship with the United States, which like other Western nations has suspended aid.
“I would not say that we were in any way taken up on that offer,” she said.
She added that the coup leaders did not respond to her requests to meet Niger’s self-proclaimed new leader, General Abdourahamane Tiani, or the detained elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, although US officials have been in touch with Bazoum by telephone.
Nuland said she met Brigadier General Moussa Salaou Barmou, who has been named the new military chief of staff and who has worked closely in the past with the United States, which along with former colonial power France has based anti-jihadist operations in the Sahel out of Niger.
Nuland said she warned Niger against following neighbouring Mali in bringing in Russia’s Wagner mercenaries.
“The people who have taken this action here understand very well the risks to their sovereignty when Wagner is invited in,” said Nuland, who is known for her hawkish stance on Russia.
– Diplomacy ‘Preferred’ –
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed on Monday the need for the international community to find a diplomatic route out of the coup.
“Diplomacy is certainly the preferred way of resolving this situation,” he told French Radio RFI.
“It is ECOWAS’ current approach. It is our approach.”
Niger’s neighbours have strongly rejected the possibility of a regional military intervention.
Mali said it and Burkina Faso — which have both been suspended from ECOWAS over their own military coups — were sending a joint official delegation to Niamey to show “solidarity (with) the people of Niger”.
They have said military intervention would be tantamount to a declaration of war.
Algeria, which shares a long land border with Niger, has also cautioned against a military solution, which President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said would be “a direct threat” to his North African country.
Senators in regional heavyweight Nigeria urged everyone to focus on the “political and diplomatic option”.
– More Envoys Coming –
Just before the ultimatum expired on Sunday, Niger’s military rulers closed the Sahel country’s airspace and warned any attempt to enter it would meet with an “energetic and immediate response”.
They said there had been a “pre-deployment in preparation for intervention” made by two Central African countries, without naming them, and warned: “Any state involved will be considered co-belligerent.”
But Niger’s military rulers also urged an ECOWAS delegation to return for talks, Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou told French broadcaster TV5 Monde Monday, after an abortive first attempt.
Mahamadou said in his interview that Bazoum — held with his wife and son — was enduring deteriorating conditions.
“The junta have asked the ECOWAS delegation to return” and its members “will be in Niamey probably today (Monday) or tomorrow”, Mahamadou said.
An ECOWAS delegation arrived in the capital Niamey last Thursday but did not stay overnight as scheduled. It did not meet either Bazoum or Tiani.
The UN Secretary-General’s representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simao, was also in Abuja for talks on the crisis.
France, with which Niger’s new rulers have broken military ties, said it would “firmly” back whatever course of action ECOWAS took after the deadline expired.
On Monday, the military leaders appointed former finance minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the new prime minister and Habibou Assoumane as the new commander of the presidential guard.
Niger’s coup is the latest of several in Africa’s Sahel belt since 2020.
Niger has been critical to Western strategies to combat jihadist insurgencies that have plagued the Sahel since 2012, with France and the United States stationing around 1,500 and 1,000 troops in the country respectively.
West African Bloc To Meet On Niger Coup On Thursday
The summit is to be held in Abuja, Nigeria, whose president Bola Tinubu is the current ECOWAS chairman.
FILE: President Bola Tinubu attends the 63rd Ordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday, July 9, 2023. He was elected the ECOWAS Chairman at the event.
West African bloc ECOWAS said its leaders would meet on Thursday on the crisis in Niger, whose military rulers have defied its ultimatum to cede power or face possible military action.
“ECOWAS heads of state (will) hold another extraordinary summit on the political situation in the Republic of Niger,” the 15-member bloc said in its first official reaction after Niger ignored Sunday’s deadline to reinstate democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum.
The summit is to be held in Abuja, Nigeria, whose president Bola Tinubu is the current ECOWAS chairman.
Earlier on Monday, an ECOWAS source said West African nations were not envisaging an immediate military intervention at this stage.
Italy and Germany called for a diplomatic solution in the troubled Sahel nation.
Neighbouring Mali said it and Burkina Faso — which have both been suspended from ECOWAS over their own military coups — were sending a joint official delegation to Niamey to show “solidarity (with) the people of Niger”.
They have said military intervention would be tantamount to a declaration of war.
