By Agosi Todo, The Guardian The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has decried request for negotiation of the 1999 Constitution over financial autonomy for the Nation’s Judiciary, insisting that it is not negotiable. JUSUN also canvassed negotiation of immunity clause for Government officials. Chairman, Cross River State chapter of JUSUN, Asang Ebong, told The Guardian
By Onyedika Agbedo, Tobi Awodipe, Maria Diamond (Lagos) and Gordi Udeajah (Umuahia), Isa Abdulsalami Ahovi (Jos), Uzoma Nzeagwu (Awka), Ayodele Afolabi (Ado Ekiti), Timothy Agbor (Osogbo), Agosi Todo, (Calabar) and Charles Ogugbuaja (Owerri) – The Guardian Local Councils in Nigeria have their roles in the governance chain clearly spelt out in the 1999 Constitution. As
By Lawrence Njoku (Enugu), Anietie Akpan (Calabar), Odita Sunday and Tobi Awodipe (Lagos), Osiberoha Osibe Awkas Ogugbuaja (Owerri) – The Guardian • In Enugu, Anambra, Officers Desert Streets, Checkpoints, Disguise To Operate • Our Morale Is Low After #EndSARS, Officers Lament • ‘I Am Ready To Resign If I Can Get Another Job’ • Prepare
By Tony Okafor – Awka, Punch Newspaper Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN has faulted the call by 17 Southern Governors for a constitutional conference. The Governors had said such a conference would straighten knotty problems confronting the country. But Ozekhome who spoke in Anambra State on Thursday, as a keynote speaker at the 25th
By Hafeez Hanafi, Punch Newspaper The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, NAPTIP, has begun profiling 22 teenagers rescued from a brothel on the premises of Kolab Hotel on Ayetoro Road, Ogun State, with a view to rehabilitating them. The agency had also launched a manhunt for the syndicate involved in the
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State chapter of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) has launched its “ballot revolution” campaign to sensitize residents on the need to participate in the electoral process and elect good leaders. The chairman, Comrade Anthony Bisong while launching the campaign in Calabar lamented that the current crop of political leaders
By Maxwell Effiong Some apartments along Lagos street in Calabar, the Cross River State were razed in an inferno late Friday afternoon. The fire began at about 5:00PM with the cause unknown as at press time. Sympathizers and passers-by tried to put it off while reaching the State fire service but to no avail. The
By Sanni Onogu, Tony Akowe, Frank Ikpefan, Abuja; Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin, Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt, and Okungbowa Aiwerie, Asaba – The Nation Newspaper A huge division broke in the country yesterday over the call for restructuring and an urgent national dialogue by South’s Governors to fashion a way out of the worsening insecurity. Tuesday’s bi-partisan