All looters are equal but some are more equal than others

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Can the National Assembly please pass the Combined Treasury and Warehouse Looting Bill 2020 that will compel the police to always prosecute looters in pairs

(2) Basically, it will mean that for every warehouse looter arraigned in court, a treasury looter must be arraigned alongside him or her. Failure to find an accompanying treasury looter will automatically lead to the charges against a warehouse looter being dropped

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Nigeria records highest ever level of electricity transmission with almost 5.5k MW transmitted

 

NIGERIA recorded her highest ever level of power transmission this week when a total of 5,459.50MW of electricity was transmitted across the country at a frequency of 50.26Hz on Wednesday October 30.

 

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This palliatives crisis reinforces the need for Nigeria to mass-produce the following food items at affordable cost

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Rice
(2) Garri
(3) Noodles
(4) Cooking oil
(5) Yam
(6) Bread
(7) Eggs
(8) Tea
(9) Bottled water
(10) Powdered milk

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Human rights body says Sars operatives mutilated human bodies and even sold human parts

MEMBERS of Nigeria's Special Anti Robbery Squad (Sars) police unit often mutilated the bodies of some of their victims and even sold body parts according to human rights body the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (Rolaac).

 

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Calabar monarch warns that next time the uprising by Nigeria's youth may be much deadlier

CALABAR South Local government Area's paramount ruler His Royal Majesty Professor Itam Hogan has warned Nigeria's elite the next uprising by the masses is likely to be much deadlier than the recent one and may not spare any of them.

 

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Former Nigerian Army spokesman says only blank bullets would have been used at Lekki

 

FORMER spokesman for the Nigerian Army Brigadier Sani Usman has backed his one-time colleagues accused of murdering innocent protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, saying they could not have killed anyone as they would have used blank bullets.

 

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Britain concedes that it helped train Nigeria's Sars police officers and supply them with equipment

 

BRITAIN'S government has conceded that it provided training and equipment to Nigeria's notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) police unit accused of torture and extrajudicial killings that has spurred massive demonstrations across the country over recent weeks.

 

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Uzoho may be recalled for Sierra Leone game after Osigwe contracts coronavirus as Rohr invites 24 to camp

 

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr may have to recall goalkeeper Francis Uzoho for his first game since he got injured in a friendly against Brazil last October after Lugano's Sebastian Osigwe emerged as a doubt after testing positive for coronavirus.

 

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Maybe Nigeria should appoint Detective Sergeant Babatunde Fashola as the new head of the EFCC

 

Ayo Akinfe

(1) We may be laughing about the investigative capacity of Detective Fashola but what if he uncovered some brilliant clues at the Lekki Toll Gate that could lead to the conviction of the murderers who shot our youths?

(2) Bear in mind that Detective Fashola is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, so will have some experience of criminal law and investigation

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Diezani gets reprieve as Abuja court refuses to issue arrest warrant against her delaying extradition

 

NIGERIA'S former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke got a temporary relief in her ongoing fight against corruption charges yesterday after an Abuja high court declined to order her arrest.

 

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