Iran’s vice president infected with coronavirus
A state-owned newspaper in Iran says Masoumeh Ebtekar, a vice president in the Islamic Republic and a spokeswoman for the 1979 Islamic revolutionary hostage-takers, has the new coronavirus. The report came from the English-language IRAN daily newspaper via its Twitter account. Ebtekar is the latest in a string of top officials in Iran’s Shiite theocracy […]
PDP Govs meet on party cohesion, appoints Abia’s Gov. Ikpeazu as Deputy Chairman
The People’s Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) on Wednesday held its first meeting under the leadership of Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. The meeting, which lasted for about three hours, was held at Shehu Shagari House, the Sokoto state governor’s lodge in Asokoro, Abuja. At its close, Gov. Tambuwal briefed journalists that the forum […]
Zimbabwe risks ‘deep humanitarian’ crisis, IMF warns
Zimbabwe faces a grim economic outlook this year and is also at risk of an extreme humanitarian crisis, the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday. An IMF team issued the warning after experts visited the southern African country and met with officials there. Zimbabwe’s economy has been in a slump for more than a decade, with […]
Uzodinma to plan welfare package for Judicial officers in Imo
By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Imo state governor Hope Uzodinma, on Thursday said that his ready to look into the plights of the judicial officers in the state. The governor spoke in Owerri when he met with serving and retired judges, members of the Judicial Service Commission, Executives of Magistrate Association and Chairmen of […]
Not for Sale: Nigeria’s answer to girl trafficking?
By Ahmed Balarabe Human trafficking involving Nigerian girls that are taken out of the country with promises of lucrative jobs that turn out to be sex slavery or forced labour in West African and European countries is a problem that still exists. Media reports suggest that rather than abating, the problem seems to be assuming […]
A detainee has right to bail
By Justice Usman Bwala See also El-Alim Mirghani vs Sudan Gov’t 1960 S.L.J.R 68. Where excessive bail conditions are granted it can be reviewed by courts SS 334, 125 CPC and CPA respectively, Mathias Onuigbo vs C.O.P supra. There are two types of bail Mathias Onuigbo vs C.O.P supra as follows: “Bail is mainly of […]
