The appellant received a written petition from one Bridget Bassey against the respondent upon which it invited the respondent for investigation. Upon honouring the invitation of the appellant.
ECOWAS court to deliver judgement on Agba Jalingo’s detention, trial June 29 ECOWAS court to deliver judgement on Agba Jalingo’s detention, trial June 29
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The ECOWAS Court of Justice will deliver judgement in a suit against Nigeria and Cross River State, challenging the arrest and prosecution of a journalist, Agba Jalingo, on June 29, 2021.
Jalingo was charged under the Cybercrime, Terrorism and Criminal Code Acts. Speaking to the court at a virtual court session, the court heard his oral testimony.
Led in evidence by Kolawale Oluwadare, the counsel representing the applicant, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Jalingo recounted how security officials broke into his house and picked him.
Ibe, a Professor of Entrepreneurial Science made the assertion during a parley with newsmen, on Wednesday.
He commended Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state for building on the foundations laid by his predecessors, thereby working towards the realization of the Abia masterplan.
According to Professor Ibe, “This is the policy that has now led to the construction of solid paved roads built with cement technology by Governor Ikpeazu, from the old foundation of coal tar roads as was done by his predecessors. By so doing, the Governor has subsequently prepared a good ground for continuity by his successor.
“The foundations laid by Governor Ikpeazu constitute good building blocks for his successor to accelerate the pace of development, in furtherance of the masterplan designed by the founding fathers of our great state.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced plans to create additional two thousand four hundred and twenty four polling units in Rivers State.
The move takes the total number of polling units in the state to six thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
The Resident Electoral Commission, REC in Rivers State, Obo Effanga who made the disclosure in a media briefing in Port Harcourt, said the last time additional polling units were created in Nigeria was twenty five years ago.
In his words, “We know where the new polling units will be created and that is what we are implementing”
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The ECOWAS Court of Justice will on June 29, 2021 deliver judgement in a suit against Nigeria and Cross River State, challenging the arrest and prosecution of a journalist, Agba Jalingo.
The publisher was charged under the Cybercrime, Terrorism and Criminal Code Acts. At a virtual court session, the court heard his oral testimony.
Led in evidence by Kolawale Oluwadare, the counsel representing the applicant, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Jalingo recounted how security officials broke into his house and picked him.
The arrest was after he wrote an article in which he alleged that a N500million expenditure by the Cross River government for the establishment of a microfinance bank was diverted.