Tony Iyare pays tribute to Odumakin and Chukwuma, two committed rights activists
I’m still in a trance, numbed into some auditory hallucination, virtually unable to reconcile myself to the fact that the curtains had indeed fallen for Yinka Odumakin and Innocent Chukwuma, two leaders of civil society who bit the dust at the dawn of Easter. For the first time, I was really restrained in heralding the Easter on the house tops when two of our most brilliant and resourceful fighting forces had taken leave in a spate of few hours.
Although both belonged to a shade younger generation of the studentary, one in which the state had grown fiercer and more desperate in its resolve to asphyxiate the students movement, they had credibly acquitted themselves and stood like the rock of Gibraltar while on campus. The enthronement of structural adjustment programme (SAP) ordained by the international finance agencies, weaned by the regime of General Ibrahim Babangida in the late 80s had dictated m
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Civil society leader, Innocent Chukwuma, is dead
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Innocent Chukwuma
While the human rights and activists community was just coming to terns with the demise of Yinka Odumakin, innocent Chukwuma another pillar of the movement died last nite.
Chukwuma until recently was west African head of Ford foundation.
He was the founder of Cleen Foundation and one of the pillars of CLO in its heydays.
Chukwuma, 55, is survived by his activist wife, Josephine and three daughters.
An official statement signed by Professor Etannibi Alemika on behalf Board of Trustres, Cleen Foundation, confirmed the death of its founder.
The statement described Innocent Chukwuma as a patriot, who, throughout his years, struggled for a Nigerian nation where peace, justice and development are attained and sustained.
Community leaders in Akinsany Street, Ojodu area, have urged women to seek education to end girl child trafficking in Nigeria.
The leaders spoke in commemoration of the International Women’s Day, hosted by CLEEN Foundation, to raise awareness on the rights of women and outdated norms and practices that impede the growth of females and girls in Nigeria. According to the chairman of Akinsanya Street Community Development Association, Ojodu, Prince Emmanuel Ajiwole, women should seek education to know what is right when it comes to trafficking of women.
“For those who cannot go to school to learn and become great in the corporate world, they can go into business and be independent.” he said.
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UK to send millions of pounds recovered from corrupt officials back to Nigeria
The UK and Nigerian governments have signed an agreement today (Tuesday 9 March) to send £4.2 million (2.2 billion Naira) of stolen funds recovered by UK agencies back to Nigeria, where it will be spent on key infrastructure and building works for the Nigerian people.
This is the first time that money recovered from criminals will be returned to Nigeria since an agreement was signed in 2016 to recover and return the proceeds of bribery or corruption in a responsible and transparent way.
The money – stolen by the former Governor of Nigeria’s Delta State, James Ibori, and his associates – was retrieved through operations led by UK law enforcement agencies, who worked to identify assets bought in the UK with illicit funds and recover them. In February 2012, Mr Ibori pleaded guilty in a UK court to money laundering, conspiracy to defraud, and forgery, and was sentenced to a total of 13 yea
UK to return £4.2 million Ibori loot to Nigeria
The fund, which translates to about N2.4billion at the official rate, was recovered from Mr Ibori and his associates. 3 min read
The United Kingdom government is set to return to Nigerian government, over £4.2 million recovered from a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, who was convicted of corruption charges in the U.K. in 2012.
The money translates to about N2.4 billion at the official exchange rate.
Representatives of both the U.K. and Nigerian governments signed an agreement for the return of the money to Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday.