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According to the court, “Agba Jalingo was arrested and chained to a deep freezer for about 34 days without being charged to court. He was brutalised and dehumanised. “This action, taken on Jalingo’s behalf by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), seeks from this court, reparation for inhuman treatment and torture meted out to him. “We have looked at the evidence before us. There was no answer as to the facts that Jalingo was arrested and illegally detained, bruta...

Kaduna In Kaduna State, despite the implementation of free and compulsory education, residents say insecurity is leading the factors responsible for school dropouts, particularly in rural communities where banditry attacks have become incessant. Bala Udawa, a resident of Udawa in Chikun Local Government Area, said many children had been forced to abandon school for fear of being kidnapped. On poor facilities, he said, “In my community, the school authority has no choice but to introduce shift...

Agba JalingoThe ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has “ordered the Federal Government to pay a journalist, Agba Jalingo, N30 million as compensation for ill-treating and torturing him while in detention in Cross River state. Delivering judgment in the suit, yesterday, the court held: “Agba Jalingo was arrested and chained to a deep freezer for about 34 days without being charged to court, brutalised and dehumanised. This action taken on Jalingo’s behalf by SERAP seeks from this court repar...

Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale, Udora Orizu in Abuja and Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti More people and groups yesterday joined the crusade, revived by the Southern Governors’ Forum, for the South to produce the next president with endorsements from Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum; Taraba State Governor, Mr. Darius Ishaku, and senators from the region. The senators stated that rotating the presidency to the South would end secessionist agitations, a position the Peoples D...

Mamman said this on Tuesday when he appeared before the senate committee on power. Advertisement He said the project capacity was adjusted to 1,500 megawatts to conform with current market realities and for lenders to accept it. “We discovered that the 3050 megawatts is not visible. We have sent officials to China to review the project, and the memo is on the table of Mr President waiting for approval,” he said. “The idea is to make it bankable. The market that we are operating in today i...

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No fewer than 324,000 women from six states of the federation will benefit from the Nigeria for Women Project (NFWP). The project, The Guardian learnt, is a World Bank-assisted project in the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs implemented in Ogun, Abia, Edo, Kebbi, Niger and Taraba states. According to the Lead Consultant, Dr. Garba Danjuma, the project is being implemented in Bali, Takum and Zing local councils of Taraba. Speaking at a two-day training organised by the development Research and ...

The leadership of the Christian Reformed Church-Nigeria (CRC-N) has again expressed dismay over the alleged lukewarm attitude of the Federal Government towards stamping out security challenges bedeviling the country.  The church, in a communiqué made available to The Guardian, shortly after its 121st general council meeting held at its headquarters in Takum Council, Taraba State, stated that the Federal Government is not doing enough to combat the ugly trend as hoodlums continue to have fie...

The Catholic Bishop of Jalingo Diocese, Most Rev Charles Hammawa has observed that it is only when government matches words with actions that insecurity will be curtailed in the country, lamenting that churches are now shutting down over insecurity. Speaking while delivering a homily at the graduation of Catechists at the Catholic Catechetical training institute in Jimlari, near Jalingo, the Catholic Bishop noted that the world has never been without challenges, but the challenges facing Nigeri...