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Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has provided some of the activities of Buratai Tukur while he served as the nation’s Chief of Army Staff.
Addressing a press conference on Sunday, the National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, spoke on the allegations against the army during the period Buratai was in charge.
There have been allegations of human rights violations against the army by local and international human rights campaigners under the watch of Buratai and some activists, such as Deji Adeyanju had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of appointing the immediate past service chiefs as non-career Ambassador in order to shield them from the ICC.
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A statement by the government instructed all broadcast stations and social media platforms to stop airing preaching, sermons and any other religious discussions likely to cause a breach of the peace of the state.
It also instructed security agencies to ensure full compliance and take decisive action against erring persons or groups found flouting the order.
Reacting, MURIC in a statement issued by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola said the action taken by the Kano State government was necessary to prevent any breakdown of law and order, which might erupt from the actions of the Islamic Scholar, NAN reports.
Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti
The Ekiti State Government has taken the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, to court over the dismissal of a constable, Ms. Omolola Olajide, for getting pregnant without serving for the required number of years.
The state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Wale Fapohunda, in a suit challenging the police’s decision contended that the state government took the legal option having considered the dismissal as a constitutional infraction, aberration and flagrant discrimination against women in the force.
The commissioner, in a statement yesterday by his Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Mr. Olalekan Suleiman, said the suit, marked FHC/ AD/ CS/ 8/ 2021, filed at the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti Judicial Division, sought a determination of some questions.
Osun State on Sunday recorded 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections, a situation which brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to