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Group condemns lady’s murder in Anambra
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Group condemns lady’s murder in Anambra

Humanitarian and development-focused group, the Ebonyi Prestigious Club has condemned the alleged killing of a lady, Mmesoma Umeorini by one 29-year-old Chima Ofoeke, in Uga, in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, who claimed to hail from Ebonyi State. The group observed that no individual has the right to take another’s life, describing

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Police Warn Against Planned Violent Protest In Edo
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Police Warn Against Planned Violent Protest In Edo

The Edo State Police Command has urged law-abiding citizens to go about their lawful business and refrain from actions capable of disrupting public peace, safety, law and order in the state. A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Eno Ikoedem, on Tuesday, noted that the warning was necessitated after the Command received calls from several citizens drawing its attention to online posts from certain quarters calling for public protest.

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Maraga Hails Court Halt on Nairobi National Park Project, Accuses Govt of Environmental Destruction
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Maraga Hails Court Halt on Nairobi National Park Project, Accuses Govt of Environmental Destruction

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 28 — Former Chief Justice David Maraga has welcomed a court decision halting a commercial project at Nairobi National Park for four months, accusing the government of undermining environmental protection obligations. Maraga criticised President William Ruto’s environmental record, arguing that the government’s international climate commitments were inconsistent with the proposed commercial development at Nairobi National Park.

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₦1bn Fundamental Rights Suit: Court Fixes Dec 2 For Judgement In El-Rufai’s Suit Against ICPC, Two Others
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₦1bn Fundamental Rights Suit: Court Fixes Dec 2 For Judgement In El-Rufai’s Suit Against ICPC, Two Others

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Dec. 2 for judgment in a N1 billion fundamental rights suit filed by former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and co-respondents. He prayed the court to declare that the invasion and search of his residence at House 12, Mambilla Street, Aso Drive, Abuja, on Feb. 19 at about 2 pm by the ICPC and I-G amounts to a gross violation of his fundamental rights.

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Rose Mulwa, Children and Two Police Officers Charged With Lawyer’s Murder
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Rose Mulwa, Children and Two Police Officers Charged With Lawyer’s Murder

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 28 – Rose Mulwa, the wife of Professor David Ndetei, and four other suspects have denied murdering former city lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu. Mulwa, her two children, Chris Mulwa and Angela Mulwa, and police constables Julius Kipkoech Churuiyot and Kennedy Kipkemei Borboroi appeared before Justice Diana Kavedza at the Kibera High Court, where they pleaded not guilty to the charge.

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