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Nigeria: Conclude Criminal Cases in One Year, Buhari Urges Judiciary
This Day, 27 August 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday decried what he described as the "terribly slow pace" of justice administration in Nigeria and proposed that criminal cases from the high court… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Seeks Conclusion of Criminal Cases in 12 Months
Daily Trust, 27 August 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has recommended major reforms in the judiciary to conclude criminal cases within 12 months. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Proposes One-Year Limit for Criminal Cases, Says Trials 'Terribly Slow'
Vanguard, 27 August 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed a 12-month time limit for criminal cases to be heard and decided upon. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Seeks Urgent Reforms in Justice Delivery
This Day, 26 August 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called for urgent and sweeping reforms in the nation's justice sector so as to attract necessary investments for development. Read more »
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Nigeria: I Won't Stop Talking Until the Killings Stop - Mailafia
Vanguard, 27 August 2020
Dr Obadiah Mailafia, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a development economist, and a presidential candidate in the 2019 election under the umbrella of… Read more »
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Nigeria: S-West Govs, Others Tackle Govt On Regional Security Outfits
Vanguard, 27 August 2020
ANGRY reactions, yesterday, trailed the Presidency's decision to collapse security networks across the country into the Nigerian Police Force and keep them under the control of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: 410 Terrorists Surrender in Nasarawa - Military
Premium Times, 27 August 2020
The Defence Headquarters says no fewer than 410 members of the Darul Salam terror group surrendered to the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke during an encounter at Uttu in Toto… Read more »
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Nigeria: 75 Borno Elders Slaughtered By Boko Haram in One Night - Senator
Premium Times, 26 August 2020
The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has narrated how Boko Haram insurgents killed 75 members of his community in Gwoza local government in one night. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Murdered 75 Elders in My Hometown - Ndume
This Day, 27 August 2020
The Senator representing Borno South and Chairman of Senate Committee on the Army, Ali Ndume, yesterday narrated how Boko Haram insurgents killed 75 people in one night during a… Read more »
President Buhari Wants Slow Wheels of Justice Sped Up in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for urgent and sweeping reforms in the country's judicial system. Buhari recalled the length of time the court took in resolving his petitions against the presidential elections in 2003, 2007 and 2011, noting the "terribly slow pace" at which rulings were made. He has proposed that criminal cases from the high court to the supreme court, be concluded within 12 months.
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The Federal High Court's Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho has given judges permission to adopt virtual proceedings in all judicial divisions in the country, providing that the ... Read more »
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Armed gangs have killed at least 1,126 people in the north of the country since January 2020, according to Amnesty International. The human rights group has documented an ... Read more »
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While Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasiru El-Rufai has described the prevailing insecurity in southern Kaduna as "an act of criminality compounded by the injection of religion and ... Read more »
