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Ajiran Double Murder: CHSR Alleges Plot To Frustrate Trial, Demands Clarification On Suspect’s Custody

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The Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has raised concerns over developments surrounding the ongoing murder trial involving Alhaji Ahmed Tajudeen Akanbi and other defendants before the Lagos High Court, calling for greater procedural and administrative transparency in the handling of the case. CHSR made the position known on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at an emergency press conference held at the Liberation Centre, where its President, Comrade Alex Omotehinse, addressed journalists, representatives of civil society organisations, leaders and members of the Ajiran Community and other concerned Nigerians. The organisation said that the defendants were standing trial over the deaths of two members of the Ajiran Community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State—Mr Sheriff Ishola Salami, described as a youth leader who died on April 18, 2023, and Prince Kazeem Ademola Akinloye, son of the Ojomu of Ajiranland, who died on August 26, 2024. Omotehinse said that the purpo...
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Minister Of Interior Targets 90% Of The Registered Voters In Ondo East And West Federal Constituencies For APC

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  The Minister of Interior Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is targeting 90 percent of the registered voters in Ondo East and West Federal Constituency ahead of the general election in January 2027 for APC.   The Minister who is the Captain of the Positive Crew spoke to representatives of Ward 2, 4,5 6, 12, in Ondo East local government through the first officer of the positive Crew Otunba Bola Fisayo.   In his message, wards 2,4,5,6 12 have about sixty settlements with a high number of electorates. The Minister noted that it is time our people in the remote areas are given a sense of participation and benefits in the government of the day.   The Minister's goodwill message also stated that it is time our rural areas are integrated with urban areas and there  must be an end to discrimination in terms of development across the state.   The Representatives to over sixty villages in Ondo East had been dispatched already with the message of President Tinubu Renewed Hope...
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Ex-Chief Of Staff, Taiwo Vows To Deploy Government Experience For Yewa South/Ipokia …Pledges Quality Representation, Active National Assembly Participation, Proper Monitoring of Projects

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Dr. Oluwatoyin Emmanuel Taiwo, former Chief of Staff to Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has pledged to deploy his wealth of government experience, extensive network and goodwill to provide effective representation and attract meaningful development to the people of Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituency if elected to the House of Representatives in 2027. Taiwo, who also served as Commissioner for Culture and Tourism and Deputy Chief of Staff in the Ogun State Government, said his experience across different levels of public administration had equipped him with the knowledge, contacts and institutional understanding required to effectively represent the constituency at the National Assembly. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Ipokia on Saturday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate said he would bring his experience in government and the private sector to bear on his legislative responsibilities, stressing that effective representation required more than occupying...
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Appeal Court Clears Fidelity Bank In Fundamental Rights Case

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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has cleared Fidelity Bank Plc of liability in a fundamental rights case involving Michael Kundera, overturning an earlier judgment of the Federal Capital Territory High Court. A three-member panel led by Justice Adebukola Banjoko delivered the judgment on 14 September 2026, allowing Fidelity Bank’s appeal and overturning the lower court’s finding of liability against the bank. The case originated from suit number CV/6258/23, filed by Michael Kundera to enforce his fundamental rights following his arrest and detention between 15 and 16 May 2023. He alleged that he was detained without being charged before a court or granted administrative bail. The respondents in the case included the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, former EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa, an EFCC officer identified as Calistus, and Fidelity Bank Plc. In its judgment delivered in April 2024, the FCT High Court, presided over by Justice Peter Kekemeke, declared Michael Kundera’s arre...
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MOSOP, Affiliate Bodies Say Shell Must Delist OML 11 From London Stock Exchange ...Say They Cannot Be Fooled By FG's 5%

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Following an extraordinary emergency summit comprising the coalition of Ogoni Diaspora Organizations, the National Union of Ogoni Students International (NUOS INTL) USA, Frontier Youth and Women formations, and allied civil rights bodies across Ogoniland (Nigeria) and in the Diaspora, the coalition has issued a definitive declaration to the Nigerian state, multinational corporations and the international community on the listing of OML 11 on the London Stock Exchange by Shell Nigeria for $2.4 billion. The coalition stated that the Ogoni people, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and its authentic affiliate bodies are neither represented nor spoken for by the Federal Government's alleged handpicked Ogoni Dialogue Committee (ODC), Ledum Mitee, Chief Lesi Maol and the factional MOSOP leader, Nsuka Fegelo, who they described as a 'rebel.' The statement was jointly signed by Ewards Adookor, Acting President of NUOS INTL USA; Edwards Adookor, leader of The ...
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Benin-Asaba Expressway: SAN Cautions Against Unilateral Revocation of 25-Year Concession

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Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Abiodun Olatunji, has cautioned the Federal Government against recent pronouncements and actions concerning the state of the Benin-Asaba Expressway and the ongoing intervention activities on the highway. He advised that the Government should tread cautiously in considering any revocation of the subsisting concession agreement governing the expressway. According to him, the absence of evidence of abandonment, repudiation, or unreasonable delay in the execution of repair works may not constitute sufficient grounds for the unilateral revocation of the 25-year concession. Olatunji, SAN, was invited to provide his legal opinion on the issues surrounding the Benin-Asaba Expressway concession, including the dispute between the Federal Ministry of Works and the Benin-Asaba Expressway Concession Company Limited (BAECC). In formulating his opinion, he reviewed a summary of the Concession Agreement and assessed the relevant contractual and legal implications. His...
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Ogun, DP World Sign $7bn-Plus MoUs For Deep Seaport, Blue Marine SEZ

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Projects expected to attract more than $7bn in initial investment, create over 50,000 direct jobs The Ogun State Government and DP World MEA FZE have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for the development of the Gateway Deep Sea Port and the Ogun State Blue Marine Special Economic Zone, with the projects expected to attract more than $7 billion in initial investment and create over 50,000 direct jobs. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu witnessed the signing in Paris, France, alongside the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, and the Director-General of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho.  The agreements bring together the Federal Government, Ogun State Government, DP World, financial advisers and other private-sector partners in a major investment framework aimed at easing trade bottlenecks, strengthening logistics and expanding Nigeria’s manufacturing and export capacity. Tinubu said the two projects would address longstanding infrastructu...
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