The Economic Community of West African States’ court has berated the Nigerian Government for always filing fresh motions in a bid to frustrate a fundamental right enforcement suit filed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The regional court described the action of the Nigerian Government as unacceptable. Speaking during today’s hearing, one of the judges on the three-man panel, Justice Alioune Sall said they were not in a Nigerian court but an international court which has a different way and “the process of bringing new documents every day is not allowed here.” Sall said this after Kanu’s counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor told the court that it had scheduled today’s sitting for definite hearing. Ejiofor said, however, “two days ago, my attention was drawn to a new process filed by the Federal Government challenging the authority of the court to hear the case.” Describing the process filed by the Federal Govern...
Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez holds the key to the Gunners’ hopes of signing Paris Saint-Germain playmaker Julian Draxler. The Chilean is out of contract at the end of the season and his form so far this term is yet to vindicate the club’s decision to block his departure last summer. >> Alexis Sanchez wants to leave Arsenal. Sanchez remains keen on joining Manchester City but Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing him and would be willing to pay up to £30million in January. Arsene Wenger was reluctant to let Sanchez leave last summer – especially to a rival Premier League club. However, he accepts the Chilean will not be signing a new deal and has begun the task of searching for his replacement. >> Draxler is surplus to requirements in Paris Interest in Monaco ace Thomas Lemar is set to intensify this summer and Wenger has been alerted to the availability of Draxler. The German is surplus to requirements under Unai Emery and Wenger...
The allegations that the current APC governorship candidate, Tony Nwoye, was chosen by moneyed interests, Arthur Eze and Orji Kalu, is not only troubling but dangerous. Anambra, perhaps more than any other state in Nigeria, has been notorious with political godfatherism. The influx of money in Anambra politics by the trio of Andy Ubah, Chris Ubah and Emeka Offor in 2003 and the subsequent kidnap of the then Governor Chris Ngige set a dangerous precedent in the history of godfatherism in Nigeria. Hoodlums sponsored by these godfathers burnt government buildings including ABS radio and TV stations when Chris Ngige rejected to mortgage the soul of the state to them. Our own Chinua Achebe later qualified these godfathers as politicians with plenty of money but very low IQ. The November 2017 governorship election in the state has once more raised serious questions about the damaging effect of godfatherism and the unfair use of federal government resources by governing political parties t...
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