Today's Headlines: Ohanaeze Tells Tinubu: Release Kanu To Shut Ekpa Up, NJC Appoints 28 Judges For Kaduna, Kano Courts

Ohanaeze To Tinubu: Release Kanu To Shut Ekpa Up

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to shut Simon Ekpa up.

This, they claim, will relieve the tension in the South-East.

This comes just a few days after Kanu’s fundamental rights enforcement complaint against the Department of State Security Services was dismissed.

Kanu has been detained for over two years, while the region has been threatened by gunmen identified as IPOB members commanded by Simon Ekpa.

Ekpa is the self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile. He recently declared a two-week sit-at-home order in the South East, all the way from Lahti, Finland.

Speaking on the issue, Ohanaeze spokesperson Alex Ogbonnia said Kanu’s continued arrest led to the agitation in the region, adding that the situation is a manifestation of the region’s social inequality.

“We have been consistent on the release of Nnamdi Kanu. We believe that the problem of what happened to Nnamdi Kanu has contributed to the agitation. What is happening in the South-East now is the manifestation of the social injustices meted on the South-East.

NJC Appoints 28 Judges For Kaduna, Kano Courts

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The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended for approval of 28 judicial officers for Federal High Courts and Sharia Courts of Appeal of Kaduna and Kano States.

According to a statement by the NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, the list comprises 23 judges for Federal High Courts, one Grand Kadi, and four Kadis for Sharia Courts of Appeal.

Channels Television reports that the recommendation followed the Council’s 103rd meeting in Abuja presided by the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.

“All recommended candidates are expected to be sworn in after the approval of the NJC recommendations to the President and their respective state governors and, or confirmation by their State Houses of Assembly, as the case may be,” the statement said.

4 Die, 11 Injured In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Accident

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No fewer than four persons were confirmed dead while 11 others sustained injuries in a lone accident involving a Foton bus at the Aiyetoro axis on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday.

FG Vows To Recover Stolen Railway Properties

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The federal government has vowed to recover all illegally occupied Nigeria Railway lands and properties nationwide.

The Railway Property Management Company Limited (RPMC), a subsidiary of Nigeria Railway Corporation, disclosed this to journalists recently in Gombe.

The managing director of RPMC, Timothy Zalanga, said the government has set up a task force to actualize the objective.

He stated that the task force would conduct a nationwide audit to recover lands whose records were lost over the years.

“Railway is back to serve Nigerians, and the overall interest of Nigerian people is bigger than that of an individual.

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