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France issues arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad

French judicial authorities have issued arrest warrants for ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and six of his former officials. This is in relation to explosions which killed two journalists in Homs. Marie Colvin, a 56-year-old American and 28-year-old French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed on February 22, 2012. The French judiciary is investigating the
France issues arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad

French judicial authorities have issued arrest warrants for ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and six of his former officials.

This is in relation to explosions which killed two journalists in Homs.

Marie Colvin, a 56-year-old American and 28-year-old French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed on February 22, 2012.

The French judiciary is investigating the incident as a potential crime against humanity as well as a war crime.

Assad and his family escaped to Russia after being removed from power by Islamist rebels at the end of 2024.

However, Assad’s precise whereabouts have not been confirmed.

The warrants have also been issued to Assad’s brother Maher al-Assad who was the de facto head of the 4th Syrian armoured division at the time, intelligence chief Ali Mamlouk, and then-army chief of staff Ali Ayoub.

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Abia: APC chieftain drags Otti to EFCC, ICPC over N54bn school renovation funds

An All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain in Abia State, Eze Chikamnayo, has dragged Governor Alex Otti to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, over the controversial N54 billion meant for school renovation in the state. Chikamnayo disclosed this while speaking with journalists on
Abia: APC chieftain drags Otti to EFCC, ICPC over N54bn school renovation funds

An All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain in Abia State, Eze Chikamnayo, has dragged Governor Alex Otti to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, over the controversial N54 billion meant for school renovation in the state.

Chikamnayo disclosed this while speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja.

Apart from the EFCC and ICPC, Chikamnayo also asked the National Assembly, the Federal Ministry of Finance, Transparency International, and the World Bank to investigate the N54 billion budgeted for school renovation.

He said the failure or refusal to publish the list, location, contractors and pictures of the purported 51 public school projects for which over N54 billion was spent between the first and fourth quarters of 2024 by Alex Otti’s administration is indicative of systemic corruption.

According to him, it is alarming that despite such huge allocations and disbursements, and with almost two years gone, there is no single new smart school project anywhere in Abia state, as widely reported by the government.

“Furthermore, our fact-finding visits to many public schools in Abia State indicate that over 95 percent of them remain in a state of severe neglect—with dilapidated buildings, unfenced compounds, and an absence of learning and teaching equipment.

“These troubling realities stand in stark contrast to the said expenditure recorded in the State Government Budget Performance Report, which is different from other financial inflows recorded under the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and various Federal Intervention Programmes.”

While calling on all anti-graft agencies and groups, civil society organisations and leaders of thought to demand accountability from Alex Otti’s administration, the group said, “Already, we have written official letters to the above bodies and other international organisations that specialise in basic education, demanding urgent intervention to rescue the state from any attempt by Mr Alex Otti to use education as a conduit pipe for misappropriation of public funds.

“In the interest of Abia State, Abia children and generations yet unborn, we have dragged the state government, under the Alex Otti-led administration, to all relevant anti-corruption agencies, locally and internationally.

“We have also written to the National Assembly, UNESCO, the World Bank, the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Ministry of Education, and indeed watchdogs like Transparency International, Amnesty International and others for urgent intervention and sanctions where necessary.

“It is our hope that you will join us in our tireless work in promoting transparency and fighting corruption by lending your voice, platform and influence to ensure that justice is served and accountability is enforced in the governance of Abia State.”

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Benue: Teenager dies from snake bite in IDP camp

A teenager simply identified as Chagu Terhemen, who was taking refuge with his parents at the Agagbe Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, has died of snake bite. The deceased, who was displaced from his village, Tse Abian in Sengev Council Ward of Gwer West LGA, was
Benue: Teenager dies from snake bite in IDP camp

A teenager simply identified as Chagu Terhemen, who was taking refuge with his parents at the Agagbe Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, has died of snake bite.

The deceased, who was displaced from his village, Tse Abian in Sengev Council Ward of Gwer West LGA, was said to be going to the farm last Friday with his father, Kyomke Mbapupuu, in Gaambe Ushin Council Ward when he suffered the attack.

Raising an alarm over the situation, a fellow IDP, Terna Ibaah, said that the boy’s parents had resorted to traditional treatment but there was no improvement in his condition which deteriorated Sunday afternoon.

“We are afraid of losing the boy; that is why we are raising the alarm because medical personnel only visit the camps between Monday and Thursday,” he said.

Reacting, the Information Officer of Benue State Emergency Management Agency, BSEMA, Tema Ager, revealed that the agency had a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH, Makurdi where the victim could be taken for treatment.

He said, “If the victim is a registered IDP, he should be allowed to be taken for treatment at BSUTH. Benue SEMA has an MOU with the hospital where he can be taken for treatment immediately.

He told journalists that the victim was evacuated to the BSUTH on the orders of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management/State Emergency Management Agency, James Iorpuu on Monday, for treatment.

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2027: Jonathan legally eligible to run for president – Senior lawyer, Ubani

A legal luminary, Monday Ubani, SAN, says former President Goodluck Jonathan has the legal right to run for the 2027 presidential election under the provisions of the 1999 constitution. ​ Ubani made this known on Tuesday, while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television. Ubani stated that his position was based strictly on
2027: Jonathan legally eligible to run for president – Senior lawyer, Ubani

A legal luminary, Monday Ubani, SAN, says former President Goodluck Jonathan has the legal right to run for the 2027 presidential election under the provisions of the 1999 constitution.
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Ubani made this known on Tuesday, while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television.

Ubani stated that his position was based strictly on constitutional interpretation and judicial pronouncements and not on political preferences.

He said, “I want to say this, that my personal opinion, the legal interpretation of the eligibility of the former president clearly is not a validation. Whatever opinion that I express is not a validation of whether I want him to run for the presidency of Nigeria 2027.”

The senior lawyer further maintained that previous court rulings had affirmed Jonathan’s eligibility, stressing that the constitution does not restrict him from contesting.

While recalling Jonathan’s emergence as president following the death of former President Musa Yar’Adua in 2010, Ubani clarified that his initial assumption of office was not through an election but by constitutional operation.

The legal luminary further noted that Jonathan’s first elected term began in 2011 and that court judgments had consistently upheld his right to seek re-election.

2027: Jonathan legally eligible to run for president – Senior lawyer, Ubani