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2027: Wike insists on Southern presidential ticket, commissions ICC renovated by Tinubu

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Wike commissions ICC

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has reaffirmed his stance that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, issuing a direct challenge to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s long-standing presidential ambitions. Wike’s declaration comes amid heightened political maneuvering within the PDP, and coincides with a high-profile infrastructure achievement under his leadership in Abuja. Recall that Wike, speaking during a media chat on May 12, had warned that the PDP cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the 2023 election, when the party declined…

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AGF urges ICC to stop Nigerian militarys probe

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AGF urges ICC

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has asked the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, to stop the prolonged investigation of the Nigerian military. The AGF stated the countrys position in a statement on Monday, made available to the media in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Communication and Publicity, Office of the AGF and Minister of Justice, Kamarudeen Ogundele. According to the statement, the AGF in his remarks at the 23rd session…

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ICC warrants binding; EU cannot pick and choose – EU’s foreign policy chief

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EU's foreign policy chief

European governments cannot pick and choose whether to execute arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against two Israeli leaders and a Hamas commander, the EU’s foreign policy chief said, on Saturday. Recall that the ICC issued the warrants on Thursday against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged crimes against humanity. All EU member States are signatories to the ICC’s founding treaty, called the Rome Statute. Several EU States have said they will meet their commitments…

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Crime against civilians: Army urges ICC, Amnesty, others to take action against IPOB

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The Nigerian Army has requested Amnesty International (AI) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take immediate action and hold the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its sponsor, Simon Ekpa, accountable for crime against civilians in the South-East region. The Army, which made the call in a statement by its spokesman, Maj-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, yesterday, while reacting to a viral video that showed IPOB members torturing an ex-soldier of the Nigerian Army, said the international community must condemn the mistreatment in the strongest terms of an unarmed and…

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Criminal Negligence: Northern Peoples Group drags Buhari Tinubu to ICC

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Aminu Imam A voluntary organisation that promotes peace and development in northern Nigeria, the Northern Peoples Group,, Northern Peoples Group says it intends to file a formal communication with the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague against former President Muhammadu Buhari. According to a press statement it issued on Sunday, the group disclosed that it plans to request the ICC to look into the atrocities perpetrated by the former President and his Service Chiefs against the Northern Nigerian peoples, pursuant to Article…

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International Court orders Russia to immediately halt its military operations in Ukraine

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By a vote of 13 to two, with Russia and China dissenting, the International Court of Justice, (ICJ), yesterday ruled that Russia shall immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on 24 February. The courts ruling the first such verdict handed down by the world court since the Russian invasion began is in response to a suit filed by Ukraine on 27 February, accusing Russia of manipulating the concept of genocide to justify its military aggression. Although the rulings of the ICJ are binding, it has no…

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Shiites drag FG, Army before ICC over alleged killing of its 50 members in Abuja

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The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites, has threatened to drag the Federal Government and the Nigerian Army before the International Criminal Court, (ICC), for the alleged killing of 50 of its members in Abuja in 2018. The IMN, in a statement issued and signed by Abdullahi Musa on behalf of the Academic Forum of the Islamic movement, said they had compiled the details of the killings and had petitioned human rights organisations and also in the move to file the case at the ICC. We would…

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ICC Prosecutor to probe abduction of school children in Northern States

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Karim A. Khan, has expressed its readiness to investigate kidnappings in northern Nigeria, closure of schools, and the persistent failure of the federal and State authorities to end such. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), made this announcement yesterday. Recall that SERAP had in a petition in September urged Khan to push for the trial of those suspected to be responsible and complicit in the crimes. The rights group said the severe and lifelong harms that result from depriving children of the right…

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Just In: ICC to probe kidnapping of students in Nigeria

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Karim A. Khan, is seeking the authorisation to investigate the abduction of students in Nigerias northern region, closure of schools, and the persistent failure of the federal and State authorities to end the abduction. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), made this announcement on Sunday. SERAP had, in a petition in September, urged Khan to push for the trial of those suspected to be responsible and complicit in the crimes. The rights group said the severe and lifelong harms that result from depriving…

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“Declare Zamfara, other students abduction a crime against humanity” – SERAP urges ICC

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has petitioned the International Criminal Court, (ICC), of the need to investigate the growing cases of abduction of students in several parts of Northern Nigeria, particularly the recent abduction in Zamfara State. SERAP also urged it to investigate the closure of schools, and the persistent failure of Nigerian authorities at both the Federal and State levels to end the abduction considered as crimes against humanity within the jurisdiction of the ICC. In the petition dated September 4, 2021, addressed to the Queen’s Counsel…

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