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Aug 31, 2020
Coalition Tells President Buhari To Order Malami To Release Melaye’s Case File, Threatens Legal Action Against AGF
The Civil Society Network Against Corruption has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, asking him to immediately order the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to release the corruption file of ex-senator, Dino Melaye.
The group also threatened legal action against Malami if he continues to hold on to the case file of Melaye, an act said to be shielding the former senator, who represented Kogi West, against justice.
SaharaReporters had in December 2015 published how Melaye had since 2010 illegally operated bank accounts in the United States of America.
After the revelation, CSNAC, a coalition of over 150 anti-corruption organisations whose primary aim is to constructively combat corruption vigorously, wrote the Code of Conduct Bureau to investigate Melaye.
Malami, however, went secretly to obtain the case file from the bureau and had since squashed the investigation of Melaye.
After so many inquiries, the CCB finally revealed that Malami had taken over the case file of Melaye.
Following silence by the minister, CSNAC invoked the Freedom of Information Act, urging Buhari to direct Malaimi to release the case file in the next seven days.
“As President of the country, you have the responsibility to ensure equity in the campaign against corruption.
“The fight against corruption can never succeed when the claws of law are deployed in a discriminatory manner or used to score cheap political gains,” the CSNAC stated in the petition signed by the group's Legal Officer, Rebecca David.
CSNAC also threatened legal action against Malami for obstructing the cause of justice in the matter.
“Series of requests have been submitted to your office to release the file on Senator Melaye. There are serious cases of corruption levelled against him.
“The cases were to be prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
“It’s unfortunate that you ordered the transfer of the file leaving Senator Melaye with the prospect of escaping justice in the face of the weighty allegations
against him.
“There are speculations that Senator Melaye is your bossom friend and that the transfer of the file on corruption cases against him was designed to give him a soft landing.
“You have to prove these allegations false by releasing the file without further delay,” CSNAC stated.
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Rivers Government Seals Trade Union’s Secretariat, Disrupts Meeting
Chairperson of the Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Beatrice Itubo, has accused the state government of disrupting the union’s meeting on Sunday.
Beatrice said thugs led by a councilor in the state stormed the Medical and Health Union Workers Union state secretariat, disrupting the meeting and inflicting injuries on participants.
She said the thugs chased the workers out of the venue using dangerous weapons.
They also vented their anger on properties and vehicles within the vicinity, she added.
“We actually scheduled a meeting of the state executive council in line with the directive of the national secretariat that we should meet with our ULC brothers and integrate. So, two men came to us, one of them introduced himself as the councilor of Ward 7, Obiakpo, and they have a directive from above that the meeting should not hold.
“Then we saw a lot of boys, they started banging everywhere, the vehicles, and chased us away. I don’t know when our state got to this level that workers can’t meet. They have locked the secretariat they said they built for us, now this one that is our own they don’t want us to use it.
“There are several states that have issues with labour and they have been dialoging.
"Today they said they came with a mandate and I want to put it on record, should anything happen to any labour leader in the state, the government of the day should be held responsible cause they have started to unleash a lot of arsenal on us. They have decided to bring bad boys to hunt us and we are aware and we are also watching. So the people should be aware, the Federal Government should be aware, the international community should be aware that if anything happens to any labour leader in this state, the government should be held responsible,” she said.
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COVID-19: Special Needs Women Knock Government Over Exclusion From Palliatives Distribution, Demand Special Relief Program
Women with special needs in Nigeria have asked the government for a special relief program targeted towards them only.
They also berated their exclusion from the palliative distribution by the Nigerian Government during the COVID-19 lockdown in the country.
The WWDs made known their demands during an online national policy dialogue convened by BONews service in collaboration with FACICP Disability Plus.
Ms Ekaete Judith Umoh of Family Center Initiative for Challenged Persons stated that persons with disability were excluded from different palliatives distribution by the government.
She noted that the continued neglect of persons in this category by government would make the impact of the COVID-19 crisis extend for a long period.
She said, “There is need for the Ministry of Woman Affairs to review its various interventions on gender-based violence to ensure that WWDs are able to participate and benefit in the design, planning, implementation and monitoring of interventions.
“A special COVID-19 relief program for WWDs should be initiated to quickly reach those with very challenging situations. Key component of the special relief for WWDs could include—food support, mobility/assistive aids and micro/small business grants.”
Similarly, Dr Adebukola Adebayo, Disability-inclusion consultant, called on the government and stakeholders to identify and engage organisations of and for WWDs all through the design, planning, implementation and monitoring of all COVID-19 Interventions.
He said, “There is need for the management and staff of the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry to embark on extensive capacity-building towards developing new strategies for inclusion of WWDs in all humanitarian and disaster management interventions.
“There is also a need for rapid sensitisation and capacity-building for health workers to understand the peculiar issues that come with attending to WWDs and PWDs in general.”
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Pregnant Woman, Two Kids, Others Among Victims Of Ondo Accident
A yet to be identified pregnant woman was among victims of a fatal auto accident, which occurred on Saturday in Ondo State.
The accident occurred at Ikare Akoko in Akoko North Local Government Area of the state.
SaharaReporters gathered that the woman also lost two of her male children in the crash.
The family was among seven casualties involved in the accident.
Three other persons sustained injuries in the accident, which was caused by a truck conveying diesel, which rammed into some shops in the commercial area of the town, causing destruction.
Federal Road Safety Corps Head of Operation, Samuel Oyedeji, confirmed the accident. See Also 
He said, "The bodies of the victims have been deposited at General Hospital in Akure.
"Those who sustained injuries are currently receiving treatment in the hospital."
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Stories of 2020: Five Lives Caught in a Year of Upheaval and Pain
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Aug 30, 2020
Newly Promoted Assistant Inspector-General Of Police, Yusuf, Is Dead
A serving Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the newly created Zone 14 comprising of Katsina and Kaduna State, Rabiu Yusuf, is dead.
Yusuf died on Saturday after a brief illness at an Abuja hospital, according to katsinapost.com.ng.
He served as Commissioner of Police in Kano State before he was promoted to Assistant Inspector-General of Police in 2020.
“Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Rabi'u Yusuf, in charge of newly established Zone 14 headquarters in Katsina is dead.
"May Jannatul Firdausi be his final resting place. Amin,” a police source told SaharaReporters.
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