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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J There was a “David and Goliath” type court battle last week before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights when Cape Verde and Zambia confronted Nigeria and Uganda over a corruption case instituted by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) before the court.   SERAP had in the suit No. 001/2013 sought an advisory opinion from the African court to decide whether or not “the growing poverty, under-development and grand corruption in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa amount to violations of the human rights guaranteed under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and if so, whether the citizens of these countries are entitled to bring cases to seek justice before the court.” SERAP had argued that, “H uman rights should not be the preserve of the rich and wealthy, and that human rights contained in the African Charter are not indifferent to the plight of those who live in poverty. P overty is not just an economic or...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J There was a “David and Goliath” type court battle last week before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights when Cape Verde and Zambia confronted Nigeria and Uganda over a corruption case instituted by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) before the court.   SERAP had in the suit No. 001/2013 sought an advisory opinion from the African court to decide whether or not “the growing poverty, under-development and grand corruption in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa amount to violations of the human rights guaranteed under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and if so, whether the citizens of these countries are entitled to bring cases to seek justice before the court.” SERAP had argued that, “H uman rights should not be the preserve of the rich and wealthy, and that human rights contained in the African Charter are not indifferent to the plight of those who live in poverty. P overty is not just an economic or...

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http://ift.tt/2s636Ga A police officer checks the identity of a resident against a chart with images of "local terrorists" at a checkpoint at the entrance to Iligan City on the southern island of of Mindanao on May 29, 2017, after local authorities locked down the city due to a terror threat. Initial fighting between troops and Islamist militants prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law on May 23 across the southern third of the Philippines to quell what he said was a fast-growing threat from terrorists linked to the Islamic State (IS) group. / AFP PHOTO / Ted ALJIBE Security forces traded heavy gunfire with Islamist militants inside a southern Philippine city Monday, as fears grew for up to 2,000 people unable to escape a week of fighting that has left women and children among the dead. President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law across the southern third of the Philippines shortly after the fighting erupted, warning the gunmen were involved in an eff...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emem Idio Y ENAGOA— A 25-year-old man, identified as ThankGod Owei, has been arrested by men from Akenfa Police Station, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, for stealing two bundles of Vanguard newspapers meant for circulation, yesterday, at the Mbiama Junction. He took the papers to a vendor at the popular Tombia Roundabout. But the vendor, suspecting foul play, haggled over price with him while contacting Vanguard ’s sales representative in Bayelsa State, Mr. Duke Oyintobara, who arrived the scene disclosed. The then suspect began to beg for mercy before he was taken to Akenfa Police Station. Narrating how he carried out the act, the suspect, Mr. Owei, said he normally leaves his village in Biseni, located on the outskirts of the state capital, every morning to look for menial jobs in the city. His words: “This morning (yesterday), I boarded a taxi with one young man carrying two parcels. “When he dropped with the parcels and went into a street, I took...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Eight persons were feared dead following an attack by suspected herdsmen, on two villages in Logo Local Government Area of Benue state, a Police statement said. The Spokesman of the Police Command in Benue, ASP Moses Yamu, confirmed the attacks in a statement on Monday in Makurdi. Yamu said the attacks on Akaa and Tse-Orlalu villages in Mbamar, Ugondo communities, were perpetrated by suspected herdsmen late on Sunday. He said that the police had yet to establish the motive for the attack and that adequate personnel had been drafted to the villages to restore normalcy. He said the attackers invaded the villages, killed eight people and injured many others. Meanwhile, an eye-witness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the herdsmen came in from Taraba State through Abaji and Mbamar in Ugondo community, “They started first by attacking Akaa village before advancing to neighbouring Orlalu.’’ The eye-witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dayo Johnson Akure—A 14-year-old housemaid attempted to poison her 63-year-old master, Nasiru Akinlosotu, by mixing rat poison in a meal of beans, because he scolded her over an incident. The suspect, a primary four pupil in a public school in Ondo town, has been arrested by the state Police Command. Vanguard gathered that the victim, who resides at Adetomowo Street in the town, escaped eating the poisoned meal by sheer luck. His wife, Sikirat, was said to have told the suspect, who had stayed with the couple for two years, to prepare the meal and serve her husband before she returns from her shop. The suspect, police source said, prepared the food for three, but mixed a powdered rat poison in the victim’s dish. The police source added that the victim discovered that the smell from the beans was unusual and after questioning the suspect, he raised alarm and the maid confessed in the presence of their neighbours. ‘How I survived’ Narrating how he escaped...

http://ift.tt/2pq6lX7 Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari (C) sitting among the 82 rescued Chibok girls during a reception ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on May 7, 2017. PHOTO: TWITTER/BASHIR AHMAD A faction of Nigeria’s main opposition People’s Democratic Party led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi Sunday criticised the prisoner swap deal that led to the release of another 82 Chibok girls on Saturday. The Nigerian government said in a statement that it exchanged Boko Haram suspects being held for the girls but did not reveal their identities nor the number of the suspects freed. AFP, however, reported that three senior members of the terror group, all of whom were Chad nationals were released. Though it described the release of the 82 girls “as a welcome development,” the PDP under whose government about 276 Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok students were kidnapped from their hostel on April 14, 2014, said it was concerned about the “unusual price” paid to “sec...