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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke.

Adoke was arrested by the anti-graft agency after he was repatriated into the country by the Interpol following his arrest and detention in Dubai, United Arab Emirate. 

Adoke would be charged to court and made to answer the allegations against him, said the EFCC in a statement.

The statement added, "Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has arrived Nigeria from Dubai.

"Officers of the EFCC were on ground at the airport when he arrived. 

"The ex-AGF will surely have his days in court."

Adoke had travelled from Ghana where he had been using as Hideout to Dubai to oversee businesses and contacts when he was arrested by the Interpol in November. 

 

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke.

Adoke was arrested by the anti-graft agency after he was repatriated into the country by the Interpol following his arrest and detention in Dubai, United Arab Emirate. 

Adoke would be charged to court and made to answer the allegations against him, said the EFCC in a statement.

The statement added, "Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has arrived Nigeria from Dubai.

"Officers of the EFCC were on ground at the airport when he arrived. 

"The ex-AGF will surely have his days in court."

Adoke had travelled from Ghana where he had been using as Hideout to Dubai to oversee businesses and contacts when he was arrested by the Interpol in November. 

 

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Joseph Nwobike

 

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Thursday dismissed an appeal by a former Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joseph Nwobike.

Nwobike had approached the appellate court in a suit challenging his conviction by the Lagos State High Court, according to a PUNCH report.

Nwobike was convicted in April 2018 of attempting to pervert the course of justice by inducing court registrars to ensure that his cases were assigned to his preferred judges so he could obtain favourable judgments.

Justice Raliat Adebiyi convicted the lawyer on 12 counts and sentenced him to one-month imprisonment.

Nwobike was later stripped of his SAN rank by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee following his conviction for corruption.

Displeased with the lower court’s verdict, the senior he proceeded to appeal the matter.

However, the Court of Appeal, in its judgment on Thursday (today), dismissed Nwobike’s appeal, holding that it lacked merit.

The appellate court affirmed his conviction on counts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 and 17.

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Abubakar Malami

 

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said he cannot comment on the plans of the Nigerian Government on the case of Mohammed Adoke, a former AGF under President Goodluck Jonathan.

Malami said this while taking questions from journalists in Abuja on Thursday. 

Adoke was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission upon arriving Nigeria on Thursday.

Malami said, "I think there are multiple judicial cases pending before the judiciary and against the background of subsisting principle of the law, I wouldn’t want to comment one way or the other in that respect or direction because I cannot be talking in preemptive sense or preempting the judicial position as it relates to the matter."

 

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Abubakar Malami

 

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said he cannot comment on the plans of the Nigerian Government on the case of Mohammed Adoke, a former AGF under President Goodluck Jonathan.

Malami said this while taking questions from journalists in Abuja on Thursday. 

Adoke was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission upon arriving Nigeria on Thursday.

Malami said, "I think there are multiple judicial cases pending before the judiciary and against the background of subsisting principle of the law, I wouldn’t want to comment one way or the other in that respect or direction because I cannot be talking in preemptive sense or preempting the judicial position as it relates to the matter."

 

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The World Health Organisation in its latest report on drugs, has said that the number of males using tobacco globally has reduced.

The findings, published today in a new WHO report, demonstrate how government-led action can protect communities from tobacco, save lives and prevent people from suffering tobacco-related harm.

During nearly the past two decades, overall global tobacco use has fallen from 1.397 billion in 2000 to 1.337 billion in 2018, or by approximately 60 million people, according to the WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025 third edition.

The new report shows that the number of male tobacco users had stopped growing and is projected to decline by more than 1 million fewer male users come  2020 (or 1.091 billion) compared to 2018 levels, and 5 million less by 2025 (1.087 billion).

“Declines in tobacco use amongst males mark a turning point in the fight against tobacco,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “For many years now we had witnessed a steady rise in the number of males using deadly tobacco products. But now, for the first time, we are seeing a decline in male use, driven by governments being tougher on the tobacco industry. WHO will continue working closely with countries to maintain this downward trend.”

By 2020, WHO projects there will be 10 million fewer tobacco users, male and female, compared to 2018, and another 27 million less by 2025, amounting to 1.299 billion. Some 60 per cent of countries have been experiencing a decline in tobacco use since 2010.

 

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Alfa Babatunde

Barely 24 hours after his church, Sotitobire Miracle Centre in Akure, Ondo State, was set ablaze by an angry mob over claims that the corpse of a one-year-old boy, Eniola Kolawole, who went missing on November 10 during a service at the place had been dug out from a section of the auditorium, Pastor Alfa Babatunde has dragged the Department of State Services to a Federal High Court sitting in Akure, over his arrest and continued detention by the secret police. 

Babatunde in the suit filed by his counsel, Akinyemi Omoware, said his continued detention by the DSS without being charged to court was an abuse and violation of his fundamental human rights.

He noted that he had been arrested for over eight days and had remained in leg chains in DSS custody without food. 

Joined in the suit filed are the Director-General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, Emmanuel Anaobi, Isaac Babalola and Remi Oluwalogbon.

The applicant prayed the court to restrain the five respondents and their agents, servants, subordinates or any person(s) taking instructions from them from engaging in any further act of arrest, detention and violation of his right to liberty and or dignity of human person. 

Pastor Babatunde is also asking for N100m for the violation of his fundamental human rights.

No date has been fixed for hearing of the suit. 
 

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