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'You need to tell your clients the truth - Tribunal judge tells lawyers in Jos

By Muhammad Tanko - Jos  Justice Omaka Elekwa, member 1 of the Plateau State National and House of Assembly, Election Petition Tribunal, has Friday, frowned at the attitude of some lawyers, urging them to always tell their clients the truth of what has transpired in the proceedings of the tribunal. Justice Elekwa, said while responding to one of the respondent's lawyer, soon after delivering one of the tribunal's judgement that sacked the Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, Moses Sule. "Always tell your clients the truth, tell them what really happened at the tribunal, not what they hear from others or read on the social media," he said. Justice Elekwa, who handed the microphone to the tribunal Chairman, Justice B. M. Tukur, also frowned at some comments on the decisions of the tribunal. "We have been seeing everything that is said about us. I had wanted not to talk, but since my learnered brother has talked on the issue, I will also comment. "They p...

Organ theft: 75-year-old, Ibrahim Ejibade, wants Noah Kekere prosecuted, demand juatice

 By Muhammad Tanko Shittu Jos Another victim of kidney theft 75-year Ibrahim O. Ejibade, is demanding for justice against Noah Kekere, proprietor of Murna Clinic and Maternity in Jos. The victim who first spoke through one of his children, Muhammad Sani Ibrahim, said their father became healthily unstable after he was surgeon of heynia by Noah Kekere (Yellow), some years back, and on 28/3/2023, they took him to Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), and result of scanning shows that one of his kidney had been removed. "Our father was operated of heynia, by Yellow (Noah Kekere), and since then his health status was not stable. We decided to take him to Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), in March and they result, herewith me, showed that his left kidney was surgically removed," he said. He added that they concealed the result away from their father, untill recently when they hard the story of Mrs. Kehinde Kamal, that Yellow had removed her kidney, they went to do anothe...

N500m palliative: Come clean, JNI Youth urge Gov. Caleb Mutfwang

By Fatima Muhammad - Jos The Plateau State, Youth wing of Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) said it was appalled by the response of the State Commissioner for Information to the protest against the list of 500 to be beneficiaries of Sen Remi Tinubu's, N500 million palliative to the victims of crises in the State. They also urge Governor Caleb Mutfwang, to come clean in the allege shortchange of Muslims in the palliative list saga. This was contained in a statement issued by, Bashir Mustapha, chairman; and Abubakar Zaki, Secretary respectively, made available to FactNews in Jos. "We are appalled by the irresponsible response by the Plateau State Commissioner for Information to the letter written to His Excellency the Plateau State Governor by our parent body, the JNI Plateau State Chapter which was carried by some media houses, Including the Daily Trust newspaper,' they said. The statement quoted the Commissioner sayin, "saying the selection of the beneficiaries was not ...