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Edo Communities Drag Company To Court, Allege Trespass, Demand N150,000.000

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Uhie community and Evbuekpen community in Oredo Local Government Area and Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State have instituted a suit against the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN) at the Edo State High Court alleging that the 60 years old institute has been working on their lands without their consent.

The communities is therefore demanding for a cumulative compensation of N150,000,000 for general damages.

The Suite marked: B/806/2021 and filed by Olayiwola Afolabi Chambers has Pa Alfred Imafidon (community eldest man), Williams Edos Ekhaguere, Madam Iroghama Onaghise and Madam Elizabeth Ehibor, all from Uhie community has claimants, while RRIN and its Executive Director are defendants in the Suit.

In the land measuring 238.098 hectares, which the claimants claimed belong to them, the claimants argued that the defendants were not entitled to enter the place (land), adding that the company did not obtain the consent of the community who are the owners of the land, just as they described the defendants as encroachers and trespassers.

The claimants prayed the court to order their vacation and an order restraining “their defendants and/or privies from trespassing and/or further trespassing into the said land.”

Similarly, in the second suit marked: B/460/21 and also being handled by Olayiwola Afolabi Chambers, the claimants on behalf of Evbuekpen community against RRIN, also want the court to declare the RRIN are “not entitled to enter upon or carry out any activities in the land described herein as their present entry and activities thereupon amount to trespass.

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“An order of perpetual restraining the defendants, their agents or privies from selling, alienating transferring or dealing with the said land in a manner inconsistent with the right of the claimant.”

Recalled that RRIN had in January 2021 written to Uhie community alleging encroachment into its land but a reply letter by Afolabi to the institute on behalf of the community said their forefathers gave the institute “a vast land for the purpose of rubber research” alleging that in 1985, the institute extended its gate that affected the community’s shrine and other traditional grounds without due process.

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Man, 38 Escapes Assassination Attempt In Benin

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Innocent Omoruyi

By Omokha Andrew

A 38-year-old activist, Innocent Omoruyi, narrowly escaped assassination in the early hours of Wednesday, July 19, 2023 as his residence at Obe Community,Sapele Road in Benin city was attacked by yet to be identified gun men.

The attack which eye witnesses say was viciously executed on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 bore the markings of a dreaded cult group terrorizing Benin City, the state capital.

The Obe, Sapale Road incident, it was learnt, happened soon after Omoruyi left the house to attend to matters of interest some few metres away from his home.

The assailants were said to have shot sporadically in their frustration as residents scampered for safety.

However, Omoruyi escaped unharmed.

One of the eye witnesses who craved anonymity said: “The felons apparently went for the kill, weilding guns and other dangerous weapons. “We are shocked that they didn’t see Innocent Omoruyi who was just some few metres away from home when they arrived”.

“How that happened, only God knows and it was obvious that it wasn’t his time to die yet and just before that not long ago his business place on Lagos Street, Benin City was burnt down in the middle of the night by unknown arsonists.

“This sequence of events is not ordinary. We know it’s politically motivated due to the role he played in the last general elections. He has been advised to go into hiding at the moment for his personal safety”, he concluded.

When contacted, the police Public Relations Officer Chidi Nwabuzor said he was yet to get any information as regards the latest incident. He promised to feed our correspondent with relevant details as soon as they become handy.

Our information source however revealed that the matter has already been incidented at the Love World Police station on Sapele Road, Benin city.

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Nigeria To Earn Over $4bn Revenue As FEC Okays Concession Of Abuja, Kano Airports

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Nigeria will earn over $4 billion in nominal revenue as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday okayed the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, to the Corporacion American Airport Consortium, a Luxembourg-based company.

James Odaudu, the Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the Minister of Aviation, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

According to him, the Council also approved that the Federal Ministry of Aviation would be renamed the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace.

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The statement noted that the company would make combined upfront payments of $8.5 million for the concession of NAIA and MAKIA.

He added that the development would spur evidential growth within the Nigerian aviation industry.

In alignment with the Aviation Roadmap, approved by Mr President on 18th October 2016, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace is delighted to inform all stakeholders, both local and international, and the media, that the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano has been approved by the Federal Executive Council,” the statement said.

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In December 2022 and January 2023, Corporacion American Airport Consortium was announced as the preferred bidder for the airport’s concession after scaling through a series of evaluations of technical and financial bids.

Nominal revenues mean income not adjusted for inflation and decreasing purchasing power.

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Russia Expelled From Council Of Europe Amid War With Ukraine

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The Council of Europe says it has expelled Russia with immediate effect after 26 years of membership because of the Ukraine war.

The Committee of Ministers took the decision in a special session, the rights body announced in the French city of Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Earlier, Russia had already declared its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after it had taken steps to exclude it.

On Tuesday evening, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted unanimously in favour of Russia’s exclusion.

Russia joined the Council of Europe on Feb. 28, 1996.

Together with the formal notification of the withdrawal, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe also received information from the Russian Federation on Tuesday about its intention to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the leaders of the Council of Europe once again condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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They expressed their solidarity with the Russian people, who continue to belong to the European family and share its values.

The body said it would continue to stand by Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor.

The Council of Europe monitors the observance of human rights in its 46 member states and is not part of the European Union.

The body reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago by suspending Russia’s membership, this decision was considered historic.

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