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ICC 20th Anniversary: Buhari delivers keynote address [Full speech]
Protocols: I am honoured to be with you here today to celebrate the anniversary of this vital global institution. I say “vital” because the world needs the ICC. Let me start by congratulating you, Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, on your election as President of the International Criminal Court, and also thank the judges of the Court…
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Buhari departs Abuja for Netherlands
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday left Abuja for Netherlands to participate in activities commemorating the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and some of his aides left the presidential…
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Buhari leaves for Netherlands on Sunday, to address ICC at Hague
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart for the Netherlands to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at The Hague. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity made this known in a statement in Abuja on…
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Benue groups to drag FG before UN, ICC over incessant killings
Sequel to the incessant killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Benue State, a coalition of socio-cultural groups in the state, comprising Mdgzou U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi’Ngede, have resolved to drag the Federal Government before the United Nations. Also, a popular lawyer from the state, Prof. Agbo Madaki, has said that in addition…
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President Duterte announces withdrawal of Philippines from ICC
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philiphines on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of the country’s ratification of the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). “I therefore declare and forthwith give notice, as president of the Republic of the Philippines, that the Philippines is withdrawing its ratification of the Rome Statute effective immediately,” he said in…
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Saraki, Ekweremadu congratulate Eboe-Osuji on election as ICC President
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday congratulated Mr Chile Eboe-Osuji, a Nigerian Judge, on his election as the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC). TheNewsGuru.com reports this is the first time a Nigerian would be elected president of ICC. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu,…
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Nigerian judge, Chile Eboe-Osuji elected president of International Criminal Court
A Nigerian judge, Chile Eboe-Osuji has emerged President the International Criminal Court (ICC). Chile Eboe-Osuji, who became the first Nigerian to be elevated to the court in 2012, would serve as ICC president for the next three years. The announcement was contained in a statement posted on ICC website on Sunday. See the full statement…
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JUST IN: Burundi quits ICC over alleged bias against African countries
…becomes first country to do so Burundi has become the first country to pull out of the International Criminal Court, ICC, a spokesman for the court in the Hague told dpa on Friday. The country had launched the process of leaving the court in 2016, with the government saying the ICC was biased against African…
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Alleged Corruption: Seek ICC arrest warrant for Diezani, SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently “seek from the International Criminal Court an arrest warrant to bring Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke before the court on allegations of corruption against her, which the government should consider as crimes against humanity and serious enough for it to sanction her prosecution before…
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Court orders South Africa Govt to reverse ICC withdrawal
A South African court has ruled that the decision of the South African Government to withdraw from the International Criminal Court ICC is not only unconstitutional but irrational and procedural flawed. Judge Phinehas Mojapelo gave the ruling on Wednesday in Pretoria, the country’s administrative headquarters ordering that government should revoke it. South African government…