Nigeria witnesses worse corruption under Buhari govt –Pat Utomi says

Former Chief Operating Officer and Acting Managing Director of former Volkswagen Nigeria Limited and Professor of political economics, Pat Utomi, has noted that corruption is worse in this present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari than it was ten years ago. According to him, the change promised by President Buhari-led government has not worked at all. […]

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Activist Deji Adeyanju discloses those behind the thugs that attacked him

Rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has accused the State Security Services (SSS), of being behind the attack he suffered in the hands of thugs last week during a protest in Abuja, Nigeria. Recall that Adeyanju was beaten blue black by some thugs during a protest at the premises of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). They […]

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Gov Abdulrazaq wants to erase my father’s legacy in Kwara –Bukola Saraki

Immediate past president of Nigerian Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has declared that the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase the legacies of his (Saraki’s) late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki He, however said, “No evil design, negative plot or propaganda can successfully rewrite the […]

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Debt can lead Nigeria into bankruptcy -Obasanjo

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria risks impending bankruptcy over the continuous accumulation of debt by the government. Obasanjo said things might get worse economically as Nigeria, as well as other African countries, kept piling up debts, saying he was worried for the future generations who would have to pay such loans. […]

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Why Shiite leader, El-Zakzaky, wife, are not released -Malami

Attorney General of the Federation of Nigeria, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, has stated that the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, was not released along with the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, and a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, because the Federal Government cannot interfere in a case already […]

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16 monarchs upgraded in Ekiti, 5 communities granted autonomy

Kayode Fayemi’s Ekiti State Government has approved the recommended promotion of sixteen traditional rulers while five communities were newly granted autonomy. The decision was taken by the state Executive Council at its meeting held on Thursday, 19th December 2019, as a result of the consideration of the White Paper released by the Justice J.K.B. Aladejana […]

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Sambo Dasuki reunites with his family after 4 years in DSS custody (Photos)

Former Nigerian National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), finally reunited with his family after four years in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Col. Dasuki was first arrested on December 1, 2015, by DSS and arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement […]

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Omoyele Sowore released from SSS custody (Photos)

Publisher of Sahara Reporters and the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Mr. Omoyele Sowore has been released from the State Security Service (SSS) detention. The Federal government of Nigeria, Tuesday afternoon, ordered the SSS to release him and Col. Sambo Dasuki from its custody. Sowore has been in SSS custody since August 3 this year while […]

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Bishop Kukah accuses Buhari of nepotism

Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria, Rev Fr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has accused the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari of nepotism. Bishop Kukah made the accusation against the president on Tuesday during a press conference at Saint Bakhitha Catholic Secretariat in Sokoto. The fiery critic and cleric explained that the behaviour and attitudes of […]

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Nigerian govt orders DSS to release Dasuki, Sowore

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, says he has directed the Department of State Security Services (DSS) to release the immediate-past National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, and ‘RevolutionNow’ protest convener, Mr. Omoyele Sowore from custody. As of the time of filing this report on Tuesday, final […]

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Jonathan’s Otuoke country home attacked by gunmen

Reports coming in say that, in the early hours of Tuesday, gunmen have attacked the Otuoke country home of former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. It could not be immediately confirmed whether Jonathan or any member of his family was hurt in the armed invasion. But an account […]

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Buhari responds to Falana’s statement on third term agenda

Nigerian president, Muhammdu Buhari has responded to a statement by Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana SAN alleging that there was a third term agenda for President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement made available to newsmen, the presidential aide on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, described Falana’s revelation as false. Shehu wrote: “The popularly acclaimed human rights […]

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Nigeria’s House of Reps member arrested, detained by police in Lagos

A member of Nigeria’s House of Representative and the owner of a popular club, Quilox, Mr. Shina Peller, has been arrested and detained by the police in Lagos, Nigeria. Peller, who represents Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency at that National Assembly, was arrested while allegedly trying to bail some clubbers from the police station on Monday, December […]

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Fashion model, activist and cancer survivor, Mama Cax dies, aged 30 (Photos)

American-Haitian fashion model and activist, Mama Cax has died at the age of 30. The cancer survivor and amputee passed away on Monday after being rushed to the hospital a week after she was diagnosed with blood clots. Mama, whose real name was Cacsmy Brutus had flown into London from New York for a photoshoot […]

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Judge recuses himself from Sowore’s suit

The judge sitting at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, on Monday, withdrew from the fundamental rights enforcement suit instituted by the ‘RevolutionNow’ protests convener, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, seeking an order for his release from custody of the Department of State Service. Besides the charge before Justice Ojukwu in which bail had […]

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A veteran actor passes away in Nigeria (Photo)

Veteran Nollywood actor, Mr. Samuel Alabi Oludayo Akinpelu a.k.a Alabi Yellow has passed away. He died at the age of 62. Before his death, Alabi Yellow suffered a stroke after his wife’s death and was moved to his hometown Ikorodu to live with his mother. The late actor whose last known movie was Kunle Afolayan’s Mokalik, is from […]

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How soldier assaults boy for wearing camouflage trouser in Nigeria (Video)

A Nigerian soldier was caught on camera yesterday, Saturday, December 21, assaulting a boy at Rowe park in Yaba, Lagos state, Nigeria. According to eyewitnesses, the boy’s offence was that he was wearing a camouflage trouser which many military officers frown at. Watch the video showing the soldier assaulting the boy below: View this post […]

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