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Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has ordered the temporary forfeiture of two houses in Ilorin, Kwara State belonging to former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to the Federal government According to the EFCC which dragged Saraki before the court. the properties located at Plots 10 and 11 Abdulkadir Road, GRA […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s former Chief of Defense Staff, Gen. Alexander Ogomudia (rtd.) has spoken about recent negative developments in the country, saying they were indications that the country was overdue for restructuring and in urgent need of a new way of governance. Ogomudia feared for the future of the country and its present security situation, saying, “a […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Police command has arrested five police officers for reportedly killing 27-year-old Maliki Mohammed and injuring two others at a night club in Oshodi, Lagos. The arrested police officers who were linked to the shooting which occurred at Crest Inn Club on Friday night were identified as Inspector Orubu Olusola; Inspector Apalowo Ola; Inspector Kasai Sule; Sergeant Momoh Ogwuche and […]
Continue ReadingNothing less than five inmates have been feared electrocuted to death in the Ikoyi prisons, Lagos Nigeria. Reports coming in, according to Punch, say that the incident happened on Monday morning. Many other inmates at the prison facility are said to be battling for their lives in a hospital. Details coming …..
Continue ReadingA police officer was sentenced to death on Sunday by an Iraqi court after convicting him of killing demonstrators, in the first such sentence in two months of deadly civil unrest. The Kut criminal court sentenced the police major to be hanged and jailed a police lieutenant colonel for seven years for their roles in […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian family facing deportation in Canada has called on the Canadian government to provide any assistance possible to avoid returning to Nigeria. The family feared that its two young girls — with another on the way — will be subjected to female genital mutilation in Nigeria. Rasheedat Bakare, her husband Afeez, son Faaiq and […]
Continue ReadingA young veterinarian whose charred remains were found on Thursday near Shadnagar town was reportedly raped and murdered by some persons who offered to help fix the tires of her scooty when she became stranded. 22-year-old Priyanka Reddy is suspected to have been killed near Tondupally toll plaza of Outer Ring Road at Shamshabad on the outskirts […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Friday said Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State cannot stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from investigating him. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Justice Binta Nyako stated this while delivering judgment, in a suit no: FHC/ABJ/CS/60/09 filed by El-Rufai. The governor was seeking […]
Continue ReadingNollywood actress, Iyabo Osadare, has passed away. The thespian who is prominent in the Yoruba movie genre, died on Wednesday November 27 after a protracted battle with breast cancer. May her gentle soul rest in peace, amen.
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has stated that the National Assembly could not prescribe the death penalty for treasury looters because it would be self-indicting, noting that it was not surprising that the lawmakers chose to save their own necks. The group’s spokesman, Mr Yinka Odumakin, said most lawmakers would not be alive if the death […]
Continue ReadingComrade Shehu Sani, former Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt in the 8th Senate, yesterday gave the reasons why the 8th Senate turned down the federal government loan request for $30 billion, stating it was to save Nigeria from sinking into the dark gully of a perpetual debt trap. President Muhammadu Buhari had […]
Continue ReadingThe National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), has voided the dismissal of Prof. Adeyemi Oluwagbemiga of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), by the management of the university. In the judgment in suit number NICN/AK/64/2018 between the claimant and Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), copy of which was made available to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his country home of Daura, Katsina State, where he is on a four-day official visit. The President had attended the Fifth Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Friday; and had flown straight from there to Katsina State, en route Daura. Buhari was received, […]
Continue ReadingPolice constable, Austin Luciano Reynolds, has been found guilty of murder by a South African court for the killing of a Nigerian man, Ebuka Emmanuel Okoli. The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) President, Adetola Olubajo, in a statement on Saturday, said the accused was found guilty on one charge of murder and three charges of […]
Continue ReadingMonths after being named the oldest living person in the United States, New York resident Alelia Murphy has died at the age of 114. Murphy’s death was announced Wednesday by United Healthcare Workers East — a union organization which attended the supercentenarian’s birthday celebration July 6. “It is with great sadness that we share news of […]
Continue ReadingThe main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has, in a statement released by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, called on the Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to resign. PDP accused INEC and its leadership of canceling results where elections are peaceful and allegedly allocating fabricated results to its favored political […]
Continue ReadingIn a letter addressed to President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, re-sent the $29.96bn 2016-2018 external borrowing plan to the Senate for its consideration and approval. The letter reads: “Request for the National Assembly to reconsider and approve the Federal Government’s 2016 and 2018 External Borrowing Plan. “Pursuant to section 21 […]
Continue ReadingRenowned economist and public intellectual, Dr. Henry Olajide Boyo, has passed away. He died in London on Monday, November 18. He was aged 72. Dr. Boyo was the Managing Director of Cocosheen Nigeria Limited, Lagos. He wrote extensively on the Nigerian economy in his syndicated columns which appear in several national newspapers, like Daily Independent, Punch, Vanguard, etc. […]
Continue ReadingNew Jersey’s Senator Robert Menedez and Josh Gotheimer, a member of congress have written the Nigerian government over reports of the country’s security services assaulting and detaining journalists, using excessive force on non-violent protesters and taking other actions that inhibit freedom of expression. In the letter dated November 25 and addressed to Sylvanus Nsofor who is Nigeria’s […]
Continue ReadingCivil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has commended Zamfara House of Assembly in Nigeria for abolishing ‘despicable’ life pension law in the state. The body, in a statement made on Wednesday by its Executive Director, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, encouraged other states with similar laws in the country to also scrap such benefit. Rafsanjani said: “We […]
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