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A member of Nigerian House of Representatives from Benue State, Hon. Mark Terseer Gbillah, yesterday alleged that the Senate made 20 illegal insertions in the 2021 Electoral Act under consideration in the National Assembly. He alleged that the insertions were part of a larger scheme to rig the 2023 general election. The Benue lawmaker said […]
Continue Reading“We have been tuned to think it is constitutions (laws) that develop a society. Constitutions can NEVER take the place of visionary, competent and patriotic leadership”. “If rapid political progress is to be made in Nigeria, it is high time we were realistic in tackling its constitutional problems” –Simon Kolawole quoting Awolowo approvingly “In my […]
Continue ReadingFour herdsmen held in custody at the Jos Maximum Prison in Plateau state have escaped. The fleeing inmates escaped in the early hours of Thursday July 8. The escapees were arraigned before a Barkin Ladi Court sometime last year. However, some herdsmen stormed the court and overpowered correctional warders helping five of the assailants escape. Four of […]
Continue ReadingThe Kenyan woman police officer declared wanted some days ago by detectives over the killing of a lover-police officer is suspected to have killed another man. This platform earlier on reported that Corporal Carolyne Kangogo, 34, is on the run after allegedly killing Constable John Ogweno, whom she was in a relationship with. Mr Ogweno, […]
Continue ReadingLast week, the three incidents which caught most of Nigeria’s attention, were the arrest of fugitive from justice, Nnamdi Kanu, and his repatriation to Nigeria to come and continue his trial (and possibly face additional charges); the raid/excessive attack on Yoruba secessionist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho’s residence in Ibadan, and the passing of the […]
Continue ReadingFuneral rites of popular tele evangelist, founder and General Overseer of The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), late Prophet T.B Joshua, continued on Thursday morning July 8 with his body laid-in-state in his church in Lagos, Nigeria. His wife, children, family members as well as church members took turns to pay their respect to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress, Abiola Adebayo took a trip down memory lane after her convocation at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). She revealed that she went from being a street hawker to a secondary school dropout before finally acquiring her university degrees. Abiola added that combining schooling with her work as an actress was very challenging […]
Continue ReadingImo State House of Assembly descended into chaos on Thursday after the Speaker of the House, Paul Emeziem, announced the suspension of six members for alleged ‘unparliamentary conduct.’ It was learnt that the Speaker of the Assembly, Paul Emeziem, alongside some members of the House narrowly escaped being shot by some unknown gunmen after the […]
Continue ReadingSuspected bandits have killed two officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Katsina state, Nigeria. The officers identified as Umar Bagadaza Kankara and Lauwali Dutse, were killed in an ambush at Kadode check point in Jibia Local Govt Area of the state on Wednesday night, July 7. A security source told The Guardian that […]
Continue ReadingWithin the last one week, I have been to Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State twice. Last Friday, when I left Yenogoa, Bayelsa State, I drove straight to Amafor-Imerienwe to spend a few moments with my friend, Dr. Sam Amadi, chair of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) who was burying his late […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. The Commission, however, declined the promotion of former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), CP Ibrahim Magu. After the Commission’s 12th Plenary Meeting held on Tuesday and […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Law School has released the results of its 2021 final bar examinations and, of the 5,770 students who sat for the exams, 1,326 candidates failed. The results of the exams, which are a prerequisite for being called to the Nigerian Bar, were released on Tuesday, July 6. The Council of Legal Education statistics showed that a total […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate on Thursday started the screening of nominees for appointment as National Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The nominees, including Lauretta Onochie, one of the aides of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, appeared in the Senate for the exercise. Onochie arrived at the Senate wing of the National Assembly accompanied by the […]
Continue ReadingOlubadan of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has denied reports that he collected N50 million from the Federal Government to aid the arrest of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho. The monarch made this clear as Yoruba Nation agitators staged a protest on Wednesday, July 7, in Ibadan, Oyo State. The crowd demanded the release of agitators arrested […]
Continue ReadingIn May, Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, was asked to clarify the statement he made nine years ago about the Fulani and their propensity to carry out maniacal violence against others. Rather than show that he had reflected on his injudicious remark and was ready to disclaim it, he doubled down. According to him, “The […]
Continue ReadingKano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today July 6, 2021 secured the conviction of one Habiba Abubakar before Justice J.K Daggard of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on a two count charge of obtaining by false pretense. The convict fraudulently sold a plot of land to the complainant […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian soldier in the rank of Major has been shot dead in an armed robbery incident in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Lawan Shisu Adam said an army private was also killed in the incident which occurred at Dumdubus village in Dutse Local Government Area of the state around 9pm […]
Continue ReadingColonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), the former Military Administrator of Kaduna State, has blamed the current government under President Muhammadu Buhari for separatist agitations threatening the country’s unity. Umar, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday titled: ‘Nigeria; A Nation Challenged, ‘insisted that the current administration under Buhari has failed to unite Nigeria. He […]
Continue ReadingFamily members, colleagues, and friends of veteran and star actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD), gathered in Lagos on Tuesday, July 6, to celebrate him as he turned 60 on the planet earth. His wife, Jumobi, was also readily there to receive guests. Prominent guests at his party included Mrs. Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett, Senator Florence Ita Giwa, Onyeka […]
Continue ReadingPolice operatives in Imo state, Nigeria, have arrested an alleged fake lady lawyer, Mrs Princess kate Nneoma Duruji “F”, age 37 Years of Akakkims Palace Orji Owerri, lmo state. A statement released by spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Michael Abattam, today July 7, states that the suspect who has been parading herself as […]
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