Soludo sacks vigilantes who assaulted female NYSC member, orders their prosecution

Anambra State Government has dismissed eight operatives of the Agunechemba Security outfit over the brutal assault and public stripping of a female corps member, Miss Jennifer Elobor. Ken Emeakayi, Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security, disclosed this at the agency’s headquarters in Awka on Wednesday. He said the government acted swiftly after […]

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The Dele Farotimi saga: Persecution, not prosecution, By Toyin Falola

One of the tenets of a democratic society is the assurance of freedom of speech and expression for its citizens. This includes the right to speak and criticise in order to ensure that society does not derail in upholding its values. The test of democracy is not at the point of comfortable tolerance of these […]

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Court orders Nigerian govt to re-open prosecution of Dele Giwa’s alleged killers

A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja Nigeria, on Friday, ordered Nigerian government to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murder of founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, and other journalists in the country. Mr Giwa was 39 years old, when, on October 19, 1986, he was blown to smithereens by a parcel bomb […]

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Malami says high profile Nigerians will face prosecution for financing terrorism

Nigeria’s federal Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has disclosed that some high profile Nigerians will be facing prosecution for financing terrorism. This is coming after over 400 businessmen were arrested in an operation coordinated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), and in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and the […]

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APC protesters march at ICPC office, ask for Oshiomhole’s resignation, his prosecution

The headquarters of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), was stormed by angry protesters demanding the prosecution of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The protesters under the aegis of the Coalition for New Nigeria (CNN), claimed that they were embarking on the protest […]

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Fani-Kayode calls for VP Osinbajo’s impeachment, prosecution

Former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on the National Assembly to impeach Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over the abuse of the Public Procurement Act in the approval of N5.8billion as intervention funds for the North East in 2017. Nigeria’s House of Representatives in its investigative report had indicted Osinbajo after its investigation […]

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