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The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, yesterday said that former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, would be brought back to the country this year for prosecution. Alison-Madueke has been in the UK, where she travelled shortly after leaving office in 2015. She is believed to have […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and governors from the South West on Thursday met at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where they resolved to create a framework to provide legal backing to the regional security outfit called Amotekun recently set up in the region.   Specifically, the meeting held after the Federal Government declared the regional security […]

A babel of dissenting voices greeted comments by the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Bola Tinubu; criticizing him for his moderate views about the security outfit, Amotekun, set up by the South-West governors.   Amotekun, launched early January, was kicked against by the Nigerian government through the Minister of Justice […]

Amotekun. This issue has dominated recent discourse and media headlines. Distilled to its basics, it concerns how best state governments can assist with the safety and security of their residents. This is a matter of serious concern entitled to sober thought. However, it has been turned into a political tug-of-war. Fierce, often unthinking rhetoric, for […]

The combative riposte by the federal government against the latest alarm bell on the rate of corruption in Nigeria sounded by the global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International, though hardly surprising, is scandalous and unacceptable, given that Nigeria’s diverse and growing security challenges are partly rooted in widespread poverty and unemployment, which in turn, are outcomes […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, met today with South West Governors, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police.   The meeting was at the instance of the Governors who had asked to see President Muhammadu Buhari over the controversy surrounding the Amotekun Initiative. However, due to the President’s foreign engagement, […]

As outrage trails the murder of Rev. Lawan Andimi, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika LGA of Adamawa State, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents who rejected a N50 million ransom; the national CAN took the gloves off; issuing a savage indictment of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, saying the […]

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has decried the alleged refusal of the United Kingdom to extradite former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, to face trial for alleged money laundering in Nigeria.   Magu, while receiving the “Institution of the Decade” award on behalf of […]

United State President Donald Trump is planning to place travel restrictions to Nigeria and other six African and Asian countries, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Trump said his administration was preparing to add a “couple of countries” to the controversial list of states whose citizens are subject to travel bans or severe restrictions on […]

Human rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani, has claimed his continuous detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) without trial is a gross violation of his fundamental rights, and is consequently demanding N100million in damages.   Essentially, the ex-lawmaker has dragged the EFCC and the Chairman of ASD Motors, Alhaji Sani Dauda who accused […]

The arraignment of former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke was on Wednesday, stalled at the FCT High Court in Gwagwalada over confusion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC) the prosecuting agency.   The EFCC counsel Bala Sanga told the court that he did not know why he was in court. “My Lord, […]

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday laid bare the facts that called to question, the ruling by the Supreme Court which sacked its candidate, Emeka Ihedioha and replaced him with Hope Uzodinma of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Imo state; accusing the apex court of committing an electoral heist […]