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Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, (PACAC) and Senior Advocate of Nigeria ( SAN), Prof Itse Sagay lambasted the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday,  describing them as ‘‘come and chop’’ politicians. He made the comment in reply to the party which had earlier accused him of having no respect […]

The embattled  former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami (rtd) has been appointed head of National Judicial Council’s15-member Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Director of Information of the NJC, Soji Oye. Also named among the members of the […]

A team of lawyers representing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (‎IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has approached the Abuja Federal High Court, seeking an order to compel the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to produce their client in court dead or alive. The lead counsel in Kanu’s team, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, told […]

Concerned about the recent seizures of firearm shipments into the country, the House of Representatives on Wednesday invited the Nigeria Customs Service and the Department of State Service (DSS) to brief it on the development. The invitation follows a motion under Matters of Public Importance moved by Reps member, Mr Obinna Chidoka  to ascertain the […]

A former Secretary to the Kebbi State Government and a former Commissioner of Finance of the same state, Alhaji Garba Rabiu Kamba and Alhaji Mohammed Bello Tunga respectively, have been docked before Honourable Justice Umar Abubakar of Kebbi State High Court 3 sitting in Birnin Kebbi by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences […]

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Dayo Adeyeye has urged the Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose to back down on his move to contest for the presidential seat under the party as such endeavour would only amount to a waste of time. Adeyeye said the PDP has zoned the […]

The Zamfara State Police Command on Wednesday intercepted two vehicles carrying arms in different parts of the state. The spokesman of the command, Mr Muhammad Shehu, confirmed the development in Gusau. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that items recovered from the vehicles were three AK47 riffles, an automatic pistol, locally-made pistol, magazines […]

The British Airways (BA) has fired Joanne Wickenden, a 23 year old cabin crew attendant,who made racist/hate  comments against Nigerians on board a flight from London Heathrow to Abuja. Kola Olayinka, British Airways Regional Commercial Manager, West Africa, said the female cabin crew was sacked after the airline concluded investigations into the matter. The airline […]

A Nigerian journalist has written a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over human rights abuses, torture and extra-judicial killing perpetrated by members of the Nigeria Army during the recent invasion of a community in the South-East region.  In a letter dated September 24, 2017 addressed to the Chief Prosecutor of the court in […]

Youths in Lokoja, have called on Hon Buba Jibril, Member, Representing, Lokoja Kogi Federal Constituency, in the Federal House of Representative, to urgently with draw his bill against NGO’s or loose the people’s support. The Youths who spoke through their spokesman, Umar Danasabe Mohammad, Executive Director, Youth Emancipation for the Society, described the bill as […]

Sokoto state Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s commissioner for lands, Mohammed Bello Abubakar’s bid to frustrate his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, reached a dead end today, as the Appeal Court threw out his case. The Court of Appeal Sokoto Division dismissed two appeals filed by Abubakar against the EFCC in respect of ruling […]

Dear Nnamdi Kanu, We have never met. I only know you by reputation and I have had cause in the last year to write on your activities within the public arena and offer my own views about you, your persona, and your interventions in the Nigerian debate. I sincerely hope you would get to read […]