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Undeterred by the threats of sanction from the Nigerian government over its investigative report on the shootings at Lekki toll plaza during the #EndSARS protests, CNN on Tuesday released a second report on the incident.   The second report by the network shows images from the security camera overlooking the toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria, […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday revoked the bail granted the son of ex-Chairman of the Pension Reform Tasks Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, Faisal and issued bench warrant for his arrest.   This comes a day after the court ordered Senator Ndume, who stood as a surety for Faisal’s father, Abdulrasheed Maina, remanded […]

Nigeria’s current recession, which was officially announced on Saturday, will be short-lived, Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has said.   Nigeria slid into its second recession in five years after the gross domestic product fell by 3.62 percent in the third quarter of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics, […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered that Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) be remanded in Kuje correctional centre.   Justice Okon Abang made the order after Ndume’s failed to produce Abdulrasheed Maina, who is standing trial before the court on money laundering charge and for whom Ndume stood surety.   Maina is […]

  …imposes $220,000 fine   World Football ruling body, FIFA, has banned Ahmad Ahmad, president of the Confederation of African Football, for five years for corrupt practices, it said Monday.   FIFA also imposed on him a fine of 200,000 Swiss francs ($220,000).   The ban in Ahmad covers all football-related activity (administrative, sports or […]

Philip Shekwo, Chairman the ruling All Progressives Congress in Nsarawa State, who was kidnapped late Saturday, has been murdered.    Shekwo was abducted from his residence about 11 pm on Saturday in Bukan-Sidi, Lafia, the state capital.   His body was later found Sunday with bloodstains, dumped a few meters away from his residence.   […]