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Seven months after the Bayelsa gubernatorial election was held, Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday said it would launch an investigation into the electoral violence that characterised the election which led to loss of lives and also forced  600 persons into the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Southern Ijaw. The Country Represenatve of AI, Attah […]

The acting General Officer Commanding, 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Victor Ezugwu, has on Wednesday constituted a General Court Martial to try 20 soldiers of different ranks for offences ranging from murder to sale of firearms in counter-insurgency warfare in the Northeast.  Ezugwu, who inaugurated the GMC said the offences were committed […]

Leo Ogor Minority Leader of the House of Representatives has said on Wednesday that he is ready to face any form of investigation from security agencies on the alleged padding of the 2016 budget. He said: ”I’m ready to confront Hon. Abdulmunin Jibrin in the presence of security agencies and expose the atrocities he committed […]

The UK has launched Super Priority Visa Service in Nigeria to allow customers to process their applications within 24 hours. The British High Commission, on its website, said the new service would meet the needs of those who require urgent service to travel. The British High Commissioner, Paul Arkwright, expressed delight over the introduction of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Wednesday during the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja administered the oath of office on his Economic Adviser, Dr. Adeyemi Dipeolu The meeting was presided over by President Buhari. The president also inaugurated four other special advisers and one permanent […]

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, urged security agencies in the country not to treat the rumours that Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting members from Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the Northeast with levity but to urgently investigate the issue to unravel those behind the menace, if any. In a statement by […]

The Ebonyi State Government had condemned the stripping and  battering of Miss Uzoamaka Chukwu a 15-year-old girl by some people in Ohaozara Local Government Area of the State  on Wednesday. It was gathered that Uzoamaka Chukwu  was an orphan and a JSS2 student. she was stripped naked, dragged around on the ground and flogged under […]

Three companies linked to former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Gooluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs Waripamo-Owei Dudafa have been charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The companies are Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited, Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Limited and Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited. The […]

The Nigerian House of Assembly has been described as the ‘hub of systemic corruption’ by the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin. Jibrin made his description in a statement he personally signed, while giving further insight into why he was removed as appropriation committee chairman. He said, “Since the […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has denied granting the application brought before it by the Department of State Services (DSS) until all orders of the court are obeyed.  Justice Nnamdi Dimgba denied the application on Tuesday when DSS Counsel GOA Agbadua applied for a remand warrant. The vacation judge said it would be wrong for […]

Nasarawa State government said on Tuesday that it has concluded arrangements to install automated flood warning devices in all coastal settlements across the state to check flood disaster. This was  communicated by Mr Gabriel Aka’Ka, the state’s Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources. Aka’Ka said that the effort was to mitigate the devastating effect of […]Read More

 A five-man panel of Justices of the appeal court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday reserved its judgment on appeal challenging the removal of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State from office over alleged tax fraud. The Justices, led by Justice Morenike Ogunwumiju postponed  the matter for judgment after it heard six separate appeals that came […]