NewsPol

Human Rights Activist Chief Femi Falana (SAN) would on Monday, 25th of April,  file a case of genocide and ethnic cleansing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Hague and the ECOWAS Court, against Fulani herdsmen for their continued massacre of the innocent people and farmers in Jukunland, of Southern and Central Taraba State, […]

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, will be in Nigeria between Thursday and Friday to highlight the growing threat Boko Haram poses to the country. This is contained in a statement by the Information Unit, U.S. Embassy in Abuja and made available to Huhu source in Abuja. It stated that Power had […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, is not an anti-corruption ambassador of the agency. The EFCC, therefore, urged members of the public to disregard the report stating otherwise. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement that the EFCC National Assembly Liaison Officer, Suleiman Bakari, […]

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has stated that plans are on ground for China to appoint Nigeria as its trading hub for the West African region. Emefiele, who spoke at a press conference at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC, on the last day of the 2016 World Bank/IMF spring […]

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has continued to receive condemnation from different sectors of Nigeria. As a result of his fierce criticism against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari with the All Progressives Congress (APC) asking traditional rulers in the South-western part of the country to caution him. Fayose recently wrote a letter to […]

The Senate Tuesday clarified its position on the proposed amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. It said under no circumstances can the amendment affect the on-going case of its President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki before the tribunal In a statement by Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator […]

The Federal Government could not persuade the court to agree to its bid to conduct secret trial of former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki in the charges of unlawful possession of firearms and money laundering brought against him in September 2015. Presiding judge in the case, Justice Adeniyi Ademola maintained that there was no […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday harped on the need for the State Government and the Nigerian Air Force to collaborate in mounting serious air surveillance on the waterways in the State to nip all criminal activities on the waters in the bud. Governor Ambode, who spoke when the Chief of Air Staff, […]

 Ikeja Electric has said the picketing of its facilities by Labour Unions would make consumers experience long periods of darkness if disruptive protests persist.   It explained on Tuesday that the poor supply of power currently being experienced by customers on its network was as a result of the inability of the company’s technical personnel […]

A Federal High Court in Yenagoa, will on 12th May rule on whether or not the court will take the evidence of Ese Oruru in private. Oruru is the Bayelsa girl who was allegedly abducted into forced marriage in Kano. Her abductor, Yunusa Dahiru, is standing trial on charges, including illegally having carnal knowledge of […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission witness, Air Commodore Salisu Yushau (retd), testifying in the trial of the case of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, at a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday admitted making conflicting statements. Yushau admitted that the statements he made to EFCC was different from what he […]

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai Tuesday told stakeholders that the preaching bill he sent to State Assembly has no intention of banning evangelism in the state but only to curb emerging religious extremism. Speaking on the intention of government at a religious bill round table organised by a non governmental organisation, Care fronting Nigeria in […]