About 15 persons have been confirmed dead, while many others are still missing in a boat mishap that occurred in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. A source revealed that the victims were returning from Wara Market at a ...
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How corruption fuels insecurity in Nigeria, by Magu
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has insisted that there is a strong link between corruption and growing insecurity bedeviling the country. Magu, who made the assertion in Ibadan, Oyo State yesterday on Eagle ...
Read More »Christian Aid unveils database for humanitarian responses information
A non-governmental organisation, Christian Aid Nigeria has launched the Humanitarian Intervention Repository (HUIREP) for collection and management of information from disaster and humanitarian interventions in Nigeria. The HUIREP platform is a web database that would enable government, partners and other ...
Read More »Court sentences school proprietress to one-year jail for N5m fraud in Borno
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has sentenced one Josephine Udeh to a one-year jail term for obtaining N5.059 million by false pretence. The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ...
Read More »IMN backs down on agitations for El-Zakzaky’s release, suspends demonstrations
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites have announced a temporary suspension of their protests against the continued detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. A statement by its Spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, disclosed that the ...
Read More »Olu of Warri seeks action on abandoned $20b Ogidigben park, southern ports
The Olu of Warri, Ogiamen Ikenwoli has sought President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention to facilitate revival of the $20 billion Ogidigben Gas Revolution Industrial Park (GRIP). He made the plea when he led a delegation of traditional rulers from Delta State ...
Read More »Be careful with Arewa pastors, Fulani Christian leader tells Buhari
National Leader of Fulani Christian Association of Nigeria (FULCAN), Reverend Buba Aliyu, has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to be wary of activities of Arewa pastors. He lamented that recent pronouncements of the Arewa pastors, a non-denominational initiative for ...
Read More »Court jails four oil thieves for illegal bunkering
Justice A. T Mohammed of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sentenced Abdullahi Yahaya, Suleiman Hassan and Salisu Abubakar to two years imprisonment each and slammed a fine of N500, 000 on one Monday Major ...
Read More »Don’t use Nigeria to test regional supremacy, group tells Iran, Saudi Arabia, insists El-Zakzaky’s IMN fake Shiites
A Shiite non-governmental organisation, AlThaqalayn Cultural Foundation has cautioned the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against using Nigeria as another testing ground for their struggle for regional supremacy. It’s Secretary-General, Hamzah Muhammad Lawal, told newsmen ...
Read More »CSOs seek fresh legislative work on rejected Electoral Act
The Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room has stressed the need to reintroduce and transmit the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill passed by the National Assembly and declined by President Muhammadu Buhari for the President’s assent. Head of Situation Room, Clement Nwankwo, ...
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