To strengthen Nigeria’s democracy, the Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM) is assembling the best of minds to advance civil rule in the country at its 15th lecture and 41st national convention holding from the 11th to 14th of this month ...
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Police kill three bandits, lose officer during attack in Kaduna
The Kaduna Police Command has killed three hoodlums in a gun duel. The deceased had invaded a company on the outskirts of the metropolis yesterday. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Finance and Administration, DCP Onah Sunny, made the ...
Read More »Reps threaten to arrest fund administrators over unexplained N9 trillion
The House of Representatives has threatened to order the arrest of pension funds administrators (PFAs) over alleged misapplication of N9 trillion. Chairman of the ad hoc committee probing the activities of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Emmanuel Agbonayinma, told reporters ...
Read More »Buhari talks tough on impunity, orders action on Kolade Johnson’s killers
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s zero tolerance for brutality of Nigerians by law enforcement agents. Reacting yesterday to the killing of Kolade Johnson by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Lagos, he acknowledged the “genuine outrage” ...
Read More »Loyalists allege poaching to frustrate Lawan’s senate presidency bid
The campaign for the presidency of the Ninth Senate may have assumed a new dimension, as allegations yesterday became rife that some lawmakers were allegedly poaching members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus. The claim formed the crux of ...
Read More »Herders kill five persons in Benue
Suspected herdsmen have again killed no fewer than five persons in Mondo settlement, Ukemberagya Gaambetiev Logo Council of Benue State. It was learnt from one of the locals, simply identified as Keghnen, that four of the victims were siblings. Keghnen ...
Read More »NJC silent on Onnoghen, Muhammad in report to Buhari, CCT to adopt final addresses April 15
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has described the allegations of false and non-declaration of assets brought against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, as sub judice and consequently abstained from considering them. The decision was reached yesterday ...
Read More »Group condemns execution of Nigerian woman in Saudi Arabia
A group, Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF), ASF France, also known as Lawyers without Borders, yesterday condemned the execution of a Nigerian woman in Saudi Arabia for drug related offences. The woman was executed on April 1, 2019, reportedly alongside two ...
Read More »Court sacks Nwaoboshi as senator-elect, orders INEC to announce Nwoko
A Federal High Court Abuja yesterday sacked representative of Delta North Senatorial district, Peter Nwaoboshi as senator-elect, saying available evidence from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries showed that Ned Nwoko won. The court, therefore, ruled that Nwoko was the authentic ...
Read More »AfDB report names Africa best growing continent in 2018
Latest report of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for 2018, the African Economic Outlook 2019, has revealed that Africa recorded the second highest growth rate globally after East Asia. Launched in Abuja yesterday, the report stated that the continent recorded ...
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