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Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria who is lead counsel of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, has called on the Kaduna State government to begin the process of prosecuting the Nigerian soldiers who carried out a genocide in against largest Muslim Shi’ite sect in Nigeria in December 2015. “Although the secretary to the Kaduna […]Read More

Fact-wielding critics of the Muhammadu Buhari government on Friday, July 15, 2016, carpeted his administration for lying about the terms of reference of the latest interim reports on the on-going probe into arms procurement by previous governments since 2007. President Buhari had on Monday, August 24, 2015, announced the committee on audit of defence equipment procurement in […]

Nigerian city of Lagos will experience a blackout today, Monday, July 18, 2016, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Lagos region. The blackout is expected to occur in many parts of the state between 10am and 1pm. According to the TCN, the affected areas are Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Alagbon, Apapa, Ijora, Surulere, Itire, […]

News MEND Writes Buhari, Names Diette-Spiff, Tomplolo, Others in Dialogue Team The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Sunday wrote President Muhammadu Buhari, submitting the final list of its dialogue group, Aaron Team 2. In the letter signed by its spokesperson, Gomo Jomo, published by Premium Times, the group announced the […]

A decorated ex-U.S. Marine sergeant opened fire on police in Baton Rouge on Sunday, killing three officers, nearly two weeks after the fatal police shooting of a black man there sparked nationwide protests, one of them shattered by the massacre of five Dallas policemen.   The Baton Rouge suspect, dressed in black and armed with […]

The Ministry of Finance on Sunday said the list of those suspected to be involved in the manipulation of government payroll and allegedly injected ‘ghost’ workers had been sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for investigation and prosecution. The development was confirmed by the Media Adviser to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Festus […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has quizzed Captain Ahmed Borodo, the pilot whose plane was allegedly chartered by a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, to transport N1.219bn to Governor Ayodele Fayose. The money was alleged to be part of the N4.7bn transferred from the account of the Office of the […]

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, says his predecessor, Solomon Arase,  went away with 24 police vehicles while the seven Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, who retired alongside him, also carted away between seven and eight cars each. Idris stated that he had written Arase to return the cars, which included two official bullet-proof BMW […]

Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has refrained from making a public comment over the altercation that ensued between senators Dino Melaye and Oluremi Tinubu during an executive senate session on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. According to an APC source, the party is waiting for a formal complaint to be made to the […]

ame Patience Jonathan, former first lady of Nigeria and wife of Nigeria’s most celebrated president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan visited her native home, Okrika, on Saturday, July 16, 2016 to participate in the funeral ceremony of late Queen Comfort Kaine Obudibo, wife of His Royal Highness, King E. T. I. Obudibo, Ikwo V., Amayanabo of Ogoloma. Dame […]

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation, who was arrested and detained for more than two months by the Muhammadu Buhari government has described his experience in detention as traumatic and depressing. Chief Fani-Kayode, who regained his freedom on Friday, July 15, 2016, after meeting bail conditions set by a federal court judge in Lagos. He […]

President Obama’s “most transparent administration ever” is being accused of “failure by design” in the DoJ’s protocols for responding to public requests. The FOIA law states that agencies must “make reasonable efforts to search for the records in electronic form or format,” but as The Guardian reports, a new lawsuit alleges DoJ intentionally conducts inadequate […]Read More