EFCC Secures 139 convictions in 6 months
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured a total of 139 convictions between January and June 2018. The figure, which is an improvement of the 89 convictions recorded…
Tanker Explosion: Lagos to Prosecute Truck Owners, Drivers
The Lagos State Government is perfecting plans to prosecute the owner and driver of the ill-fated fuel tanker which exploded last Thursday on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger along Lagos-Ibadan…
Amaju Pinnick, Nigeria Football Federation President Sacked
The supervising minister of Ministry of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has directed Amaju Pinnick to step down from his position as president of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) The…
Temile signs $120m Ship Building Contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for the Nigerian LPG Market
Temile Development Company Limited; an indigenous shipping company operating in the Nigerian oil and gas industry, has signed a ship building contract with South Korean shipbuilder; Hyundai Heavy Industries Limited…
SERAP to Buhari: Sharing $322m Abacha loot among households is mis-targeted spending
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said the plan by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to share the $350million (around N115 billion) loot recovered from former military ruler,…
Saraki Demands Removal Of ‘Inept’ Security Chiefs
The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Saturday demanded the removal of “incapable” security chiefs in the country over the continued killings and security challenges bedeviling the nation. Dr Saraki…
CHRSJ set to drag Buhari before ICC over worsening security situation in Nigeria
*Seeks Buhari’s resignation over killings, displacement of farmers from homelands *Accuses security agencies of conspiring, abating killers A civil rights organization, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ)…
SARS brutality and the Abuse of human Rights in Nigeria
It is a common sight to see the police stop and search individuals on transit in a broad day light and then go on to forcefully extort money from the…
Greater state autonomy is solution to addressing poverty, unemployment, insecurity others – VP Osinbajo
*Adds: Creating stronger states is possible even without making any major constitutional changes. KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, VICE PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,…
Plateau Killings: Femi Adesina and other Presidential Morticians
Since the unfortunate continued killings of fellow citizens by suspected Fulani herdsmen terrorists over the weekend in Plateau State, there has been outrage by men and women of goodwill from…