Popular social media platform, Facebook has shut down the account of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on the platform. Crimefacts.news reports that the ban on the account was effected last Thursday. Facebook however gave a terse explanation on why it shut down the separatist leader’s account. It read: “Your […]
An activist lawyer, Inibehe Effiong Esq. has narrated how his client, a student activist and a cub journalist was arrested for publishing an article deemed critical of the presidency on a campus newspaper. The young journalist, Mr. Ayoola Babalola was swiftly bundled into a court the next day and allegedly denied the chance to contact […]
Presidential aide Lauretta Onochie has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the former minister of education Oby Ezekwesili of influencing Nigeria’s latest position on the 2019 global corruption index, News Digest reports. Onochie uploaded the duo’s picture on her Twitter account which she captioned ” here are the #AngryBirds who Founded Transparency International. Should we […]
The Chinese National Health Commission said Friday that there are 830 confirmed cases of the new Coronavirus countrywide, while at least 25 people have died. At least 10 cities, and at least 33 million people, have been put on lockdown. Airports around the world have begun screening travelers for the Coronavirus. The Chinese National Health […]
The country’s refineries under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation made a cumulative loss of N123.25bn from January to October 2019, latest figures released last Wednesday showed. Economic Confidential reports that an analysis of data in the October 2019 oil and gas report of the NNPC showed that all three entities recorded losses […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Mr. Zachaeus Atte, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria. Crimefacts.news reports that Mr. Atte was convicted on corruption charges by a Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene, Kogi State and presided over by Hon. Justice […]
Apparently the Supreme Court may unwittingly be walking a path capable of eroding public confidence in the institution of the Judiciary
The Imo Diaspora Coalition for Justice and Democracy has recommended the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad and six other justices of the Supreme court of Nigeria who determined the Imo governorship petition at the Supreme court last week for Visa ban by the United State and for the International No-Fly list. This was contained […]
Between 2010 and 2012, four Iranian nuclear scientists were assassinated (Masoud Alimohammadi, Majid Shahriari, Darioush Rezaeinejad and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan) while another scientist was wounded in an attempted murder (Fereydoon Abbasi) Masoud Alimohammadi. Two of the killings were carried out with magnetic bombs attached to the targets’ cars; Darioush Rezaeinejad was shot dead, and Masoud […]
The Federal Government has taken delivery of two fighter helicopters to boost the ongoing fight against insurgency and banditry in the country. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of Security Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. […]
