.“Amotekun can be made better if the Governors are genuinely serious about security” Looking beyond the euphoria of the new security initiative Amotekun, a lawyer and security consultant, Dr. Charles Omole has pointed out possible loophole to the structure, composition and operation of the security outfit. He also proffered recommendations to fix the said flaws. […]
The Civil Society Groups for the Defence of Human Rights, Justice and Equity has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be fair in prosecuting the bribery allegation against Sen. Shehu Sani. Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, spokesperson of the group Adamu Kabiru Matazu insisted that bribery involved two parties and […]
The Delta State Civil Society Coalition on Grand Corruption (DSCGC) has raised the alarm that the Federal Government of Nigeria is working surreptitiously with the United Kingdoms (UK) to repatriate loots linked to the former governor of Edo state, Chief Jame Ibori without consulting with the Delta state government. The group said that the fund […]
A graduating student of Chemical Engineering from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Mr. Anthony Obikwelu, has taking his industry by storm with his recent innovation, design and manufacture of a machine that converts plastic and other waste materials into fuel. Obikwelu hereunder describes the working and funtionality of his machine. His words: “This machine produces petroleum […]
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has again voiced his determination to fish out those responsible for the attack on Tawari village, as the number of deaths in the January 2 attack has increased to 29. The governor made this known in Lokoja when he received Tawari community leaders in his office on Thursday. At […]
The controller heading the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Owerri, Comptroller Kayode Olusemire, Thursday morning rescued five victims of a road accident, which occurred in Oraifite along Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Anambra State. The accident involved a Lexus ES 350 car, carrying members of one family and whose driver lost […]
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Owerri, Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 333 bags of foreign rice concealed with crates of bear and malt and smuggled into the country. The command also intercepted trucks conveying 4,958 pieces of used and expired tyres brought into the country in three containers in Benin […]
The Transition Committee Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia state, Mr Onyekachi Okoro, is dead. A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the area confirmed the incident. Okoro was said to have slumped at a private residence in Umuahia around 1pm on Thursday and died before he could get medical help. […]
The investigative panel set up by the Imo state government on the 15th of July, 2019 to look into the activities of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) from May 2011 to May 2019 has submitted its report. Findings of the panel linked former Governor Rochas Okorocha to what the panel described as […]
The World Bank Group has delayed disclosure for more than a year of an internal investigation examining an investment in a doomed Guatemalan dam project that has been linked to the murder of a local activist. The investment by the bank’s private sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, supported Hidro Santa Cruz, a project […]
