Imo: Abidjan returnee who set mother ablaze narrowly escapes lynching
Operatives of the Nigerian Police Friday rescued one Johnbosco Ejiogu, an Abidjan returnee who set his mother ablaze, from instant mob justice. Johnbosco Ejiogu is from Umudagu Mbieri community in…
Oil price apocalypse will bankrupt Nigeria, Africa’s richest nation
.William Ebbs @ebbs_william With oil prices falling below zero dollars per barrel, it’s only a matter of time before Nigeria’s debt-ridden government goes bankrupt. Nigeria is slipping toward economic collapse…
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- Corruption
- April 23, 2020
- 590 views
“Under Okorocha, I signed contracts under compulsion, paid over N9bn for jobs not done”
A former Commissioner for Works under former Governor Rochas Okorocha’s administration, Ichie Best Mbanaso Thursday told the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts that some ‘shady’ companies were paid huge…
- Human Rights
- April 22, 2020
- 770 views
RULAAC wants NHRC to probe incarceration of young Fulani graduate in prison for one year without trial
…Taraba state Attorney-General has questions to answer Following the recent disclosure that a 27-year old Fulani graduate of Accounting, Abdulahi Aliyu has been held in the Jalingo Correctional Centre for…
COVID-19: A monumental disaster is unfolding in Kano
.By Prof. Usman Yusuf There is a disaster currently unfolding in Kano with rising death rates particularly among the elderly that is not getting the national attention it deserves. There…
- Human Rights , News
- April 22, 2020
- 702 views
Facebook Comment: Sad tale of young Fulani graduate languishing in prison without trial
The Fulani ethnic nationality is considered one of the academically disadvantaged segment of the Nigerian nation but Abdullahi Aliyu defied the odds to go to school and graduate with honours…
Rampant dying of fishes, a sentence of death on coastal dwellers – Group
…Suspects chemical poisoning of aquatic lives If recently you have been feasting on Croaker fish delicacies sourced from any of the coastal communities of the Niger Delta, there is a…
- Homicide , Human Rights
- April 21, 2020
- 644 views
Anambra Police Killing: Take action, don’t sit on the fence, RULAAC tells Obiano
Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) and Police Stakehokders Partnership Forum (PSPF), Anambra State have called out Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state for not taking any decisive…
Fulani herdsmen assassinate Civil Defense officer in Benue
Gunmen suspected to be of Fulani herdsmen extraction have assassinated an Inspector with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) in Benue State. He is Inspector Joseph Ochogwu, an…
Nigerian military battles black-clothed bandits at Maguga, Niger
The air component of Operation GAMA AIKI has neutralized several armed bandits at Maguga in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. The operation which was conducted in support of…
- Human Rights , Opinion
- April 21, 2020
- 855 views
Security agents, deadlier than COVID-19
Journalists carrying out their lawful duties are not spared from brutality. With due respect to a few of them that are highly committed to securing lives and property, many security agents remain a burden to the nation. They can best be described as a necessary evil and deadlier than COVID-19.
Civil Defence Officer on self-isolation after capturing escaping COVID-19 patient
A COVID-19 positive patient had defiantly attempted to leave the isolation center in Kaduna without authorization but was stopped by a vigilant officer of the National Security and Civil Defence…
COVID-19: Nigerian tests positive in Ghana, bolts while being accompanied to hospital
A 46-year-old male Nigerian who tested positive for Coronavirus in the Upper West Region of Ghana has escaped while being escorted to a designated hospital. Graphic online reports that Simon Okafor…
- Uncategorized
- April 13, 2020
- 593 views
Ezekwesili scolds el-Rufai’s son over rape threat, tribalism
Former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has scolded Bello el-Rufai, the son of Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, for threatening to rape the mother of someone who disagreed…
- Cross-border Crimes , Security
- April 8, 2020
- 617 views
Insecurity: Nigeria’s North risks being red zone
.By Muhammed Dahiru Lawal AREWA AGENDA – Ravaged by Boko Haram Insurgency for over a decade and a rising case of banditary, kidnappings and wanton attacks across its geographic spread,…
