The warlord responsible for mass murder, rape and abduction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been sent to prison for 30 years – the longest sentence the International Criminal Court has ever given out, The Guardian reports. The punishment handed to Bosco Ntaganda, 46, on Thursday was immediately welcomed by human rights activists. […]
Nothing would have suggested to Mr. Bede Nkworji that Saturday, 2nd of November would be his last until some policemen allegedly conscripted to intimidate him came calling in the small hours of the morning. Nkworji had allegedly died at in the Imo state Police Command following injuries sustained in the hands of the policemen who […]
Eight lecturers of the Akwa Ibom State University have lost their jobs owing to their alleged indulgence in sexual harassment and related offences. The lecturers were also indicted for extortion and other unethical conducts inconsistent with the University community. These were disclosed by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Eno Ibanga, during a press […]
The interim Management of Niger Delta Developmemt Commission (NDDC) revealed that a Serving Senator is single-handedly handling about 300 contracts for the Commission .
A former Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla, has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The ICPC said it took the action due to Obono-Obla’s “repeated failure to appear before it to answer questions bordering on allegations of […]
A journalist whose undercover stories exposed the depth of corruption in Nigerian police cells and prison may be arrested by the Nigerian authorities.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested seven of its Operatives over an alleged plot to ferry the detained former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, from custody.
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday remanded two British nationals, James Richard Nolan and Adam Quinn in prison custody pending the determination of their bail application in a charge of complicity in the controversial $9.6 billion arbitral award to Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) by a United Kingdom commercial court.
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to extend its border closure to foreign herdsmen who allegedly have the runs of the country’s borders and access Nigerian territories with arms to attack Nigerian communities including Benue.
Traders in Onitsha have blamed the level of casualties in the tanker fire incident on neglect by both the state and federal governments insisting that there were no safety and fire fighting gadgets put in place for rapid response in the case of emergency They further lamented that a town like Onitsha should have had […]
