Contrary to widespread report, the Nigeria Police Force said its officer who pushed Remo Stars Football Club captain, Kazeem Tiamiyu, to death on Saturday was not an officer of the Special Anti-robbery Squad, SARS. Tiamiyu Ogun State Police Commissioner (CP) Kenneth Ebrimson made this known while giving an update on the violent protest that was […]

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has expressed shock over the inability of the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris to account for over N28b remitted  to the Federation Account by the Nigeria Customs Service in 2015. This was contained in a press release issued by the Coordinator For Research and Documentation Mr […]

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasiru El-rufai says his political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, should choose its presidential candidate from southern Nigeria for equity and fairness. El-rufai, who had previously canvassed for the jettisoning of zoning, was quoted in multiple news reports justifying why the presidency should return to the south at the end […]

The Supreme Court has scheduled hearing for Wednesday, February 26, in the application by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking among others, a review of its February 13, 2020 judgment disqualifying David Lyon, the party’s candidate in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State. It was gathered that the Registrar of the apex court has […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met behind closed door with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting came barely 24 hours after the president vowed to launch aggressive campaigns against insurgents operating in the country. President Buhari had on Sunday while reacting to the attack on Garkida in Adamawa, assured Nigerians […]

The National Security Adviser, NSA, to the President, Major-General Mohammed Babagana Monguno (ret.) has been asked to vacate the presidential villa and he may not be attending security briefings and the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meetings, which is usually presided over by the President or Vice President forthwith. It was gathered from a top […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP and one ninety two Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the court to stop the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and other members of the house from spending nearly N5 billion to buy 400 exotic cars. They are also seeking a court order to “restrain and stop the […]

Electricity consumers on Monday opposed the planned tariff increment by Ikeja Electric (IE), demanding that 90 per cent of customers should be metered before any upward review of tariff. The customers also slammed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for failing to protect the interest of Nigerians who are still subjected to exploitative estimated bills […]

Pricked by the heinous act of two of his aides, the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has  ordered the sack of his technical assistant on Security, Ogbonnaya Ibiam Junior, aka Terror and the Coordinator of Ubeyi Development Centre, Uche Ibiam. Junior and Ibiam’s dismissal was not unconnected with the murder of Enyinnaya Ibiam, a worker […]

A member of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) died on Saturday in a very bizarre circumstance that sent jitters into the spines of onlookers. The woman, popularly called Alhaja, was reported to have slumped after submitting her promotion examination script and died thereafter. It was learnt that promotion examinations for NSCDC officers […]