UN Appoints Nigerian, Chikadibia Obiakor To Head Special Investigation Into killing of Burundians
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, has appointed Chikadibia Obiakor to lead a special investigation into the killing of Burundian refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Obiakor is a retired lieutenant general. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general in New York, announced this in a statement issued in New York. No […]
Court orders Eze, Nigerian billionaire, to pay £1m to British couple
A UK court has ordered Arthur Eze, a Nigerian businessman, to pay £1m in damages to Richard and Deborah Conway, a British couple, for pulling out of a deal to buy their seven-bed London mansion. The couple had reached an agreement of £5 million with Eze who reportedly paid 10 percent deposit. When Eze failed […]
Group Asks Buhari To Enshrine Water In Nigerian Constitution
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has written President Muhammed Buhari on the need to enshrine water as a human right in the Nigerian Constitution. ERA/FoEN is asking President Buhari to throw his weight behind demands by civil society and other groups for democratically-controlled water systems that guarantee universal access to all […]
EFCC files a fresh suit to seize Patience Jonathan’s $8.4m, N7.3bn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has started a fresh move to seize funds in 15 bank accounts linked with the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. The funds, which the EFCC is seeking to seize, include a total of $8,435,788.84 and over N7.35bn. The EFCC had on Monday morning appeared before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun […]
Auto parts dealer dies in SARS custody
An auto parts dealer in the Owode Onirin area of Lagos State, Lukman Ogundele, has died in the custody of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command. Although the police formation had been reportedly evasive on the whereabouts of the father of two children, a police charge sheet sighted by our correspondent marked his […]
Multi-Billion Naira Fraud: Ekiti bars Fayemi, other from holding public offices in state
A White Paper released by Ekiti State Government has barred a former governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, from holding a public office in the state for 10 years. The state also barred his former Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Dapo Kolawole, for the same number of years. The duo were barred based on the report of the […]
We Won’t Return, Abducted ‘Chibok Girls’ Declare In Boko Haram Video
Islamist militants Boko Haram on Monday released a new video purporting to show at least 14 of the schoolgirls abducted from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok in April 2014. At least three of the group were seen carrying babies. One of the students said: “We are the Chibok girls…. By the grace of Allah, […]
Pele Backs Brazil To Win Sixth World Cup
Footballing legend Pele said on Monday that Brazil are favourites to win the World Cup in Russia, four years on from their humiliation on home soil. Five-time winners Brazil were thrashed 7-1 in the 2014 semi-finals by eventual champions Germany at the Maracana, but Pele, considered one of the best players of all time, insisted […]
‘Oh Happy Day’ Singer Hawkins Dies At 74
Award-winning gospel singer Edwin Hawkins, best known for a hit arrangement of “Oh Happy Day,” has died at the age of 74. Credited with being one of the founders of modern gospel music, Hawkins died Monday at his California home after battling pancreatic cancer, US media reported, quoting the artist’s publicist, Bill Carpenter. “Oh Happy […]
Buhari Asks Benue Leaders To Accommodate Their Countrymen ‘In The Name Of God’
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the government and people of Benue State to exercise restraint following the recent attacks on some communities in the state. The President, who asked the people to accommodate their countrymen, also assured them that all the perpetrators of violence in Benue would be made to face the wrath of […]
