Open grazing ban: Akeredolu asks Malami to go to court
*Peterside faults Attorney General Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has told the Attorney General and Minister of Justice Shehu Malami to go to court if he is not satisfied with the decision of the Southern Governors to ban open grazing in their territories. Malami had in a statement likened the decision of the governors […]
Shekau allegedly commits suicide, as ISWAP fighters capture Sambisa
There are reports that Ibrahim Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram group is dead. Report said he surrendered and engaged in an hours-long meeting with the ISWAP fighters before blowing himself up, according to Humangle. According to the news platform, the incident occurred on Wednesday evening following the invasion of the terror group’s stronghold […]
Coalition supports labour, warns El-Rufai
A coalition of civil society and labour groups has expressed dismay at the shrinking civic space in the country and cautioned that the alleged hiring of thugs by the Kaduna State government to attack workers at a rally organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is further proof that the nation has slid into full […]
Climate Change: CAPPA, activists besiege Shell Office
*Faults Net Zero Pledge Climate justice groups led by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) yesterday besieged the Lagos Headquarters of Shell to demand that the company own up to the environmental impacts of its extraction and climate change and stop discourse on its Net Zero Pledge. The protest which was organised to […]
NECO shifts entrance examinations to unity schools
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed its national common entrance examination (NCEE) earlier scheduled to hold on May 29, due to what it described as low registration figures. In a statement on Wednesday, the council in a statement by the head of information and public relations division, Azeez Sani, said June 5 is the […]
Fraud: Lawyer says Rufai not a flight risk
The lawyer to Dapo Abiodun’s aide, Abidemi Rufai has said his client was not a flight risk. Speaking on the $350,000 fraud allegations against client, Michael Barrows said if granted bail, he (Rufai) “doesn’t represent a flight risk, in part because he has given up his passport.” Rufai, an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of […]
Bandits kill three soldiers in Niger, says governor
Three soldiers have been killed by bandits in Magama Local Government Area of Niger State, according to Governor Sanni Bello. He added that some of the bandits were killed and two bodies recovered when security agencies were trailing the rest of the bandits. According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mary Noel-Berje, 25 […]
NPA: Bala Usman tackles Binta Garba
Former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has refuted allegations by Binta Garba that she resisted inquiries into the finances of the agency. The suspended managing director was reacting to Garba, a former board member of NPA, who alleged that Bala Usman influenced her removal as a board member of […]
CAPPA protests at Lagos Shell head office
As the oil giant Shell was holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM), in The Hague, Netherlands, the Corporate Accountability Participation and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has laid siege to its head office in Lagos to protest its abuse of the environment. The protest by the organisation was to rouse the company and the Federal Government […]
Ogun governor’s aide arrested in America over alleged fraud
Abidemi Rufai, a senior special assistant to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, has been arrested in the United States over alleged $350,000 unemployment benefits fraud. He was arrested last weekend at the JFK Airport, New York. According to the US attorney’s office in Western District of Washington, a criminal complaint had been filed against […]
