Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has Friday revealed the different communities bandits are mining gold in Yoruba land. Gani Adams who was interviewed by newsmen, noted that bandits have taken over Owo, Oluse village in Ondo state, and other south west States and have been mining their …
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Deji Adeyanju Threatened To Report Endsars Organisers To EFCC Over Missing Money
I will personally do a petition to EFCC on this #EndSARS money. Don’t joke with me. You guys better come clean and give account for every kobo donated.
Read More »Wike To Akpabio: Shut Up, Don’t Dare Me Or I Will Teach You A Lesson
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has drawn the battle line with Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over the latter’s recent verbal attack on South-South governors. Wike threatened to deal with Akpabio if he dared speak negatively about Rivers State, insisting that Akpabio had no authority to talk about …
Read More »Garba Shehu: Missing Funds NSA Spoke About Can’t Happen Under Buhari
The Presidency has said no fund was missing under the watch of the immediate past service chiefs, adding that procurements have been made for military weapons but the arms were yet to be delivered. According to Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, missing funds …
Read More »Lagos Panel Awards N7.5 Million To Petitioner Who Spent Six Years In Prison Without Trial
The Lagos State judicial panel, has awarded a a petitioner, Marc Chidiebere Nwadi, N7.5 million for spending six years in prison without trial. The Lagos state government had set up the judicial panel to probe police brutality on victims. In her ruling on Friday, chairperson of the panel, Doris Okuwobi, …
Read More »Feminist Coalition Reacts To Allegation Of Misappropriation Of EndSARS Donations
Feminist Coalition has reacted to allegations of ‘secretly’ transferring $51,000 (N23m) worth of bitcoin from donations received during #EndSARS protest that rocked Nigeria last October, into another wallet. Since the earlier hours of today, the not-for-profit organisation has been trending on Twitter following the allegations, with many calling them out …
Read More »City Of Minneapolis Reaches $27M Settlement With George Floyd’s Family
The City of Minneapolis has reached a $27 million settlement with George Floyd’s family just weeks before the trial is scheduled to begin for the former officer charged with murder in his death. Footages from a video in May 2020, showed a white Minnesota Police Officer captured on Camera holding …
Read More »Dauda Lawal: Supreme Court Orders EFCC To Return ₦9Bn To Ex-Bank Director
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release the N9 billion seized from the former executive director of a first generation bank, Dauda Lawal. In a unanimous judgement, the five-man panel, led by Justice Muhammad Lawal Garba, dismissed the appeal filed by the …
Read More »Attempt By Bandits To Kidnap Turkish Students In Kaduna Foiled By Troops – Army
The Nigerian Army has said toops of Quick Response Force of 1 Division foiled attempt by bandits to kidnap students of Turkish International Secondary School located in Rigachikun, Kaduna State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Friday, explained that the troops protected the school. …
Read More »Dangote’s Business Tactics Harmful To Nigerian Economy – U.S (Wikileak 2010)
The United States described the Dangote Group of Companies’ business strategies as disastrous to the Nigerian economy. Owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, it is the largest conglomerate in West Africa with over 30,000 employees. A report published in 2010 on Wikileak’s website said even though Dangote played a …
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