IPC Demands Immediate Investigation of Attacks on Punch Newspapers Journalists in Abuja
Concerned about the recent attacks on two Abuja based journalists of Punch Newspapers, the International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos-Nigeria, has called for immediate investigation of the attacks. The journalists, Amarachi Orjiude and Solomon Odeniyi, were attacked at a separate incidents…
An Orphan Called Nigeria
By Prince Charles Dickson “The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you’re not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I’m not perfect….
BESDA: Oyo Inaugurates Environmental Safeguard Team for Out-of-School Children
The Oyo State Government has inaugurated Environmental and Social Safeguard teams in the State, with an aim to ensure that out-of-school children captured and re-enrolled in the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme are taught in child-friendly environments…
Raphael Ede, Enugu Serial Freelance Journalist and Purveyor Of Falsehoods
By Festus Odiekpe His name is Mr. Raphael Ede. He is a perpetual freelance journalist in Enugu state. He freelanced for The Sun newspaper for years in Enugu without being employed, because of unethical behavior and poor academic qualifications. When…
Muhammad Nami’s FIRS: A New Era Of Tax Efficiency
By Queen Onwughalu The innovations and reforms undertaken at Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) by the new tax master, Muhammad Nami, call for a closer look. Since the discovery of oil in Nigeria in 1956, the nation has continued to…
Auditor General Reveals How 107 Million Barrels of Crude Oil Got Missing
The audit report of the Auditor General for the Federation has revealed that the defunct Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) failed to account for about 107,239,436.00 barrels of crude oil lifted for domestic consumption in 2019. The disclosure formed part…
2023: Group Writes Relevant Authorities, Harps on Presidency Of Nigeria’s South East Extraction And Need For Balancing Key Federal Offices
Nigeria’s leading researchers, investigators and advocates on democracy and good governance, human rights and rule of law and citizens’ security and safety, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has respectfully informed twenty-seven (27) top federal…
How Lagos Police Defended Dispatch Rider Allegedly Caught With 10-month Baby in Courier Box
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday came to the defence of a dispatch rider, Williams Tadule, who was caught with a 10-month-old baby in his courier box. According to the police, the suspected child-trafficker got the consent of one…
Govt Agencies Must Hold Citizens In High Esteem, Be Responsible – Osinbajo
*VP Receives WAEC Delegation at Presidential Villa Beyond core regulatory roles, Government agencies must always show that they are responsible to the people that they serve and that they hold them in high esteem, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,…
Dave Umahi Is Entitled To Due Process
By Emmanuel Onwubiko Democracy is indeed beautiful. Beautiful is edifying because everyone has a say but the right thing is always done. But Constitutional democracy is even more beautiful given the fundamentals that make it work in such a vibrant fashion…
HURIWA Tackles Lagos Police over Baby Caught with Dispatch Rider, Alleges Cover-up
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Monday, faulted the Lagos State Police Command over its stance on a 10-month-old baby caught with a dispatch rider, Williams Tadule, in the Sangotedo area of the state….
