Alleged N47.7bn NIMASA Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Tompolo, 8 Others in Absentia
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, arraigned the former Niger/Delta warlord, Mr. Government Oweize Ekemupolo, popularly called Tompolo, was arraigned in absentia before a Lagos Federal High Court on a 22 count-charge bordering on fraud, conversation of…
Remembering African Butcheries Of The Past, A Case Of Rwandan Genocide: In Honour Of Late Agathe Uwilingiyamana and Victims Of Regime Atrocities In Africa
Witten By Emeka Umeagbalasi “The killings have stopped, not because of changing of heart, but because there are few people left to be killed” (Brig General Paul Kagame (as he then was), leader of the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF), responding to…
Abu Health Workers Strike: Group Seeks FG, Emir’s Intervention
The ongoing strike by three health unions of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has drawn public attention as it takes toll on innocent patients. Joining the public concern, the Northern Emancipation Network yesterday said it has become necessary at this…
Insurgency: Teenage Boko Haram Bride Recounts Ordeal In Capativity
A 17-year-old escapee from Boko Haram captivity, who was simply identified as Zara, has shared her painful experience in the hands of her abductors before her rescue. According to Vanguard reports, Zara, who also had a child for her terrorist…
Fayose Demands Buhari’s Probe Over US Government, UK Telegraph Reports
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged the British Government to investigate an allegation of the use of British foreign aid given to Nigeria to help combat Boko Haram terrorists to fund a witch-hunt against opposition politicians with a view…
Delta Deputy Speaker Hails Otuaro At 48
Deputy Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi has congratulated the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro, on the occasion of his 48th birthday anniversary. In a message of felicitation, the Deputy Speaker thanked…
Saving Nigerians From Activities of Electricity Distribution Companies, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission By Chima Ugwuanyi
After grappling over the decades. with the reform of the power sector by successive governments, committing trillions of Naira into it, with the genuine intention of making electricity available in abundance to Nigerians for both industrial and domestic uses, efficient…
NUJ Seeks Better Pay for Nigerian Journalists
The Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, on Friday called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to enhance salaries of journalists and other media workers in the country. Deji Elumoye, Chairman of the Lagos branch of the union, made…
Onyeka Onwenu’s Replacement At Women Centre Suddenly Dies at 57
The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Abuja, has announced the death of its Acting Director-General, Alhaji Abdulmalik Dauda who succeeded Onyeka Onwenu. Mr Mohammed Aliyu, Protocol Officer to the director-general, confirmed the news to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Assets Declaration: Tafar’s Objection Lacks Merit – EFCC Tells Court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday informed an Igbosere High Court of Lagos State, that the application filed by the embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Rickey Tarfa, challenging the agency’s suit on his failure to declare…
Gov. Ugwuanyi Urges Prayers To Tame Criminality
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has urged Christians to embark on fervent prayers to arrest upsurge in kidnapping and other forms of criminality in the country. He spoke at a church service to mark 2016 mothering Sunday at St. Leo…
