FOR THE RECORDS: Full Text of Tinubu’s Statement on Amotekun
“Amotekun. This issue has dominated recent discourse and media headlines. Distilled to its basics, it concerns how best state governments can assist with the safety and security of their residents. This is a matter of serious concern entitled to sober…
Intersociety Releases Updated Special Report on Military Massacre and Related Atrocities in Eastern Nigeria
Onitsha, Eastern Nigeria, 19th January 2020 – The Int’l Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law, a leading research and investigative rights and democracy group in Nigeria since 2008, has updated its special research report on Military Massacre in…
34 Promoted FRSC Officers Decorated
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Command, on Friday, decorated 34 newly-promoted officers in the state with new ranks, urging them to rededicate themselves to service of their fatherland. The Sector Commander, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, gave the charge during…
Amotekun: Why Buhari Must Arrest Yoruba Leaders Now – Miyetti Allah
Following the launch of the now controversy generating Amotekun security outfit in the South West of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been called upon to immediately arrest the Yoruba leaders promoting the establishment of the new security group. Making…
NURTW Clash: MC Oluomo, Kunle Poly Sign Peace Accord
By James Ezema Plus How Leaders of the Group Fermenting Trouble Agreed Members of National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State Branch led by its Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo on 17th January 2020 has…
FCIID Arraigns Event Manager Monalisa Okoye Over N122m Fraud
…Monalisa Okoye Accused of Obtaining N122m Under False Pretence of Supplying Interior Furnitures Men of Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FCIID), Alagbon, Lagos, have arraigned a businesswoman, Mrs. Monalisa Okoye, before an Igbosere Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on 10…
Niger Delta Avengers Blow Up More Chevron Oil Wells
The Niger Delta Avengers has launched a fresh attack on Chevron’s oil pipeline in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State. The separatist which claimed responsibility for the attack said they blew up two vital Chevron oil wells in…
Alleged Forgery: Court Adjourns Trial of Innoson Motors Boss, 4 Others Till June 23
The trial of Mr. Innocent Chukwuma, the Chief Executive Officer of Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited, and four others over alleged forgery before a Lagos Federal High Court, has been adjourned till June 23. Others to be tried by the…
Conviction: Appeal Court releases ‘My Pikin’s’ Properties
The Lagos Division Court of Appeal, today, upheld the judgment of a Lagos Federal High Court, which sentenced two employees of Barewa Pharmaceutical Company limited to seven years imprisonment each for selling a killer teething syrup: “My Pikin” The…
One Killed, Curfew Imposed on Pandogari, Niger State Over Religious Unrest
Nigeria’s military has imposed a curfew in Niger State town of Pandogari over the killing of a trader in the area over religious crisis. Trouble started at about 6 p.m. on Sunday, 29 May 2016, when one Mr Methodus Chimaije Emmanuel, a…
Tompolo Contacts Delta Deputy Governor, Says He’s Being Tempted To Return To Militancy
Chief Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), who is currently been hunted by security agents over allegations of fraud leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has established contact with the Deputy Governor of Delta State and Chairman,…