Amaechi’s Screening: Hoping Against Hope Over Ministerial Clearance
Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate on Tuesday, against all hopes, excluded the name of embattled Rivers State former Governor, Rotimi Ameachi, from the day’s screening. From the Order Paper of the Senate, it was gathered that only three of…
Tribunal Victory: PDP Mocks APGA Over Protest In Abia
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over what it describes as “its embarrassing resort to calling out paid touts and street urchins” to attempt and/or orchestrate a cosmetic protest in Abia against the…
10th Wole Soyinka Award For Investigative Reporting: Center Fixes Oct 23 Deadline For Entries
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has fixed 4pm on Friday, October 23, 2015 as deadline for submission of entries. The centre had invited entries from Nigerian reporters for the 10th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting from the…
Fresh Maiduguri Bomb Blasts Kill 20, Many Injured As Residents Arrest Suspected Boko Haram Bomber in Birnin Kebbi
Fresh multiple explosions, which hit Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Tuesday, killed no fewer than 20 persons and left many others injured. This came even as vigilante Birnin Kebbi residents apprehended a man suspected to be a member of…
How Falae Abduction was Planned At a Wedding – Suspect
A kidnap suspect, one Abdullahi Usman (AKA Kadiri) on Monday gave a racy narration of how he helped to pinpoint Chief Olu Falae, “a big man who goes to his farm in Toyota Hilux van”, who could be kidnapped to…
Full Names Of 7 Judges Suspended in Ghana Over Corruption
The President of Ghana has suspended seven of the 12 High Court judges caught on video allegedly receiving bribes to pervert justice. A statement signed by the Judicial Secretary, Alex Opoku Acheampong and issued in Accra said Vice-President Kwesi Amissah…
Multiple Bomb Explosions Rock Maiduguri, Casualty Figure Uncertain
Amid victory songs over insurgents and negotiations by Nigerian government with Boko Haram militants, multiple bomb explosions struck a mosque and the area outside the building in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, witnesses said on…
Court Orders Saraki’s Arrest Over Assets Declaration
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja has ordered the immediate arrest of Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki be security agencies. The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Solomon Arase and other relevant security agencies in the…
Ikorodu Robbery: 4 Gang Members Remanded In Prison
By Ladi Paul, Lagos A Four-member robbery gang that attacked and robbed two banks in Ikorodu, Lagos in June 24, 2015, were on Wednesday, charged before a Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Ebute-Metta, on charges bordering on conspiracy and…
BREAKING: Boko Haram Responds To Its Defeat Claim By Army With Bomb Blast, Kills Many
As the Nigerian military claims it has defeated the Islamic militants in the North Eastern Nigeria by destroying all its camps, the dreaded sect has detonated a bomb in Adamawa State. TheStreetReporters.com learnt that a bomb blast occurred on Friday…
Revoked Diplomatic Passport: Saudi Arabia Detains Senator Barata
Senator Hassan Barata has been taken into custody by Saudi Arabian authorities over revoked diplomatic passport. The former Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism was carrying an official passport already revoked by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on the…
