Senate Sets Up Committee on Missing Budget
At plenary on Wednesday, the Senate president, Bukola Saraki set up a committee to trace the origin of the controversy surrounding the much hailed budget presented by President Muhamadu Buhari to the joint session of the National Assembly. News broke…
Group to Buhari: You’re Writing Letter to Another Boko Haram Sect Over El-Zakzaky *Says, Release Metuh or Charge him to Court
Barely a month of violent clash between the soldiers in the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff, Major-General T.Y. Brutai and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria(IMN), popularly called “Shittee” in kaduna State, a human rights group, the…
Why I won’t return the Anenih N100m – Falae
Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Olu Falae, says he will not refund the N100 million he collected from former PDP board of Trustees chairman, Tony Anenih. The said money has been linked to the $2.1 billion arms fund. Speaking…
White Paper Indicts Amaechi on Corruption, Reveals How He Funded Buhari Campaign
The immediate past governor of Rivers State and current Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi illegally acquired and diverted not less than N40 billion of Rivers State funds into the presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which saw…
Police to Pay N1m Damages for Human Rights Violation, Says Court
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has ordered the Nigerian Police Force to pay N1m damages for illegally detaining one Mark Sani for seven days. While awarding the sum, Justice Halilu Yusuf ruled that the law enforcement agency breached…
Stockbroker Jailed 7 Years for Fraudulent Sale of Shares
Justice Kudirat Jose of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on Monday, January 4, 2016 convicted and sentenced one Tajudeen Folaji to seven years imprisonment. The convict was found guilty on one count charge of unauthorized sale of shares and…
21-Year-old Carpenter Allegedly Tortured to Death By Police, Rights Group Petitions Buhari, Ambode, IGP, Others
A human rights group, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, Police Service Commission (PSC), Nigeria Police Council (NPC), Police Affairs Commission(PAC) and a host of others over an alleged torturing…
Alleged Illegal Seizure of Made in Nigeria Goods: Rights Group Petitions Buhari, Customs Boss, NASS, Others
A human rights group, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has petitioned the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) over illegal seizure of made in Nigeria Goods and some bags of rice belonging to one Mr. Chinedu…
Ending Insurgency: Multiple Explosions Kill 31 in Borno 3 Days To Deadline
About three days to December 31, 2015 deadline issued by President Muhammadu Buhari to wipe out the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents, multiple explosions in Borno State capital, Maiduguri have left about 31 persons injured, leaving others wounded. The blasts followed…
Activist Blasts Information Minister, Sagay Over Jonathan
*Says Buhari’s Government a Failure A renowned human rights activist, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman has tackled the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed for blaming the immediate past President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele…
#NnamdiKanu: Umeh Tackles South-East Lawmakers Over Silence
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh has taken on National Assembly members from the South-East geo-political zone for keeping silent over the continued incarceration of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra…
