Misuse of Soldiers: Enugu Land Grabbing Kingpin Linked to Lagbaja’s Family – NGIJ Investigation Reveals
By NGIJ Team In recent years, Nigeria has been grappling with a pressing issue known as land grabbing, where land rights are violated and increasingly stripped away from local communities and vulnerable individuals. This contentious practice, often fuelled by powerful…
FBI Charges Senior NNPC Official in $2.1m Swiss Oil Company Bribery To Shortchange Nigeria To the Tune of $2.4bn
A lawyer has been charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with multiple felonies arising from an alleged $2.1 million bribe, which he received while serving as an officer at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The man identified as…
General Lagbaja Lauds Kwara Government For Supporting Family Of Late Major Segun Oni
The Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army (NA) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has commended the Kwara State Government for its support to the family of late Major Segun Oni, a gallant and devoted officer of the Nigerian Army, who died…
TCN Loses Two 330kV Transmission Towers To Insurgents in the North
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has suffered major setback after the vandalism and destruction of two of its transmission towers. The destroyed towers are T377 and T378, along the Gombe – Damaturu 330kV transmission line on Friday, February 23,…
Stop Trivializing Terrorism
Until 1.14pm WAT, on September 11, 2011, when 2,996 people were killed in a terror attack on the World Trade Center in New York, I frankly was not very familiar with the word “terrorism.” The frenzy that trailed that very…
Why Integrous, Accountable Judicial Systems Will Strengthen Democracy In West Africa – Tinubu Tells ECOWAS Judges
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his commitment as the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to advancing judicial reforms with determined support, emphasizing that integrous and accountable judicial systems will strengthen democracy across West Africa,…
Tinubu Appoints DCG Kemi Nanna Nandap As Comptroller-General Of Immigration
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DCG Kemi Nanna Nandap to serve as the Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), who announced the appointment…
Tinubu Names Hafsat Bakari New Director/CEO Of NFIU
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ms. Hafsat Abubakar Bakari to serve as the Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), pending her confirmation by the Senate. A statement issued by a presidential Spokesperson,…
EFCC To Collaborate With ALGON To Train Council Officials On Anti-corruption, Transparency
In a bid to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country, the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to collaborate with the Association Of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in deepening transparency and accountability in the third tier…
CNPP Says Conviction of Man Who Murdered Own Son Good Deterrence To Others, Commends Enugu Judiciary
Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Enugu State chapter, has commended the judgment delivered yesterday, Wednesday, at the Enugu State High Court, sentencing a man, Okolie Chigozie Michael, to death by hanging for killing own son, saying that the conviction…
Enugu Court Sentences Man To Death By Hanging For Killing Own Son
The Enugu State High Court sitting in Enugu, the state capital, has found a man, Okolie Chigozie Michael, 32, guilty of unlawfully killing his son. He committed the offence when he was 28 year-old in 2020. Delivering her judgement on…
