Again, EFCC Recovers N1.4billion for NHIS
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered an additional sum of One Billion, Four Hundred Million Naira (N1.4 Billion) for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. The money which was released to the NHIS on August 5, 2022,…
Will Corruption Kill The Supreme Court?
By Emmanuel Onwubiko Typically, we in the media pride ourselves as members of the forth estate of the realm and this we do not hold lightly. A recent book on media practice brought this point out succinctly and i will…
Wadume: HURIWA Slams Judge, Says Judiciary Aiding Kidnapping With Lenient Ruling
*Calls Wadume’s Slap in the Wrist Judicial Sanction a Sham Judgment Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, criticised Justice Binta Nyako for her light judgement on Taraba-based kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, popularly known…
SDP Presidential Candidate, Adebayo Says If Elected Insecurity Will Be Tackled Forcefully
The Social Democratic party presidential candidate and presidential hopeful, Chief Adewole Adebayo has called on Nigerians to allow him to be their president come 2023 to tackle the menaceof insecurity hitting the country. Prince Adewole made this known in a…
Fulani Bandits Attacking Catholic Priests To Grow Their Kidnap-for-ransom Business – Rights Group Cry Out
…Blames Presidency, Security Agencies Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Monday, slammed the Federal Government and security agencies over the rising kidnapping and killing of Catholic priests who are now endangered species as they…
President Buhari, End The Fulani War Now!
By Emmanuel Onwubiko “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.”- elie wiesel “My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain…There was a time when our people covered the land as the waves…
See Letter Suspending Anambra LG Boss Over Death of His Wife Few Days After His Swearing-in
The Anambra State government has suspended newly appointed TC Chairman, Hon. Mbazulike Iloka over circumstances leading to the death of his wife, Mrs Chidiebere IIoka, barely few days after his swearing-in as Nnewi North LGA TC Chairman. The letter dated…
Domestic violence: Beyond Suspension, Anambra LG Boss Must Be Arrested for Prosecution – HURIWA Insists
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Friday, said beyond the suspension of the Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area in Anambra State, Mbazulike Iloka, over the alleged battery of his wife,…
Falana To Press For Prosecution Of Correctional Officers Who Inflicted “Brutal Torture” On Inibehe Effiong
A constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has condemned what he described as “brutal torture” inflicted on Inibehe Effiong, a lawyer jailed by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State. Mr Effiong last month was sentenced…
PDP In Shock As Wike Sues Atiku, Tambuwal, Demands Recognition As Presidential Candidate
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has put the Peoples democratic Party (PDP) in shock as he drags its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar; the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the party to court over the conduct of PDP presidential…
Imo, River Of Blood And Ebubeagu Brutality
By Nonso Emecheta It is no longer news that the reign of terror by the notorious and sanguinary state sponsored executioners and coercive apparatus known as Ebubeagu has gotten to an alarming rate. Of more worrisome is the fact that…
