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Abdulrasheed Maina Operatives of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency and the Niger Republic Intelligence Service have arrested a former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who is facing a 12-count money laundering charge levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Intelligence sources confirmed thatContinue Reading

A Court Martial in Abuja has convicted the former Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi. The tribunal on Monday found Adeniyi guilty of violating military social media guidelines and ordered his demotion by at least three years. Adeniyi’s aide, Private Tokunbo Obanla, who was prosecuted alongsideContinue Reading

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) will on Wednesday, December 10, in Lagos hold the third edition of Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Awards. HEDA instituted the award in memory of the late anti-corruption icon, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, who died of lung cancer on September 8, 2009. The NigerianContinue Reading

A new civil society coalition, Alliance for the Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond, has said that Nigerian military leaders have failed and should be relieved of their duties over their failure to protect Nigerians from Boko Haram. Reacting to the massacre of farmers in Borno by the insurgents, the groupContinue Reading

About thirty-eight more corpses were on Monday recovered from the scene of Saturday’s onslaught on farmers by Boko Haram Insurgents in Borno State, sources told SaharaReporters. The deceased were slaughtered at a rice plantation in Kwashabe village, about 20 kilometres north of Maiduguri. The insurgents were also said to haveContinue Reading

Hours after members of the Boko Haram terrorists beheaded over 30 farmers in Borno State, gunmen suspected to be bandits have slaughtered seven farmers, including a nursing mother, across three communities of Tashar Bama, Dogun Muazu and Unguwar Maigayya villages of Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State, The SunContinue Reading

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has lamented that a sizable number of officers of the Nigeria Police Force who should be fighting criminal elements in the country are involved in non-police duties like carrying the bags of the wives of Very Important Personalities. El-Rufai saidContinue Reading

File Photo A soldier of the Nigerian Army believed to be serving in the North-East has written the Chief of  Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, over injustice in the recent military’s promotion exercise. The soldier lamented that the army authorities failed to promote soldiers and officers who are dueContinue Reading

Oby Ezekwesili A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has called for an independent mental and physical assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari to ascertain his ability to govern the country in the face of growing security challenges. Ezekwesili said a medical panel must be set up to assess the President,Continue Reading

Three persons have been killed and no fewer than four houses razed in a suspected clash between two cult groups in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Residents accused the Delta State Police Command and the leaders of the area of folding their arms while the cults AyeContinue Reading

President Muhammadu Buhari The State House, which includes the offices of the president and vice president, has earmarked N66.6 million for the payment of Aso Rock rent and N45 million for sewerage charges.  These reoccurring and unexplained expenditures have again been captured in the 2021 budget. President Muhammadu Buhari OtherContinue Reading

President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday promised to make more resources available to the Nigerian military to prosecute the war against insurgency in the country. Buhari added that he would work closely with neighbouring countries on bilateral and multilateral levels to ensure that there is no hiding place forContinue Reading

Innoson, an indigenous auto company owned by Innocent Chukwuma, has approached the Federal High Court in Enugu to stop what it claims as deregistration and re-registration of Guaranty Trust Bank until the bank pays the company a N32 billion judgement debt. Joined in the suit is the Central Bank ofContinue Reading

Nigerians have taunted the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, asking when he would ask President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over the embarrassing security situation in the country, the same way he angrily requested former President Goodluck Jonathan to do same in 2014. Some commentators on TwitterContinue Reading

Lagos Judicial Panel A 39-year-old man, Marc Nwadi, has lamented how he was arrested by the policemen and convicted for armed robbery because he did not have N10,000 bribe to give to the policemen. Nwadi was in Kirikiri Prison for five years. He narrated his ordeal to the Lagos StateContinue Reading