Addressing Insecurity in Northern Nigeria: The Defence Ministry, CNG Approach
By Nura Ibrahim Birnin Magaji The recent approach by the Defence Ministry and the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) to address insecurity in northern Nigeria is a step in the right direction. This approach will lead to improved, sincere and…
Joint Security Forces Intensify Efforts To Free Abducted Benue Commissioner
As security forces intensify efforts to rescue abducted Benue State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Hon Mathew Abo, troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have joined in the search for the victim. Abo was last Sunday kidnapped by some gunmen…
Mounting Security Challenges: Group Decries Persistent Absence Of Zamfara Governor, Demands Indefinite State of Emergency
The Zamfara Conflict Resolution Concern Forum (ZCRC), has decried what it described as the “persistent absence of our Governor, Dauda Lawal in the face of mounting security challenges that our state is currently experiencing.” The group demanded that the President…
Zamfara Campus Abduction: Governor’s Attitude Worries Gender Protection Group
A feeling that the Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal has actually abandoned the people in the midst of such serious crises on a day several students of Zamfara State University were kidnapped by bandits has understandably drawn the ire…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court Building On Fire
A section of the Supreme Court building in Abuja is currently on fire. The strange fire is said to have affected the offices of three judges already. However, there were people spotted at the apex court complex, who were in…
SERAP Wants Tinubu To Probe $15bn, N200bn Missing Oil Revenues
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Bola Tinubu to probe the $15bn and N200bn missing oil revenues. In a statement on Sunday, the group’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, wants Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel…
Indian Con-man Poddar in Multi-million Dollars Fraud, Defrauds Nigerian, Staff And Others in India, US
A certain Indian based con-man, Tarun Poddar, who was alleged to have committed fraud against various individuals all over America to the tune of over $32 billion has done his stock in trade to a Nigerian politician and financial expert…
Bauchi Group Wants APC Stakeholders in the State Charged with Contempt of Court
The Bauchi Democracy and Transparency Watch Group has called on the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to charge the All Progressives Congress stakeholders in Bauchi State with contempt for their remarks regarding a suit challenging Governor Bala Mohammed’s victory at the…
CJN Set To Swear-in Nine Appeal Court Justices
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, is set to swear-in newly appointed nine Justices of the Court of Appeal. They will take their oath of office on Wednesday, September 20, at the main court auditorium of the…
FCT Farmers, Herder Clash Leaves Vigilante Dead, Two Injured
There was tension in Dobi community in Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, which led to the destruction of houses and the killing of a vigilante in the community. Leadership reports that during the crisis,…
