Govt Failure: Abductions of Women, Children, and Students Shake Northern Nigeria
By Abdul-Azeez Suleiman The recent mass abductions in Northern Nigeria are a clear indication of the authorities’ continued failure to protect its citizens from attacks by armed groups. The shocking abduction of over 400 displaced people in Borno state and…
Enugu’s Land Grabbing Crisis: NGIJ Investigation Unveils Exploitative Woes As “Captain” Accused of Using Soldiers For Land Grabbing Linked To Lagbaja Family
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…
Highlights of Federal Executive Council Decisions on Monday 26 February
By Bayo Onanuga Here are some of the highlights of the far reaching decisions taken today at the Federal Executive Council meeting, chaired by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The implementation involves merging, subsuming and scrapping agencies with similar functions. The…
TCN Suffers Setback As Vandals Destroy Its Two 330kV Transmission Towers
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,…
EFCC Chair, Olukoyede, Charges Banks’ CEOs to Play by the Rules in Fight Against Corruption
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of banks across the country to always abide by extant regulations and rules in their practices as effective means…
Kemi Nanna Nandap Named New Immigration Comptroller-General
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Kemi Nanna Nandap, a Deputy Comptroller-General (DCG) as the Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service. Chief Ajuri Ngelale Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), who announced the appointment…
President Tinubu Appoints Hafsat Bakari As 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,…
Anti-corruption: EFCC Set To Collaborate With ALGON To Train Council Officials
As part of efforts to ensure transparency and accountability at the local government level in Nigeria, the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in collaboration with the Association Of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) have concluded arrangements to train council…
FCT Police Nabs Wanted Suspected Kidnapper, Rescues Victims
Following recent upsurge in abduction for random in Nigeria’s capital, the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has apprehended a wanted suspected notorious kidnapper, Saidu Abdulkadir, and some victims were rescued. The Police Public Relations for…
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…
