Mr Igboho said the arms paraded on Thursday were planted in his house to soil his name. Sunday Adeyemo, a self-styled Yoruba activist also known as Sunday Igboho, has tackled Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Service (SSS), over the ...
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Yoruba Nation: Hold Police Responsible If Lagos Rally Turns Violent – Igboho’s Spokesman
Olayomi Koiki, the spokesperson to Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has raised an alarm that the Nigerian police should be held responsible if the Yoruba Nation rally turned violent in Lagos State.He said this in ...
Read More »Court Convicts Farouk Lawan Over $500,000 Bribe
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja has convicted former member of House of Representatives from Kano State, Farouk Lawan for receiving $500,000 bribe from a businessman, Femi Otedola. Justice Angella Otaluka convicted Lawan on ...
Read More »Twitter ban a rehearsal of FG’s plan to gag media – Falana
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja4 June 2021 Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), says the decision of the Federal Government to suspend Twitter shows that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has suspended Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution. Falana ...
Read More »Army dismisses 3,040 soldiers for desertion, murder, rape, drunkenness
Adelani Adepegba 30 May 2021 THE Nigerian Army has dismissed no fewer than 3,040 soldiers from service for various acts of misconduct, and indiscipline, including desertion, possession of hard drugs, rape and murder. Some of the soldiers were discharged for ...
Read More »We sold properties to raise N180m ransom, bought motorbikes for our children’s kidnappers – Parents of recently freed Kaduna students
Godwin Isenyo30 May 2021 Parents and family members of the remaining kidnapped students and workers of the Greenfield University, Kaduna State, said they were forced to sell their property to raise ransom as the remaining victims regained freedom. It was ...
Read More »Insecurity: APC begs Nigerians to support Buhari
John Alechenu, Abuja7 May 2021 THE governing All Progressives Congress has appealed to Nigerians to support the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as he works towards finding a permanent solution to the nation’s security problems. This appeal was contained ...
Read More »Saraki: Buhari Should Listen, Bandits Don’t Kill Along Party Lines
Buhari should listen, bandits don’t kill along party lines: Saraki “It might look like a long journey, but eventually, the truth will prevail, and the right thing will be done.”Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has called on President Muhammadu Buhari ...
Read More »Petrol Price Hike Only After Negotiation With Labour — NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Friday said it would maintain its current ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise called petrol until the conclusion of ongoing engagement with the organised labour and other stakeholders. NNPC had maintained an ex-depot ...
Read More »Amaechi: Work On Lagos-Calabar Railway To Start This Year
Transportation Minister, Chibuike Amaechi, says work on the proposed Lagos-Calabar railway will commence before the end of this year. Delivering the 34th Convocation Lecture of the University of Calabar with the topic: “The National Question and the Challenges of Nationhood ...
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