The National Christian Elders Forum has slammed the Federal Government for its “collusion or cover-up ” in the farmers/herdsmen’s clashes in the country. The group was reacting to the United Kingdom’s investigation of the clashes. The NCEF, in a letter to the UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, dated…
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has recommended the suspension of the Emir of Kano , Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi, over alleged misappropriation of N3.4bn by the Kano Emirate Council. The commission, according to the News Agency of Nigeria, said during its investigation, it discovered that N3.4bn was allegedly misappropriated by the Kano Emirate Council …
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said despite the people of the Federal Capital Territory rejecting him by voting for Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar in the February 23 presidential poll, he would secure the territory, being the President. Buhari jokingly said this when a delegation from the FCT paid him a Sallah homage at the…
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has restated his commitment to serve the people of the state, stressing that the time for sharing public funds to “a few greedy politicians” in the state was over. The governor, according to a statement on Tuesday, said this when he received Muslim faithful who were at the Government…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Umar Audu, for allegedly killing one Abubakar Mohammadu of the Fulani Camp, Wawa village in New-Bussa, Borgu Local Government Area of the state. The command confirmed the suspect’s arrest on Tuesday, stating that a team of policemen attached to the New-Bussa Division apprehended him over…
A court has seized the sum of £211m traced to the late General Sani Abacha, which was found in a Jersey bank account on Channels Island. According to Metro UK, the late Head of State laundered money through the US into the Channel Islands. The money was put in accounts held in Jersey by Doraville Properties…
The Ondo State Police has arrested two security guards who allegedly killed their boss Kwakye Kwaku Richard, 71; and his daughter Kwakye Tope, 27. After committing the crime, the men were said to have hidden their remains in an uncompleted building in Akure, the state capital. The State Commissioner of Police, Undie Adie, disclosed this…
The Flying Eagles have refused to leave their hotel in Poland over the non-payment of their allowances by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), an insider tells our correspondent. The Nigerian team had crashed out of the Fifa U-20 World Cup tournament in Lodz on Monday. Success Makanjuola’s 50th minute goal only appeared to be a…
The Coalition of United Political Parties on Tuesday backed the use of secret ballot system to elect the leadership of the Ninth National Assembly. The spokesman of the CUPP, Imo Ugochinyere, told journalists in Abuja that the secret ballot is the only way to stop desperate godfathers from imposing their stooges as leaders of the…
The Presidential Task Force on the Restoration of Law and Order in Apapa Ports Area, in Lagos, has unveiled its operational guidelines. The guidelines as contained in a paper made available to stakeholders at a meeting held in Lagos, recently, stipulates continuous stakeholders’ engagement as one of the critical strategies. Others are the deployment of…