Thirty villagers were killed in Askawa and Gidan Dannunu communities in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State as bandits unleashed terror on them on Sunday. Eyewitnesses say the bandits stormed the communities on motorcycles and shot sporadically to scare the villagers. They said that several persons also sustained various degrees of injuries in attacks….
Human Rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has faulted the Federal Government’s suspension of Twitter operations in the country. The senior lawyer who was a guest on the Wednesday edition of Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily said the government is not permitted to resort to self-help in a constitutional democracy. Falana stated that…
The federal government has been dragged to the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians, over the Twitter ban in the country. The group and the concerned Nigerians filed a lawsuit against the Buhari-led administration over “the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria, criminalization…
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect. The Special Adviser, Media & Publicity to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, June 9, said the dissolution affected other political appointees including the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and the Chief of Staff (COS) He…
The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers in Nigeria (AUFCDN) has threatened to resume its strike and cut off food supply nationwide to protest the failure of the Federal Government to pay the N4.75 billion compensation agreed with them. The union went on strike in February this year to demand payment of N475 billion compensation…
Erstwhile President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has showed support for the Nigerian government for suspending micro-blogging website, Twitter, in the country. He said in a statement ; “Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President. More COUNTRIES should ban Twitter and Facebook for not…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said he will purchase AK-47s for Amotekun if the Federal Government gives him the license. The governor visited residents of Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo state were the massacres took place. Makinde lamented the level of destruction in the community, called on the Federal Government to…
A South African woman, Nonkululeko Ngwabe, 46, has been convicted and sentenced to 22 years imprisonemnt for the brutal murder of her husband. Nonkululeko was sentenced in Pietermaritzburg High Court in Kwazulu-Natal on Monday, June 7. She conspired with three men to kill her husband, Warrant Officer Thulani Ngwabe on November 3, 2019. According…
Well known Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), says security agencies were informed of the killings in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State over a week before the attack but nothing was done. At least 11 persons were killed during the attack on Igangan on Sunday, according to the police although…
The remains of Professor Peter Maidoki of the Department of Public Administration, University of Abuja, and his wife, Rahila Maidoki, were laid to rest on Friday, June 4 in Kaduna state. It was gathered that the couple died in a fatal motor accident that occurred at Sabo Wuse, along Kaduna Road on Saturday, May 29.