Saraki Dumps APC
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, ON JULY 31, 2018. I wish to inform Nigerians that, after extensive consultations, I have decided to take my leave of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is not a decision that I have made lightly. If anything at all, […]
ICYMI: CEP Study Documents YouTube’s Failure to Effectively and Permanently Remove Extremist Content
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) conducted a study to better understand the prevalence of ISIS videos on YouTube. Using a web crawler and its own video-matching technology, eGLYPH, CEP searched for the presence on YouTube of a small sample of 229 previously identified ISIS-generated videos (just a fraction of the trove of extremist material available on the platform) over […]
Bafarawa urges EFCC to investigate successor over N13.5bn fraud…as Wamakko demands prove
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto AS former Governor Attahiru Bafarawa stands acquitted and discharged over alleged N13bn fraud case levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the former governor urges the anti graft agency to investigate his successor, former Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko on the alleged missing state fund. The PDP presidential […]
Customs seizes tramadol, cannabis worth N21m in Sokoto
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Worth 68 cartons of tramadol and 120 kilogrammes of cannabis valued at N21.1 million were intercepted and seized according to the Sokoto Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS). Similarly, the command disclosed that it also arrested six cartons of expired cigarettes. Handing over the seized items to the National Drugs […]
Floyd Mayweather on 50 Cent Beef, He Tried to Screw Al Haymon
Floyd Mayweather says the core of his feud with 50 Cent is that the rapper tried to push out the guy who runs his business … Al Haymon. FYI, Al is Floyd’s longtime manager — and Floyd has credited him with having a crucial role in building his near-billion-dollar empire. So, when Floyd appeared on Complex News and was […]
Saraki, Dogara: Current Situation in Benue is a Desecration of Legislative Sanctity
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have described as “a desecration of the legislative sanctity”, the on-going situation in Benue State in which eight out of the 30 members of the State House of Assembly have commenced impeachment process against the Governor and with the support […]
Breaking: EFCC: Court discharges Bafarawa, two others
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto A Sokoto state High Court on Tuesday presided over by Justice Bello Abbas discharged and acquitted former Governor Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa of alleged N13bn financial fraud in a case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) against him. Others also discharged and acquitted along with the former governor were; Alhaji […]