Sokoto APC state congress adopts consensus, Achida now Chair
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto THE Sokoto APC state elective congress was yesterday night conducted devoid of rancour with the emergence by consensus of a new set of executives under the chairmanship of Hon. Sadik Isah Achida. Achida who is the current Commissioner for Information and Home Affairs replaces Alhaji Usman Danmadamin Isah who has been […]
Buhari 2019: Makarfi advises Obasanjo
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee chairman, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to jeopardise plans of the opposition in Nigeria to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari in the coming 2019 general elections, through his political actions. Makarfi advised the former President on […]
No Manhunt of any Journalist over IG’s Speech- Kano Police Command
The Kano state police command has denied news making the rounds that it has invited the journalist that telecasted the video containing a speech where the Inspector General of Police “Muddled Up” a scripted speech at the official commissioning of the COBWEB Solutions Intelligence Platform of the Kano State Command. In the press statement, the […]
22 years after, Supreme Court acquits Otokoto suspect
The Supreme Court on Friday discharged and acquitted, Alban Ajaegbu, one of the accused in the celebrated case of the ritual killing of an 11-year-old boy, Ikechukuwu Okoronkwo, in 1996 in Owerri, Imo. The killing of the boy, a hawker, jolted Owerri, stoking riot and destructions by enraged residents that lasted for days in the city. In […]
Kano, Adamawa States Set to Operationalize, Adopt FOI Act
Kano, Ada Destiny Ugorji Two Northern Nigerian states, Kano and Adamawa have expressed their readiness to adopt and operationalize the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2011. Kano State Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Mohammad Auwal Na’iya, who made the state government’s position known while delivering a goodwill message on Thursday at an FOI Assessment and […]
Nigeria’s stressed-out middle-class is trying to leave in droves and the destination is Canada
By Yomi Kazeem By most standards, Ezekiel is living the middle-class Nigerian dream. At 41, he works as a senior manager at a Lagos-based media company where he earns a healthy salary. He also runs a successful side business importing and selling American used cars and has enough money to fund his wife and two children […]
N10B Defamation Suit: Ugwuonye Yet to File Response, as Aiyedogbon Presents Electronic Evidence
Destiny Ugorji Eighteen (18) months after being served with court papers in a Ten Billion Naira defamation suit instituted by ex-husband of missing Abuja woman, Charity Aiyedogbon, Mr. David Aiyedogbon, disbarred Lagos lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye is yet to file his response to the suit, even as his trial continues. Our Correspondent reports that Mr. Ugwuonye commenced […]
Abducted Syrian:Sokoto police deploy F-SARS to rescue victim
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Sokoto state Police Commissioner, Murtala Usman Mani yesterday said the command has deployed men of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad(FSARS) to ensure the abducted Syrian national, Abdoul Najir is rescued safely. The expoertriate who works with a construction firm, Triacta Engineering company Ltd was Wednesday kidnapped by unidentified gunmen along […]
Kenya: Cybercrimes Law Restricts Media Freedom
Washington – May 16, 2018 — In response to Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta signing the Computer and Cybercrimes Law, new legislation that allows criminal charges to be brought against persons deemed to have “intentionally published false, misleading or fictitious data,” Freedom House issued the following statement: “The cybercrimes law is another step backward for media freedom and […]
Atiku on NNPC: Buhari’s men display ignorance of modern economy
The All-Atiku Support Group has blamed the criticism by the Buhari Media Organisation of the proposal by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to privatize some aspects of the oil and gas sector as a display of poor knowledge about modern economic management. The AASG in a press statement signed by its Coordinator, Mr. Oladimeji Fabiyi […]