Police arrest Adeleke’s school principal, registrar’s wife, 9-month baby – PDP alleges
By Nnenna Ibeh The Nigeria Police on Wednesday, April 24, allegedly arrested the principal of Ede Muslim Grammar School, Ede in Osun state. Abbas Adejare – principal to the school which produced Senator Ademola Adeleke’s WAEC certificate – was said to have been arrested alongside the wife of the registrar of the schools, Rofiyat Oladepo and her […]
How a Cross-Border Reporting Team Exposed Venezuela’s $28 Billion, Oil-for-Allies Scheme
By: Sara Olstad | 04/22/19 As Venezuela’s citizens suffer from rampant food shortages, the government is spending billions to bolster political allies in Latin America, a team of pioneering reporters recently revealed in an unprecedented expose. CONNECTAS, a cross-border investigative journalism organization in Latin America, directed the project, called Petrofraude. Adding heft to CONNECTAS, ICFJ Knight Fellow Fabiola Torres […]
World Bank Tasks Kaduna State on Open Contracting
World Bank and other development partners have put the Kaduna state government to task on the urgent need for the state to effectively implement Open Contracting towards accelerated provision of the people’s basic needs in both the rural and urban areas of the state. Architect Suleiman Ibrahim of Kaduna State Public Procurement Authority (KADPPA), who […]
Victims of ‘human sacrifice’ found by engineers laying water pipes
By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN)Dozens of Neolithic skeletons, including those of people who may have been victims of human sacrifice, have been discovered in an almost 3,000-year-old settlement in Britain.The remains of 26 people from the Iron Age and Roman periods were found, including a woman with her feet cut off and her arms bound […]
ROLAC, FOICN Train Anambra, Adamawa Permanent Secretaries on FOI
By Destiny Ugorji No fewer than forty Permanent Secretaries and Directors in Anambra and Adamawa states respectively, have been trained on the provisions and application of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011. Lead Consultant to the Rule of Law and Anti Corruption-ROLAC Programme of the British Council on FOI and Chairman, Board of Governors, […]
Olamaboro interested in truth, not ethnic agenda – Traditional Ruler
Rather than some divisive ethnic interests under the veil of Igala Agenda, the people of Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State, their traditional ruler, HRH Simeon Ujah says, are more interested in the development of their community, the truth and reciprocity. The traditional ruler, made the point at the weekend while addressing the Chief […]
Kajuru attack: Police Reveals How Briton, Miss Mooney, was killed.
The Police Command in Kaduna State has identified the expatriate killed by suspected kidnappers in Kajuru as Miss Faye Mooney, a Briton. The Command’s Public Relation Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kaduna. Mooney was among the two people killed and three kidnapped on April […]
How four Boko Haram suspects were arrested in Auchi
The Edo State Police at the weekend in Benin explained how four members of the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect were nabbed at Auchi, Etsako West local government area of the state. In a statement by the spokesman, Mr Chidi Nwanbuzor, he said that their arrest was based on credible intelligence from the Department State […]
JAMB to send 2019 UTME results to phones of candidates.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it would reach out to candidates through their telephones as asoon as all the results of the 2019 UTME were ratified. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. According to […]
Kano PDP guber candidate, Yusuf attacks Gov. Ganduje
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, gubernatorial candidate in Kano, Engr Kabir Abba Yusuf, has attacked Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, for his “reckless” statements on the outcome of the supplementary election in the state. Ganduje recently told Aso Villa State House reporters that he was not going to lose any sleep over the Abba Yusuf’s decision […]