Early Christmas in Cross River as Ayade pays December salary
Barely four days after receiving their November salary, public and civil servants in Cross River State were on Thursday November 29 paid their December salary. This is even as the state is yet to receive federal allocation for November. It has become a tradition in the state under the governorship of Senator Ben Ayade for […]
Nigeria Police Killing Democracy, Working for One-party Dictatorship – HURIWA
……..Condemns arrest of Deji Adeyanju, others A pro-democracy and non-governmental organization – Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has raised alarm that the Nigeria police under Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Kpotum Idris is on the steady but toxic path to destroy Nigeria’s constitutional democracy to assist in erecting one party dictatorship. HURIWA said […]
‘ My former deputy resigned voluntarily’ No move to impeach him- Tambuwal
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal yesterday said that there was no move to impeach his immediate past deputy, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto just as he described the choice of Mannir Dan Iya who replaces him as God’s destiny. ” Dan Iya is a very resilient person and became rewarded by God’s will.” […]
Whistle-blowing: EFCC Arraigns Man for Giving False Information
A businessman, Rashid Huthman, who the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused of providing false information to an official of the commission on Wednesday appeared in an Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos. The EFCC charged Huthman alongside his company, Complete Leisure Estate Ltd with making false information to a public official. The […]
El-Zakzaky: Show Good Example by Obeying Court Orders, Falana Tells Buhari, Others
Nigerian leading human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana SAN has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to “comply with judgments and orders of municipal courts and regional tribunals in the interest of public accountability and political stability.” The call was […]
Police Arrest Deji Adeyanju, Others for Public Disturbance
The Nigeria Police Force is not unaware of the rights of every Nigerian to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of movement as essentials of Democracy provided for by the 1999 constitution, Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended particularly sections 38, 39, 40 and 41. However, these rights must be observed with […]
2019: Bafarawa, Shagari, Kwabo re-union shapes PDP, Tambuwal’s re-election
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto THOUGH, politics especially in Nigeria has a conventional way of springing surprises even at the last minute. No one had predicted nor thought certain permutations could brighten Peoples Democratic Party’s(PDP) support fortunes in Sokoto state as its unfolding. Hence, for the first time in pursuit of common political fortunes to […]
Iya Kabiru and Other Stories
By Reuben Abati “Iya Kabiru must be the luckiest woman in Nigeria today” “Who is that? I don’t know anybody so-called” “You don’t know Iya Kabiru? But you know Baba Kabiru?” “Do they know me?” “This is the problem with you. You only think about you, you, you. I am sure when I tell you now […]
Olisa Metuh: I can’t feed my family, unfreeze my accounts
The former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, Tuesday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to unfreeze his accounts to enable him fulfill his parental responsibility. Former Publicity Secretary Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) Olisa Metuh Speaking at the Abuja federal high court, Metuh according to Thecable alleged he […]
Obaseki walks BEDC MD out of his office for throwing state into darkness – Vanguard News Nigeria
…tells House of Reps that Edo doesn’t want a ‘failed, unserious’ DISCO There was mild drama at the office of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, as the governor walked the Managing Director (MD) of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Mrs. Funke Osibodu, out of his office for failing to meet […]