FG threatens to release more names of alleged treasury looters
By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: THE All Progressive Congress (APC) administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has threatened to release more names of alleged treasury looters. The government had recently released some names which have continued to attract criticisms within and outside the country. Many of the critics, who faulted the names, argued that the […]
Accidental gun discharge kills chief mourner at burial ceremony
By Anny NWOKOLO (Port Harcourt) NIGERIA: AN accidental discharge of a loaded gun during burial ceremony has led to the death of a 40-year-old woman and the injury sustained by another person in Enugu State. The disaster, GatewayMail gathered, occurred in Amanato Mburumbu community of Nkanu East Local Government when a man, Daniel Chukwu, […]
Buhari government disowns journalist’s claim on missing Chibok girls
By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari administration has distanced itself from a journalist, Ahmed Salkida’s disclosure that only 15 of the 113 Chibok girls in captivity of the dreaded Boko Haram are still alive. Salkida, who is believed to be closed to the terror group that kidnapped 217 girls from their school, […]
Police arrest five women hawking naira notes in Ogun
By Sola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: THE Ogun State Police Command has arrested five women for hawking and selling Naira notes in the state. The police said that by their action, the women have committed an offence punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act 2017. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, […]
Police ban pro-democracy groups, activists in Abuja
By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: THE Police have banned daily sit-outs at Unity Fountain by pro-democracy groups and good governance advocates in Abuja. The Abuja Command declared that the groups have turned themselves to nuisance within the Federal Capital Territory, particularly Unity Fountain, which has served as a symbol of democracy and civil rights […]
Saraki tasks Nigerian ICC President on reforms to assure African nations
By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: SENATE President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has a piece of advice for the new President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji. Saraki charged the Nigerian born Justice to, among others, embark on urgent reforms of the ICC to reassure some African countries that accused the court […]
