Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and lead counsel to the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, has said that the fresh charges file against couple at the Federal High Court, was aimed at ensuring their continuous detention. El-Zakzaky and his wife who were…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Usman Baba, has recommended the suspension of Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) over his alleged link with Ramon Abbas, a fraudster, popularly known as Hushpuppi. The suspension is to pave way for investigations into allegations that Hushpuppi bribed Kyari to arrest a fellow fraudster, Vincent…
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has dismissed reports that 344 Corp members were killed by bandits in the Northwest zone in July. In a statement, the management described the report as fake and misleading, saying no Corps member was either killed or abducted in July. “No Corps Member deployed to the…
The book, entitled Accidental Public Servant, by the current governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, published in 2013, is a story of how he transformed from a private entrepreneur to rise to the top of the country’s political hierarchy, without actually planning to become one. In other words, the book is about how the…
NIGERIA has a long history of Western education. Its first medical doctor, William Broughton Davis graduated in 1858. It had its first television station on October 31, 1959 before some Western countries like Albania and New Zealand. Yet, in July, 2021, its National Assembly voted overwhelmingly that the country must not transmit election results electronically….
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was invited on Saturday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for questioning at its headquarters in Abuja. Spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that Sarki honoured the invitation by the commission. The former senate President is being questioned over fresh allegations of money laundering and corruption. The…
