AkinfeAyo's blog

ABOUT seven of the ladies recently arrested in Abuja and convicted by a mobile court for prostitution have alleged that policemen attached to the Utako and Gwarimpa police stations raped and physically assaulted them while they were in custody.

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been dragged to court by the Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International (KHRFI) over its National Assembly zoning formula which is claimed to be unfair as it marginalises the southeast geo-political zone.

BRITISH foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the UK will come to Nigeria's assistance by offering it any help needed to eliminate the Boko Haram menace whenever it is asked to do so.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been summoned to appear before the House of Representatives to address the growing spate of insecurity across the nation after a motion calling for him to be invited was adopted yesterday.

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Ngwa, today we are going to debate the issue of motorcycles. If we were a right thinking people, the motorcycle could radically transform the Nigerian economy. By my calculations, Nigeria is the world's fifth largest user of motorcycles behind India, Vietnam, Indonesia and China

FEDERAL Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) officials have stepped up a series of intensive technical training for their staff in a quest to get them equipped to take over the operating of the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (Armt).

NIGERIAN environmental officials have participated in a working visit to the UK as part of an international working visit facilitated by the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) to pick up ideas on how to go about cleaning up Ogoniland.

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting chairman Ibrahim Magu has accused Nigeria's governors of fuelling insecurity across the country just so they can obtain more cash in the form of higher security votes.

LOCAL people in Zamfara State have decided to take action in response to the constant terrorising of their communities by armed bandits as residents of Birnin Magaji Local Government Area cordoned off their emir’s palace and killed seven suspected hoodlums.

GOVERNORS Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State have emerged as the two contenders vying to become the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) when it reconvenes after May 29.