Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 13:50
US Department of Justice (DoJ) officials have expressed a reluctance to hand over a sum of $100m recovered from the late dictator General Sani Abacha to the federal government amid fears that the money may be handed to Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 13:26
HUMAN rights lawyer Femi Falana has called on Nigerians that pay ransom fees to secure the release of their family members abducted by kidnappers to demand compensation from the federal government.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 12:53
BRITISH carrier BA has offered to compensate its Nigerian passengers who it left stranded in Ghana as a result of its recent decision to divert all of its Lagos bound flights to Accra due to bad weather and poor visibility.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 12:00
MEMBERS of the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have lashed out at former governor Ayo Fayose saying that he will not be welcome to join their ranks if he decides to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 10:07
By Ayo Akinfe
(1) Now that Amotekun is more or less done and dusted, it is time to move on from the hype and face the realities it presents us with. I like the fact that all sorts of safeguards are being put in place to prevent the Amotekun Corps becoming a band of thugs, political hoodlums, an ethnic militia or an uncontrollable congregation of hooligans. What is lacking though is a commercial masterplan to make the project an exemplary initiative in self-sustainability
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 17:15
LAWMAKERS in the Ogun State House of Assembly have added a caveat to the bill authorising the creation of the regional security outfit Amotekun by including a clause which provides for a compulsory insurance scheme for all its operatives.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 15:58
SENATORS have given their approval to a bill that will establish a federal agency that will rehabilitate repentant Boko Haram fighters who lay down their arms after the proposal passed its first reading on the floor of the National Assembly today.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 15:01
EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have warned Nigeria that they may impose restrictive visa implementation rules on Nigerian travellers if the governor fails to play its part in the return and readmission of its nationals staying illegally abroad.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 14:15
WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been issued with a National Identity Number (Nin) and has applied for a national identity card during a recent visit to Abuja where he affirmed his Nigerian citizenship.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 13:02
GERMAN engineering giant Siemens has asked the federal government to allow it venture into the Nigerian power sector by acquiring some of the regional electricity distribution companies known locally as Discos.
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