archiveSeptember 15, 2020

Justice Mohammed Tukur Muazu Aliyu of the Kaduna State High Court, on Monday, September 14, 2020 sentenced Adamu Aliyu to six months imprisonment, for fraudulently transferring N40, 000 to himself, from the account of an unsuspecting Automated Teller Machine, (ATM) user, under the false pretense of aiding the victim to...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians on the increasing incidents of fraud across various internet platforms, especially on social media networks. The commission through its spokesperson, Ikechukwu Adinde, advised telecom consumers using social media platforms to be alert of internet scam. It warned consumers to be wary of...

  The Nigerian government has said that no decision has been taken on the reopening of tertiary institutions in the country. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of State for Education disclosed this during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 in Abuja. Nwajiuba, however, said universities would need to...

  The British government has called for peaceful elections in Edo and Ondo States. Nigerians will vote in the forthcoming polls scheduled for September 19 and October 10 respectively. In a statement on Tuesday, the United Kingdom warned against violence. “We look forward to seeing peaceful Edo and Ondo states...

Noble Laureate Professor Woke Soyinka has agreed with former President Olusegun Obasanjo that Nigeria is more divided under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. In a statement he signed on Tuesday titled: “Between ‘Dividers-in-chief’ and Dividers-in-law,” Soyinka emphasized that he was no fan of Obasanjo but admitted the former President read the...

The Alliance for the Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has said that it would back the planned protest by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) against the anti-people policies of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration. The group led by foremost rights lawyer and Chairman of ASCAB, Femi Falana, in a statement...

The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State election, Godwin Obaseki, has faulted claims made by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a televised broadcast on Tuesday. Obaseki said this in a press statement by his Special...

I am notoriously no fan of Olusegun Obasanjo, General, twice former president and co-architect, with other past leaders, of the crumbling edifice that is still generously called Nigeria. I have no reasons to change my stance on his record. Nonetheless, I embrace the responsibility of calling attention to any accurate...

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has condemned the Department of State Services (DSS) for repeatedly inviting Obadiah Mailafia for interrogations, warning the Buhari administration that no amount of pressure will deter the people from expressing their feelings under “a government that has clearly lost focus...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has concluded plan to flag off a special patrol, code named Operation PANTHER II aimed at checkmating driving against traffic in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)and Niger State. Operation Panther II which commences Monday, September 14, 2020, is part of FRSC strategies to promote...