Some of the demolished houses FHA justifies demolition, says owners were trespassers There was wailing yesterday, following Sunday’s demolition of houses worth several billions of Naira at FESTAC Town, Lagos, by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). Some homeowners in FESTAC Phase Two woke up to see their houses being demolished on Sunday morning. The exercise, […]

•Plateau security meeting ends in stalemate •Northern elders caution FG against profiling Fulani as terrorists The authorities have confirmed death of nine inmates in the ensuing gun duel between security agencies and gunmen that invaded the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Jos on Sunday. Six prisoners sustained major injuries with 252 others currently at large. In […]

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammad Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, to cover his face in shame for talking down on innocent citizens killed on Nigerian roads by Fulani terrorists in the last six years. The reprimand followed a challenge by HURIWA requesting Shehu […]

FG can’t declare #EndSARS panels illegal, says Adegboruwa The rights group, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has said security agencies killed 13,241 Nigerians since 2011, noting that extrajudicial killings by state actors has become the primary cause of death in the country. The organisation also said Nigeria’s democracy is experiencing major setback, even as […]

Notwithstanding the rattle by the newest variant of COVID-19, Omicron, which has raised fresh uncertainty, data and economists see near-term stability in the foreign exchange market. Rising from the panic that greeted the ‘freezing’ of the bureau de change (BDCs), the black market rate has been stable in recent weeks, trading around 550/$ band in […]