A foremost Lagos lawyer and Human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has cautioned the Federal Government against the continued detention of Sheik Ibraheem Elzakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria. He gave the warning in a statement son Tuesday, wondering why government has continued to keep the leader of the Shiites in custody […]

The gruesome murder of the daughter of Afenifere leader, Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, was hotly debated in the Senate Tuesday. Senators took turns to point a way out of increasing insecurity in parts of the country. At the end of the debate, the upper chamber resolved to hold a national security conference to address security challenges […]

The Senate on Tuesday called for immediate convocation of a National Security Summit to address insecurity in the country. This followed a point of order raised by Senator Ayo Akinyelure (APC-Ondo), over the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin. Mrs Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, National Leader of the pan Yoruba socio political group, Afenifere, […]

Classmates of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, who was shot dead Friday by yet to be identified assailants, have called on government to fish out the killers of the daughter of the leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti. Reacting to the news of the death of their classmate, members of the 1973/77 Set of […]

By Banji Ayoola Nigeria’s immediate former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday called for the implementation of the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference to solve the security challenges of the country. He spoke at the Akure, Ondo State home of Afenifere National Leader, Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti during a condolence visit to the elder […]

The Senate will screen Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad for confirmation as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria on Wednesday. Justice Tanko Muhammad has been serving as acting CJN since January 25 this year when the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, was suspended from office on grounds of alleged corrupt practices. President Muhammadu […]

Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association (YYSA), has chided the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for his remarks on the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakurin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. This comes as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) urged the former Governor of Lagos State against to desist […]

The five-man Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja on Monday watched the four video clips presented by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate for the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,  to prove some of the  allegations  in their petition challenging the outcome of the  polls. The  video clips  were  an interview which […]