Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, has condemned the Code of Conduct Bureau over its refusal to grant a Freedom of Information request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project on the ground that asset declaration form is private information. He described the ground as “illogical.” In a keynote address at Stakeholders Dialogue on Corruption in […]

A Nigerian student from Nguru Local Government Area of Yobe State, currently pursuing a Masters degree in Environmental Science and Engineering at Hohai University Nanging, China, Muhammad Ibrahim Baba, has emerged as overall best student at the United Nations International Students Conference on Environment and Sustainability with his research paper being selected as “Excellent Paper […]

• Boko Haram attacks four military bases in one week The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has lamented that some officers and men’s insufficient commitment is affecting the success of the counter-insurgency operations in the country. Buratai who spoke on Tuesday at the opening of a five-day leadership workshop for mid-level officers […]

It was celebration galore in the Catholic community yesterday as Reverend Father Isaac Agabi, who was abducted on Sunday by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen regained his freedom from his abductors. Fr. Agabi, who is the priest in charge of Holy Name Catholic Church, Ikpeshi, in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State, was kidnapped […]

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Hassan Kukah, yesterday admonished reelected president of the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, not to be too close to government. He urged him to speak truth to leaders without necessarily being antagonistic. Members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of CAN yesterday reelected Ayokunle for a […]

Sequel to the judgement of the Ondo State High Court, the Independent National Electoral Commission has withdrawn the Certificate of Return issued to Mr. Sina Akinwumi, an All Progressives Congress lawmaker, who had earlier been declared the winner of the March 9, 2019, House of Assembly election, in Okitipupa constituency II. Akinwumi was sacked by the […]

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has constituted three committees to investigate some activities of the immediate past Governor Muhammadu Bindow-led administration. The Speaker of the Assembly, Alhaji Aminu Iya-Abbas, announced the setting up of the committees on Tuesday during plenary. The constitution of the committees followed a motion moved under “Matter of Urgent Public […]