There is rising disgust among young people of Nigeria, finding themselves in a land where members of the legal profession and politicians have been deceiving them since 1999 with the make believe that the country has a Constitution. The Nigerian Bar Association, the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), and politicians serving since 1999 to date…
Last week, the Senate asked the President to declare a state of emergency on security in Nigeria. From one Senator to the other, the men and women of the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly were unanimous that something has to be done urgently, to stem the slide into anarchy, unbridled violence and bloodshed across…
The ongoing trial of Erastus Akingbola, a former Group Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank, continued on February 19, 2021 before Justice A.O. Faji of a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos with a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Babatunde Aro, narrating how the defendant allegedly bypassed banking protocols to transfer…
A group of Niger Delta militants, Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters, has threatened to destroy infrastructure in Lagos and Abuja. The group made the threat in a video posted on Tuesday by Africa Independent Television (AIT). In the video, the group accused the Nigerian government of marginalising the region and failing to deliver on the amnesty…
Did the activities of militants in the Niger Delta qualify as crime? Hell Yes! Militancy and kidnapping were a profitable pursuit in that oil-rich region in the early 2000s. Kidnapping as an organised venture entered our national lexicon at the time. Immigrants from Europe and America working with oil companies were kidnapped and huge ransoms…
The Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed the appointment of former service chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate.Their confirmation followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Mohammed Bulkachuwa.President, Ahmad Lawan, had on February 10, directed the Committee on Foreign Affairs to confirm General Abayomi Olonisakin (retd.) (Ekiti); Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.) (Borno);…
The Nigerian government says private individuals will be permitted to build, operate or maintain assets on some federal highways that are up for concession.The arrangement is under the new highway development and management initiative (HDMI) Already, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has received the Outline Business Case Certificate of Compliance to commence the…
The Nigerian government says private individuals will be permitted to build, operate or maintain assets on some federal highways that are up for concession.The arrangement is under the new highway development and management initiative (HDMI) Already, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has received the Outline Business Case Certificate of Compliance to commence the…
Rafiu Kolawole Abdulrasaq, a security expert and former PA (Security) to former Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, former, Chairman FIRMA Lagos and later SURE-P under President Goodluck Jonathan amongst others, speaks with Gboyega Alaka on the ongoing battle against Fulani herdsmen being championed by Sunday Adeyemo (AKA Sunday Igboho), the danger of ethnic profiling, how…