Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has explained why banditry has continued in the North West region of the country, IgbereTV reports. Speaking in an interview on BBC Hausa on Monday February 8 following the killing of 18 people by suspected bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Saturday February 6,…
The Amotekun corps reportedly stopped the men, who were loaded in a truck, and a quick search revealed some bows, arrows and daggers in the vehicle. Men of Oyo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun, have intercepted a truck loaded with no fewer than 80 men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at the Iwo…
Politics and Governance | GOVERNMEND Nigeria had never witnessed any coordinated “leaderless” protest like the Endsars protest. The protest that lasted two weeks spread beyond the shores of Nigeria to be a global call, for the Nigerian government to put an end to police brutality, that threatened the existence of every successful young Nigerian. Unlike…
This is despite assurance from the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, that security operatives had been deployed to the troubled Yewa border communities, including Imeko, after two weeks of herdsmen’s unrest where the governor noted that the deployment would ensure there was no violence again. Gun-wielding herdsmen have attacked Oha village in Imeko in the…
In a statement on Sunday, the interim chairman of the group, Femi Falana (SAN), said the communal clashes occurring in communities across the country could have been avoided if the Nigerian government had intervened. he Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has said the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, should be held accountable for the…
The alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, on Friday described before a Lagos State High Court how the police allegedly killed five detainees in his presence at a place he called “Inspector General Guest House” in Lagos. He claimed that policemen made him witness the executions to make him to admit to criminal…
The bandits, who attacked the community on Saturday, operated for two hours as they shot indiscriminately at residents of the community. Not fewer than 19 persons have been confirmed dead after bandits invaded Kutemeshi Community in the Birnin-Gwari area of Kaduna State. The bandits, who attacked the community on Saturday, operated for two hours as…
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja on February 4, 2021, ordered the forfeiture, to the Federal Government, of a property belonging to Sani Dan-Galadima, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Kaura-Namoda Federal Constituency of Zamfara, who stood surety to Faisal Maina. The property was used as bail bond…
The procurement portal of the Ekiti State Government has been rendered inaccessible by state authorities, hours after bloated spendings of the Kayode Fayemi administration sparked online outrage. Social accountability think-tank, Dataphyte, had uncovered budgetary expenditure of N2 million reportedly spent on the production of Mr. Fayemi’s portrait.The apparently provocative allocation, according to a screenshot of the…
A former presidential candidate, Adamu Garba has called on Nigerians to invest in cows instead of cryptocurrency because it will give them huge returns on investment. Garba offered this advice in reaction to the uproar that greeted the prohibition of banks and other financial stakeholders from processing transactions involving cryptocurrencies. The decision of the Central…