Abacha loot recovery: Lawyers wade into dispute between US senator, EFCC

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission By Ikenna Anyanwu Senior Nigerian lawyers have weighed-in on recent altercation between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and Senator Charles Grassley, the Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Finance, expressing concern at the exchange of words. Grassley reportedly wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Money […]

Caution: Disturbing video: Sergeant shots and kills a female sergeant in Port-Harcourt

STATEMENT FROM RIVERS STATE POLICE COMMAND: The Rivers State Police Command regrets to announce the death of W/Sgt Lovender Elekwachi who until her untimely death was serving at Eneka Division and was posted to the Eneka roundabout on traffic duties. The late Woman Sergeant was shot while controlling traffic by Sergeant Bitrus Osaiah attached to […]

Abba Kyari’s death ‘a desperately sad news’ – Prince Charles

Prince Charles The heir to British throne, Prince Charles has described the death of Abba Kyari, the former Chief of Staff to the President as “a desperately sad news.” He sent his “deepest possible sympathy” to President Muhammadu Buhari and the government and people of Nigeria. Prince Charles regretted that the death of Kyari had […]

What Nigerian Govt should do to Shekau if he surrenders – Fani-Kayode

Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode on Wednesday revealed what the Nigerian government should do to Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau if he surrenders to the Nigerian army. He said the head of Shekau should be brought to the nation on a plate for the several atrocities he has committed against humanity. The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, had on […]

Chief Richard Akinjide, ex-Justice Minister, of 12 2/3 fame, dies at 88

  Nigeria’s Second Republic Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide, is dead.  He was 88. He died in his Ibadan, Oyo State, home early today. Mr Toye Akinrilola, spokesman of the UCH, said his body was brought to the morgue at about 2 am today. Akinjide, a reputable lawyer and senior advocate, […]

Abba Kyari was Nigeria’s de facto President – Yoruba leader, Prof Akintoye explodes

The Yoruba World Congress (YWC) on Monday rubbished the several empathies for Abba Kyari, late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The body labeled Kyari as Nigeria’s de facto President and suggested that he was the one controlling the nation’s affairs. YWC President, Prof. Banji Akintoye, in a statement issued by Adeyemi Adeleye, the […]

Buhari loses body guard three days after losing Chief of Staff

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — BARELY three days after President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari was buried, the President has again lost one of his personal bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato. The death of WO Mato was announced in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media […]

Presidency asks journalists who attended Abba Kyari’s burial to self-isolate

Journalists who attended the burial ceremony of President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari have been asked to self-isolate for 14 days by the Presidency. In a statement released by the Deputy Director of Information in the State House Attah Esa on Sunday April 19, the affected journalists were told that the directive was a […]

I never thought Kyari’s case’ll come toa tragic end-IBB

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Former Military President, retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has said that he prayed for late Abba Kyari to recover from COVID-19 and never envisaged his case would come to tragic end. He said in a statement on Sunday, that the erstwhile chief of Staff of President Buhari was an exemplary student in […]

Police, led by a notorious officer, Ikuesan Taiwo, flog a woman in Osun for defying lockdown, officers arrested

By Taiwo Okanlawon The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has condemned the assault on a woman at the Odo Ori Market, Iwo Osun State by men of the Force attached to Iwo Division, Osun State. A viral video showing some police officers led by a notorious officer, Ikuesan Taiwo flogging a woman for defying […]

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