The Federal Government on Friday charged the convener of #RevolutionNow protest,  Omoyele Sowore, with treasonable felony and money laundering. Sowore, promoter of an online media platform – Sahara Reporters, who was also  presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) in the last presidential election, is charged along with Olawale Bakare, also known as Mandate,  in […]

The Presidency on Friday faulted the United Nations rapporteur report on violence in Nigeria. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, described the report as disappointing. He said: “We have read press reports of the UN rapporteur on violence in Nigeria. “While we agree that the violence in […]

Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stepped up training of its officials in tracking and intervention technics on election day. National Commissioner Mrs. Amina Zakari, at the opening of a two-day workshop of the Election Monitoring and Support System (EMSC), advised participants, including Electoral […]

The Police in Rivers State have arrested an ex-militant Gracious David West, 26, alleged to be responsible for the murder of about 13 women. West was declared wanted by the police on Wedneaday after a Close Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) footage showed he had booked into a hotel with a young woman who was found […]

SECURITY chiefs got an order on Thursday from President Muhammadu Buhari to end crude oil theft, Inspector-General (IG) Muhammed Adamu told reporters after the security chiefs met with the President at the State House in Abuja. Adamu said the President specifically told security agencies to intensify security along the petroleum pipelines and other facilities to […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the need to ensure that violence does not mar the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State. It called on the electoral umpire to issue a “direct warning” to Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to […]

The Kano branch of Opay office -an online payment outlet for commercial tricycle operators-  has been shut down by the police. The outlet was closed down during a raid  carried out by the Kano state police command over alleged non-compliance with the government rules and directives. The Nation reports that armed security personnel stormed the […]

Barely 24 hours after receiving an  investigative report from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), President Muhammadu Buhari last night removed Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita. Oyo-Ita was probed by the anti-graft agency over alleged N3billion fraud in her Office. The President appointed the Permanent Secretary, Ministry […]

THE acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has said a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) has a case to answer over the Settlement Agreement on Malabu Oil Block (OPL 25). He said Adoke has been offering the reading public in […]