By Lami Ibrahim An oil and gas monitoring group, the Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change (NDIMRC) has rained heavy knocks on the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara for saying it was wrong to award such the pipelines Surveillance contract to ‘one man’. The Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, had on Saturday, August…
By Lami Ibrahim Ethnic nationalities in Kogi State took to the streets in Abuja on Tuesday to protest the serial killings allegedly orchestrated by agents of politicians. By 10 a.m., the ethnic nationalities under the aegis of the Coalition of Igala/Bassa Socio-Cultural Associations stormed the Garrison Command of Defence Headquarters in Abuja, chanting anti-government songs….
The Murtala Yakubu Ajaka Gubernatorial Campaign Organization is alarmed by the official confirmation of the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr Akeem Yusuf that the extra judicial execution of an All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain, Mallam Kabir Okwo Bala and a housewife, Mrs Atima Abdullahi by gunmen unleashed on the Ejule Community of Ofu Local…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Gunmen on Monday kidnapped the Oba of Idofin and his wife in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the traditional ruler, Shedrack Durojaye Obibeni, and his wife were said to be kidnapped along Makutu-Idofin road at about 5 p.m. Mr Abdulrasak…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly obtained an ex parte order from the court to detain the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, beyond 48 hours stipulated in Section 35 of…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Nemesis caught up with a man who tried to steal transformer cable belonging to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), as he got electrocuted when electricity supply was restored to the equipment on Wednesday night. The incident occurred at Paparanda Square, Lokoja, around 2 a.m According to a eyewitness who…
By Ndayagi Sulaiman Suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa is currently in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Peter Afunanya, spokesperson of the DSS revealed this in a statement late Wednesday. Afunanya said Bawa was invited by the Services and that he arrived the DSS’ office few…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Department of State Services has confiscated the passport of the suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The service, it was also learnt, may search Emefiele’s home and office this week. Following his suspension on Friday as a result of the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alerted the general public of the alleged move by some governors and other politicians accused of corruption to flee the country ahead of the May 29 handover. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren raised the alarm in a statement issued on Friday night. The…