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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, has said the people that abducted him in Kenya were told that he had links to the Islamists terrorists in that country. According to the Biafra state advocate, his kidnappers chained him to the floor and tortured him, …

The Igun-Igbesamwan-Owina Descendants Cultural Movement of Europe and America, has called on the Federal Government to in the interim keep looted all artefacts of Igun, Igbesamwan and Owina originality to be returned by the Europeans, pending the finalisation of an on-going accord by descendants of these aboriginal quarters of Benin kingdom on where they are to be finally kept. Erahuyi …

The National Assembly is now set to include provisions for the electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Amendment bill. This follows pressure from Nigerians after reports by PREMIUM TIMES and others that the lawmakers took out that clause from the legislation. It is also not unrelated to the “over 900 distress text messages” that the Senate President, Ahmad …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a mobile application platform, where the public can report suspected cases of corruption. The chairman of the commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, unveiled the Mobile App named, ‘The Eagle Eye’ while addressing journalists at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. Mr Bawa said the mobile app is designed to ease the process of reporting …

…Seeks transfer from DSS custody to Kuje Prisons Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an application before the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking to be transferred from custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, to the prisons in Kuje. Kanu, in the application filed through his team of lawyers, led by …

If one lesson comes clear from 2020 it is that democracy is in deep crisis in Nigeria where questions abound about the state of the social compact between the people and those who lead and personify the state. Impunity seems so rife the youth mounted peaceful protests on police brutality and were greeted with bullets from the Army; people feel the benefits …

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the pro-Biafra group, IPOB, has spoken for the first time from detention since he was arrested in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria about three weeks ago to face treason trial. He is detained in the facility of Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS, in Abuja. Mr Kanu’s special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, was allowed to meet …

In his first coming as a military dictator, General Muhammadu Buhari used state kidnap and torture to deal with those his regime regarded as “enemies of the state”. In his second coming as a civilian president, he is using the same instruments of state violence against those his administration brands “enemies of our state”. So, it’s déjà vu all over …

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has paraded no fewer than 1,320 suspects for allegedly terrorising and robbing residents of their valuables in various areas of the state. Late Ataga and Chidinma Ojukwu Speaking at the command headquarters at Ikeja on Wednesday, Odumosu said the suspects were arrested with weapons and hard drugs, adding that the command was …

This piece speaks to two fundamental issues at the heart of Nigeria’s development drive—the imperative of managing its diverse constituents, and the urgency of how that diversity management will impact the optimal efficiency of the public service. There is no way we can gainsay the significance of the public service to Nigeria’s governance and development project. I have never had …