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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has again reacted to the federal government’s position on the recent release of activist Omoyele Sowore and former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Falana said the Nigerian government had no right to indefinitely detain a citizen for the offences that Mr Sowore and Mr Dasuki were …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 583 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to “restrain and stop President Muhammadu Buhari and Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning from releasing N37 billion allocated for the renovation of the National Assembly complex to the Federal …

President Muhammadu Buhari penultimate Monday approved the exit of Babatunde Fowler as the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service. Mr Fowler’s tenure as FIRS chairman expired and the president could have appointed him for a second term in office, something Mr Fowler coveted. But Mr Buhari asked him to hand over to the most senior director in the outgoing …

A total of N10.4 billion was released for judgement debt without due process by the Ministry of Justice in 2017, an audit report by the Auditor General of the Federation has revealed. Judgment debt refers to a monetary award issued by a court to a party in a suit. In this case, they refer to monetary awards against the Nigerian …

Suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has been reportedly stripped of his political leadership position in Edo North Senatorial District, with Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu, taking over the mantle of leadership. The APC leaders from the wards and local government areas in Edo North took the decision during an enlarged …

A former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that Nigeria’s current debt situation is closer to the prevalent situation in the 70’s and 80’s that led the country and the African continent as a whole into unservicable debts. Mr Obasanjo said this on Friday in Lagos at the first edition of the Nigerian Story organised by the ‘Why I Am Alive’ …

The General Assembly has adopted a budget of 3.07 billion dollars for the United Nations (UN) in 2020. It followed the consideration of the report of the Assembly’s Fifth Committee, which handles administrative and budgetary matters. This is the first annual budget of the organisation in 45 years, according to the UN, which had been operating a two-year budget cycle …

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has described the members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) as psychopaths with the aim of causing confusion and spreading distrust between Muslims and Christians. ISWAP on Christmas Day executed 11 Christians in its captivity. The group has also released a video of the execution claiming it is “revenge for the killings of …

Thugs on Saturday attacked the Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu’s family house in Jattu-Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that a patrol team from the Edo State Police Command responded to a distress call from members of the family and swung into action. A source said: “One of the thugs scaled …

Chairman of the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barr. Anselm Ojezua has assured party members that there is no cause for worries despite the altercation between the governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki and the suspended National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, noting that no man can play God in the state’s politics. Ojezua spoke with journalists …