The Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday ordered the Department of State Services to pay a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Afolabi Akanni, N5m damages for his illegal arrest. The court condemned his arrest and “continued detention for 18 harrowing, excruciating and brain-cudgeling days, without access to his lawyers and family.”…
ANOTHER TRAGEDY AT THE LADIPO MARKET No fewer than 50 shops were destroyed by fire on Wednesday at Ladipo Automobile Market, Mushin, Lagos. The fire which started in the early hours of Wednesday at about 3 am, gutted large parts of the market and goods worth several millions of naira was destroyed and over 50…
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig-Gen. Victor Ezugwu has escaped an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in the northern part of Borno State. This is coming barely 24 hours after the terrorist group engaged the military in a fierce battle that lasted for several hours in their daring attempt to capture…
Nowadays, it is no longer news that the Fulani herdsmen are on rampage. Murder and destruction are now the order of the day across the contraption called Nigeria. From the middle belt to the west and the east, the stories are all the same. The mass killings, destructions of farmlands and houses continues without any…
The Spiritual Leader of INRI Spiritual and Evangelical Church, Oke-Afa, Isolo, Lagos, has once again reaffirmed his prophecy that President Muhammadu Buhari is not the person to lead Nigeria to the promised land. Like the biblical Moses, Ayodele said, Buhari will only lay the foundation for a new Nigeria but won’t be the one to…
A protest by factions of the Adapalm Landlords Association (ADPLA) at the entrance of the Imo State Government House Thursday turned bloody as two members involved in it were feared dead after being hit by a fast-moving vehicle while trying to escape a chase by the police who dispersed the protesters. Scores of the protesters…
OPEN LETTER TO THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN Mr. President, It is my pleasure to write to you in respect to my beloved nation Biafra and her lovely citizens, as a biafran we are good people with good heart, smart and brave, hardworking and productive. But before i proceed, i want to say congratulations…
Hundreds of millions of pounds of British foreign aid given to Nigeria to help combat Boko Haram terrorists is instead allegedly being used to fund a witch-hunt against opposition politicians, UK Telegraph reports. In a publication on Tuesday, Con Coughlin, UK Telegraph defence editor, said Britain committed to spending £860 million on foreign aid to…
The Federal Government on Wednesday pledged commitment to the highest standards of adherence to human rights in the conduct of all her international affairs including counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram in the country. A statement issued by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr Salihu Isah to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister…
Terrorists descended on four villages in northern Nigeria early this morning, destroying homes and killing villagers. Early reports from eyewitnesses say Fulani tribal fighters burned alive Christian residents, torched animals, and houses, and destroyed farms. They estimate the attackers killed 44 villagers, but numbers are difficult to confirm because victims scattered to take refuge elsewhere.…