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Sowore, Jalingo: SERAP writes NJC, seeks directives on citizens’ rights

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman,...

No Regrets Surrendering Power In 2015, Says Jonathan

Driven by his passion for democracy, former President Goodluck Jonathan went down the memory lane five years after and said he had no...

2000 days after, 112 Chibok girls still missing- BBOG

  The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign group, have stated that 112 girls are yet to regain their freedom out of the...

Kidnappers, Boko Haram working together for ransom – El-Rufai

  Twenty hours after gunmen abducted six girls and two staff members from a boarding school in Kaduna, Governor Nasir el-Rufai,  has that intelligence...

High cost of governance : One senator, 3 reps per state, suggests Okorocha

  In a bid to cut down on the cost of governance in Nigeria, Senator Richas Okorocha representing Imo West at the National...

A Week After, Lagos Police Discover Another Baby Factory

Barely one week after, another baby factory in Isolo area of Lagos State has been discovered, the Police have said.   The commands...

7.5 % VAT Increase: Nigerian Senate Says lt ls Skewed Against The Poor

    By Kunle Akinsola   There are indications that the Nigerian Senate may reject the proposed 2.2 per cent raise in the...

Armed bandits abduct 6 school girls, 2 teachers from Kaduna school

Six school girls and two teachers were on Thursday, abducted from Engravers College, Chikun LGA, Kaduna State, by unknown armed bandits. Confirming the...

Nigeria set to reintroduce toll gates

  The Federal Government is on the verge of reintroducing toll plazas on roads across the country. The tolls were scrapped in 2004...

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Oct 1: The Journey So Far  by Reuben Abati

    Today marks the 59thanniversary of Nigeria’s independence from British colonial rule. On Saturday, October 1, 1960, Nigerians gathered at the Race...

Treason charge: Sowore says Nigeria a lawless country

By Kunle Akinsola Omoyele Sowore, the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, has described Nigeria as a lawless country. Sowore was arraigned at a...

Kidnapped 76-Year-Old Siasia’s Mother, Ogere, Regains Freedom After 90 Days

  After about three months of her kidnap, the septuagenarian mother of former Nigerian coach and ex-international, Samson Siasia, has been released. Madam...

Hubby sets wife ablaze in petrol fire in Ondo over land

Incensed by his wife’s alleged dishonesty over a plot of land she sold, Ojo Daniyan, murdered her by burning her in a petrol...

DSS to Falana: Sowore Can’t Go Home Now, We Have Not Received Court Order

  By Kunle Akinsola In spite of Federal High Court order, the Department of State Services (DSS) has yet to release the publisher...

Don’t negotiate with fraudulent P&ID – Magu

  Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari told Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), the Irish engineering firm that recently won a $9.6...

Fossil fuels are here to stay, says Kyari

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, says fossil fuel is here to stay as the world’s...