By Olasunkanmi Akoni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the proposed executive bill to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Act. SERAP said the bill if passed and signed into law would severely undermine the commission’s independence, and render it a ‘toothless bulldog or toothless tiger’.” …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday began the collation of results from 18 local government areas of Edo . The Resident Electoral Commissioner  for INEC in Edo, Mr Johnson Alalibo, gave the name of the Returning Officer for Edo governorship election, to include Prof. Akpofure Rem-Rukeh, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Petroleum Resources, Effuru. …

…Ebonyi Govt. had to bring in Divers from Cross River, Rivers – Ivo Chairman The recovered bus By Peter Okutu NO fewer than 13 lifeless bodies were Saturday recovered from the Akaezeulwu River in Akaeze Development Centre of Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi state. Akaezeulwu River is the location of the deadly motor accident, involving …

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said that its ambulance team at Eti-osa delivered Ms Blessing Emmanuel, a 35-year-old woman of a live male baby. Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, DG/CEO LASEMA, told Newsmen on Saturday that the baby was delivered at about 4:30 p.m under the Ajah Bridge. READ ALSO: Two die, two rescued …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to “urgently instruct Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation to withdraw the proposed executive bill to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] Act, which if passed and signed into law …

…Local wrestled one, seized AK 47 By Ibrahim HassanWuyo In Zamfara state, gunmen wielding dangerous weapons have raided Gobirawan Cali communities in Maru Local Government Area and forcefully led over 50 peasants to an unknown destination. In an interview with the BBC Hausa service monitored on Sunday, a locale said the gunmen stormed the community …

Eight persons were on Saturday night burnt to death in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Sunday. Umar explained that the accident, which occurred at …

By Nwafor Sunday The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and of course the current governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki is currently leading his major opponent from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu with more than fifty thousand (50), votes The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has announced the results collated in …

By Gabriel Olawale The co-founder and director of research and development at HACEY Health Initiative, Paul Ojajuni has expressed profound joy towards the Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy (AILA) fellowship he has been selected to join together with 23 other individuals. In reaction to this positive development, Mr. Paul Ojajuni said, “I am excited to join other development …

By Victoria Ojeme Former Ghana’s President, Jerry John Rawlings has express disapprobation over the high level of corruption that multi-party democracies foisted by the West has had on Africa states. He spoke in what seems like a tacit support to the military government in Mali when he received a delegation of four military leaders from the …

BY Victoria Ojeme and Alice Ekpang Director of Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD)  Idayat Hassan has said that anyone caught for breach of electoral laws and regulations must be sanctioned. In a pre- Election  press briefing yesterday in Abuja, Idayat said  that the CDD is in support of  due process mechanisms visa bans, threats of …

Nigerian Flag By Victoria Ojeme Federal Government has launched a N2.3 trillion stimulus package (also known as the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan, NESP) to support small businesses weather the impact of the pandemic. The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, MariamYalwaji Kataggum disclosed this in Abuja at a press conference to flag-off the disbursement …

Chu Maoming, By Vera Anyagafu With nationwide efforts, China has basically controlled the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, successfully resumed work and school and has gradually brought its economy back on track, were the words of Chinese Consul General in Nigeria, Chu Maoming. He also declared that China will continue to play the role of being the largest …

…Early scores appear too close to call …Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu, Oshiomhole, Shaibu win polling units …PDP alleges plots to replace Edo North results …APC, PDP bicker over shootings in Urhonigbe, Owan West …INEC confirms violence, hitches, may take drastic action …Skirmishes in 6 LGAs By Clifford Ndujihe, Kingsley Omonobi, Henry Umoru, Gabriel Enogholase, Omeiza Ajayi, Dirisu, Ozioruva …

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Sporadic shooting by gunmen in Karji on the outskirt of Kaduna made residents to scamper and take cover, a community leader has said. Many have reportedly indicated willingness to relocate since men of the underworld heightened their nefarious activities in the suburbs. For now, eight people in the community were abducted   between …

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo By Sam Eyoboka National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) says former President Olusegun Obasanjo has set the ball rolling for Nigeria to be  reinvented  with his recent statement that the country is a  failed state and divided under President Muhammadu Buhari. “President Olusegun Obasanjo has set the ball rolling and the NCEF …

By Nnamdi Ojiego Son of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Augustina Ihesiaba, who was allegedly injected to death, is calling on the police and other relevant authorities to get justice for his late mother. The call came even as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Nyanya, Abuja, last Thursday, adjourned the trial of the …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his condolences to the government and people of Ebonyi State over the motor accident on Akaeze-Ukwu River Friday night, in which several passengers died. 14 bodies were reportedly recovered from the accident site yesterday after a bus carrying 30 people returning from a burial plunged into a river. …

By Charly Agwam, Bauchi Bauchi State Police Command said it has arrested a grandfather, Bawada Audu, in Rimin Zayam, Toro Local Government Area of the state for allegedly burying his grandson alive. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ahmed Wakil, the suspect allegedly seized the newborn baby from his 17-year-old-daughter, Hafsat Bawada, and …

Rape(stock photo) By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka A three – member gang has reportedly abducted and raped a 24 -year old girl at Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State after promising her a job. Members of the gang also kept her for two days during which they were allegedly raping her despite collecting N400,000 …