Human rights lawyer and Chairman of the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), Femi Falana, SAN, has stated that the 2023 general elections may not hold if the current insecurity is not addressed. He asserted that the immediate past Goodluck Jonathan administration was compelled to postpone the 2015 elections because the terrorists were occupying…
At least 10 inmates and a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Officer were killed by gunmen suspected to be members of Ansaru terrorists group during an attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Truetells Nigeria reports that the gunmen had used bombs to forcibly gain control of all entry…
Nigeria’s commercial bank, Fidelity Bank, managing the shares of Kano, Benin, and Kaduna electricity distribution companies (DisCos), has moved to take over the boards of the companies. Truetells Nigeria reports reports that the bank is doing this over the companies’ inability to repay loans obtained to pay for assets acquired in the 2013 privatisation exercise….
The Lagos State Government has begun probing the captain of an ill-fated boat marked “R & N 2”, which capsised on Wednesday, in the Ikorodu area of the state. The boat accident resulted in the death of two passengers while 15 others were rescued. The General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, told…
Most of the 700 inmates at the Kuje correctional facility in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory have escaped, Truetells Nigeria understands. Truetells Nigeria reports that the facility was ruined by the heavy firepower brought by the assailants. SaharaReporters also learnt that other inmates have been removed from the facility including the suspended deputy commissioner of…
ICPC has obtained the approval of the Presidency, after embarking on intensive investigations and it is now set to drag the duo to court over alleged corruption charges even as Pinnick plans to run for a 3rd term as the NFF President. The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) is set…
Mohammed Barkindo, the outgoing Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is dead, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has announced. Born April 20, 1959, he passed at 63. “We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He died at about 11pm yesterday 5th July 2022,” the Group Managing Director of the…
A group of terrorists on Tuesday night attacked the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in Abuja, the nation’s capital with bombs in an apparent move to gain entry into the facility and free some of its members. A high calibre bomb had first gone off at about 10:25pm followed by a second and third blasts as well as…
The Lagos State Government on Monday says it has fired a customary court judge, Mr Ishola Razaki Adeyemi, who allegedly dissolved a marriage between a couple and impregnated the wife of the complainant, Olayemi Ayeni. Ayeni in a now-viral video was seen recounting his tumultuous ordeal in the hands of Adeyemi, whom he claimed…
The Presidency has confirmed an attack on the convoy of cars carrying the Advance Team of security guards, protocol and media officers ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to Daura in Katsina State for Sallah. It described the shooting incident near Dutsinma, Katsina State as sad and unwelcome. Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba…
