BREAKING: Salami’s Panel Recommends The Sacking of Magu, The Suspended EFCC Boss Kicks

The Justice Ayo Salami’s Judicial Commission of Inquiry (retd) set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magi, had submitted an interim report to the President. The report was said to have recommended the sacking of the suspended EFCC Chairman. According to TheCable, the report also recommended that the President should appoint a new chairman for the anti-graft agency. ThePunch also revealed...

France Says its Military Operation in Mali Continues

The military operation by the French forces continues in Mali, Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly said on Thursday. Parly’s comments come two days after a mutiny led to the forced resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of the western African country. “The Barkhane Operation, asked for by the Mali population and authorised by the UN Security Council, continues,” Parly said on Twitter. Some 5,000 French troops started Barkhane Operation in 2014 in Sahel...

Ex-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Arrested for Online Fundraising Scheme

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon was on Thursday arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme, authorities said. Bannon and three others, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea, were indicted for their roles in defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall“. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, Audrey...

BREAKING: NBA Withdraw el-Rufai Invitation, Following Protests Over Poor Human Rights Record

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has withdrawn its invitation to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, following protests from some lawyers. The NBA disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday via its Twitter handle @NigBarAssoc. According to the tweet, “The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at its ongoing meeting resolves that the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, H.E. Nasir El-Rufai, by the 2020 Annual General Conference Planning committee be withdrawn and decision...

Banditry in Nigeria Has International Dimension — IGP

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, says the lingering banditry in the North-West and North-Central Nigeria has international dimension. Adamu said this during a town-hall meeting on peace and security held on Wednesday in Zuru, headquarters of Zuru Local Government Area of Kebbi State. “We have realised that most of the banditry has an international dimension. The bandits come from outside the country. We arrested Sudanese, Nigeriens and Malians, among other nationals. “We...

Malian President Announces Resignation, Following A Sudden Coup

The embattling President of Mali, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday, announced his resignation hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the West African nation. Keita said it is to avoid “bloodshed”. The President and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse were detained on Tuesday afternoon by rebel soldiers. Both of them drove to a military base in the town of Kati, near the capital Bamako, which had been...

House Committee Invites Ministry of Justice to Shed Light on China/Nigeria Loan Agreement

The House of Representative Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements has invited the Nigeria Ministry of Justice to explain more to the Nigeria public the sovereignty clause in the Nigeria/China loan agreement. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Chairman of the Committee, Nicholas Ossai, at the sitting of the panel, which was investigating the external loans and commercial agreements signed by Nigeria. The Punch in its investigation revealed that there were indications that the...

TIV/ Jukun Crisis: Tiv Withdraw from Governor’s Ishaku’s Commission of Inquiry

Counsel to the Tiv people in Taraba on Monday announced their withdrawal from participating in the panel of inquiry constituted by the Taraba State government into the crisis between Tiv and Jukun in some parts of the state. The lead Counsel to the Tiv interests in the state Barr. Sabastine Hon (SAN) who dropped the hint  in Jalingo said that they had no confidence in the Commission as, ‘’  it’s composition, title and everything is...

“They Cause Troubles, They Organize These Killings and Then…” – El-Rufai Says Southern Kaduna Leaders Behind Killings

The Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai has alleged that the Southern Kaduna leaders accusing him of taking sides want to be “appeased”, adding that his administration will not grease the palms of trouble-makers. The governor said this during an interview on Channels Television’s programme, Sunday Politics. He said, “I have no time for nonsense. I will not appease criminals. I will not appease idle people who have nothing to do but to raise a...

Insecurity: Buhari Has Failed – Says Alhaji Boguma, Borno Traditional Title Holder

A Borno traditional titleholder, Alhaji Zanna Hassan Boguma has said that despite claims, President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to tackle the issue of insecurity, especially in the North East. Alhaji Hassan who is the Zanna Boguma of Borno stated this in an interview said that the escalation of attacks by the Boko Haram on soft targets, the issue of kidnapping on highways and the systematic dislocation of communities that were living around the metropolis, are...

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