SPECIAL REPORT: How Child Rape Victims Are Silenced, Denied Justice

The nefariousness of sexual violence is a piece of common knowledge yet the act is still thriving across the country. Under this umbrella term is a wide range of horrifying acts including child rape. The crime is perpetrated against children by persons who are often allowed to go unpunished. Due to a prolonged legal process, Mohammed’s chances of getting justice grew thin. The 11-year-old JSS student had returned home, faeces running down his butt after...

NDLEA Asks Court for Permission to Detain Abba Kyari Beyond 48 Hours

ABUJA — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja for its permission to detain the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and four others beyond the stipulated 48 hours in its custody. The report has it that the anti-drug agency has already begun a forensic analysis of the cocaine seized by Kyari. A top source in the NDLEA who speaks on the condition of anonymity because...

Eedris Abdulkareem Questions Abba Kyari’s Arrest

LAGOS — Veteran Nigerian artiste, Eedris Abdulkareem has questioned the authenticity of the arrest of the former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abba Kyari over alleged drug dealing with an international cartel. This is coming hours after the Nigeria Police Force arrested the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police and handed him over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further investigation after the agency declared him wanted for drug pushing and...

Federal Government Condemned Canada for Blocking Truckers Over COVID-19

ABUJA — The federal government has condemned Canada for blocking truckers who were protesting over COVID-19 mandates and other restrictions in the country as rioters. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, noted that the action of the Canadian government amounted to double standards. “Protesters who barricaded roads had been branded as threats to public safety and subjected to a number of clampdowns by the Canadian government and private Organisations. “The Ontario government had frozen...

NASS Wants FAAN to Deploy Modern Technology to Improve Airport Security

IKEJA — The National Assembly has urged the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to work more in the area of improving airport security using the latest modern technology at the country’s airports. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Sen. Smart Adeyemi, made this known during an oversight visit to FAAN facilities in Lagos on Saturday by the National Assembly joint committees on Aviation. The chairman said the deployment of the security equipment was based...

PSC Postpones Decision on Abba Kyari, Insists On New Panel to Conduct New Investigations

ABUJA — The Police Service Commission has changed its decision in the case involving the suspension of former Commander of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, over his alleged connection with the suspected fraudster, Abbas Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi. The PSC is also insisting that a new panel be set up to conduct a fresh investigation into the matter. A statement issued by the...

Supreme Court Declares Executive Order 10 Unconstitutional, Dismisses Governors’ N66bn Suit

ABUJA — The Supreme Court has declared Executive Order 10 (EO10) on the funding of the State Judiciary and Legislature as unlawful and unconstitutional. In a split decision on Friday, a majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10. Six of the seven members of the panel proceeded to void and set aside the EO10 issued by President Muhammadu Buhari. The apex court also dismissed...

“The Eagles Will Get You Anytime, Anywhere!” EFCC To ‘Yahoo Boys’

Given the recent surge in reported cases of ritual killings in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to intensify the fight against internet fraudsters and those going spiritual in the act of fraud. In a Facebook post, the anti-graft agency said it isn’t ignorant that ‘Yahoo boys’ now go spiritual, offering sacrifices and performing rituals in order to succeed in their criminality. EFCC went further to issue a stern warning...

The U.S. Should Not Designate Nigeria’s IPOB a Terrorist Group

The U.S. government should not repeat the mistake made by the Nigerian government of designating the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. By Nkasi Wodu, Guest Columnist and Blogger In October, an American scholar argued in a Washington Times op-ed that the United States should designate the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a secessionist group in Nigeria’s South East region, as a terrorist group. To the casual onlooker, this could seem logical: IPOB has long been proscribed as...

Trial Of Former JAMB Registrar Over N5b Fraud Continues

ABUJA — The resolution for plea bargain between the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Lawrence Adedibu Ojerinde, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) on alleged N5B fraud out of court has collapsed. The two parties were unable to agree on acceptable terms of settlement as promised at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. The embattled Professor agreed to surrender all assets acquired...

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