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Okon Iyanam, a former Accord Party governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom state, was killed Wednesday in Ogun State. It was gathered that the gunmen who after gaining entrance into his Heritage Hotel, Mowe made their way into his room where they woke him up and then shot him at close range. Victor Iyanam, a former Attorney-General in Akwa Ibom state, and the elder brother to the late politician and businessman confirmed his death. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce the tragic death of my brother, Okon, in the early hours of Wednesday, 27th June, 2018. “Okon papa…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, is sad over complaints concerning “horrific” incidents of Police brutality, inordinate arrest, detention and extortion of innocent Nigerians by security agents. Onnoghen has, therefore, directed Chief Judges of the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to compel Chief Magistrates to conduct an inspection of Police Stations or other detention centres within their territorial jurisdiction. In a statement he issued Thursday, the CJN maintained that such incidents have assumed frightening proportions in recent times to warrant the intervention of the judiciary. He bemoaned that Magistrate Courts across the country are…

Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Minister of Finance, has raised alarm that the stalemate in Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, disbursing allocations to states would affect payment of salary to some states’ workers June this year. Despite the FAAC’s imbroglio, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states are said to have reportedly paid June salary to their state workers. State Commissioners of Finance, who had converged on Abuja with the expectation to collect their states’ share of the monthly allocation, reportedly walked out of the FAAC meeting as they protested the deductions. This is even as the National Economic Council, NEC, Thursday…

As rampant killings of people continue unabated, a fiery Nigerian preacher, Thursday, parodied the act of sacrificing human beings for cows in the country as a dishonour to humanity. This may be against the background of allegation by Danladi Ciroma, the chairman of Miyetti Allah Breeders Association of Nigeria (MAGBAN), North-Central zone that the killing in Plateau State was in retaliation of the rustling of 300 cows by Berom youths in the state. Although he has eaten back his words, people in various parts of the country have lambasted him for equating human lives with those of cows as more…

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday evening mourned with the government and people of Lagos State over the tanker fire incident. The incident that occurred Thursday when a 33,000-litre tanker loaded with fuel exploded on Otedola Bridge along Lagos/Ibadan expressway, roasting many persons to death and razing more than 67 vehicles. In a Twitter handle, Buhari also sympathised with the victims of he sad incident, and prayed God to comfort the people who lost their loved ones. “The entire country mourns with you,” he concluded. Meanwhile, Atiku Abubakar, the former vice President wrote in his Twitter ‘’My thoughts are with fellow Nigerians…

Governors of the 36 states of the federation have called on the federal government to arrest and prosecute those behind the incessant killings across the country. The governors’ reaction came against the backdrop of last weekend’s killing of over 100 persons in three local government areas of Plateau State. Rising from a meeting, under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Wednesday night, the governors also resolved to to hold a security meeting with service chiefs in a bid to stop the incessant killings in the land and properly activate the security apparatus in the country. They also commiserated with…

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has pitied the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for lacking in idea, three years after it was chased out of power. “It is clear to everyone that having been kicked out of power, the PDP still has no idea what to do three years after. ”However, playing the busybody and so openly advertising their ignorance of basic electoral rules will make it even more difficult for Nigerians to grant them the forgiveness that they have begged for,” APC said in a statement by its spokesman, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, Thursday in Abuja. The ruling party, which…

The Federal government has repatriated more than $1 billion stashed away by Gen. Sani Abacha, the late Nigerian Head of State, in Switzerland, while Swiss government says “there is no more loot left in the country.” Eric Mayoraz, the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, made the declaration at a ceremony hosted by the embassy to examine asset recovery efforts between Nigeria and Switzerland, using the ‘Abacha loot’ as a focus. Mayoraz stated that Switzerland had earlier returned to Nigeria $752 million, which the late dictator and family stashed away in Swiss banks and recently repatriated another $321 million, which is being…

It was black Thursday in Lagos as a 33,000-litre tanker loaded with fuel exploded on Otedola Bridge along Lagos/Ibadan expressway, killing many people and razing at least 67 vehicles. As at time of writing this report, 10 bodies that were burnt beyond recognition had been recovered while 67 cars also affected by the resultant fire were counted. It was gathered that tragedy occurred at about 6.05 pm after the fuel laden tanker which was heading inwards Berger, suddenly had a break failure. In a bid for the driver to control it, he reportedly rammed the vehicle into one of the…

An ardent Nigerian social media commentator wants President Muhammadu Buhari administration to have a rethink on the future of the country’s economy in going for more loans to finance projects. Before now, Buhari administration had indicated its intention to obtain $2.8 billion loan to finance the 2018 budget. In his Twitter handle Thursday, Reno Omokri, the former aide to the then President Goodluck Jonathan wrote “Not done with borrowing ₦11 trillion in three years, which is more money than the PDP borrowed in 16 years, the Buhari administration plans to take an additional $2.8 billion loan to finance the 2018…