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Thousands of women and girls in the North-East Nigeria who believed they were freed from Boko Haram insurgents by Nigerian security forces were instead sexually abused in exchange for food and assistance, an Amnesty International investigation has revealed. The shocking claims were made by more than 250 people interviewed over a two-year period. Some allege they were raped by members of the Nigerian military and Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF), while others say they were starved. The troops ordered civilians out of their villages and into satellite camps, where thousands of people, including children, have died of hunger, the…

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released the list of 58 illegal universities in Nigeria. The commission said the universities are yet to be licensed by the federal government and have been shut down for violating the national minimum standard for education. A Monday bulletin from the office of the Executive Secretary on NUC, dated May 14, listed all the illegal universities across the country. The universities are: 1. University of Accountancy and Management Studies, operating anywhere in Nigeria 2. Christians of Charity American University of Science and Technology, Nkpor, Anambra State or any of its other campuses 3. University…

The Federal Government, states and local governments shared N701 billion as revenue for the month of April, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse has disclosed. Isa-Dutse told newsmen Wednesday that the amounts shared were the outcome of Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC ) meeting. Giving a breakdown of the revenue accrued in April, the permanent secretary said mineral revenue increased by N50.7 billion, that is from N360.51 billion in March to N411.2 billion in April. He added that non-mineral revenue also increased by N81.25 billion, from N120 billion in March to N201.3 billion in April. He noted…

There was drama Thursday at the Gombe State House Assembly during plenary when an All Progressives Congress member representing Akko west constituency, Abdullahi Abubakar, escaped with the mace in an attempt to impeach the Minority Leader. The Punch learnt that the Minority Leader, Mohammed Usman Haruna, was reported to have held a press conference on May 5, soon after the Ward Congress, where he condemned the processes of the Ward Congress of the All Progressives Congress in the State. It was learnt that following this development , the Peoples Democratic Party-dominated assembly, felt embarrassed by the move of the minority…

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Oyo State Police Command has arrested a Lance Corporal with the Nigerian Navy, Jimoh Adesoye, 28, twin brothers and 12 other suspects for robbery and receiving stolen goods. While parading the suspects, the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, said that the naval officer used his uniform and position to transport vehicles snatched by the criminal gang to buyers. He said, “The Lance Corporal often used his position and uniform to transport vehicles snatched by the gang and helped dispose of the stolen vehicles. The gang which is also on the wanted list of…

Biometric gadgets for the implementation of daily salary payment for civil servants have been introduced by the Ugandan government in a move to pay every civil servant according to the number of days worked rather than a guaranteed monthly salary. The head of the Delivery Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Prof. Ezra Suruma, disclosed that the government have started installing the gadgets at public health and educational institutions to monitor clock-in, clock-out of health workers and teachers at their duty stations. According to Suruma salaries of absentee civil servants will be deducted equivalent to work days…

The 2019 governorship race in Akwa Ibom State is said to have torn two religious organisations in the state apart as their two leaders are purportedly locked in a battle royale on who is to control the soul of Government House, Uyo. Straightnews gathered that the battle among the principal religious leaders to get relevance ahead of the 2019 governorship race has degenerated to fragmentation of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Akwa Ibom State chapter. Investigations into the recent squabbles between the immediate past chairman of CAN, Arc-Bishop Cletus Bassey and the incumbent, Rev. Ndueso Ekwere have glaringly shown that…

As Catholic faithful across the country embarked on peaceful protest over the recent killings of members in some states, Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has condemned the spate of killings based on religious inclinations in the country. Emmanuel bared his mind Tuesday when the Catholic Bishops of Uyo and Ikot Ekpene Dioceses, Most Rev. John Aya and Rev. Father Camillus Umoh, led a procession of Catholic faithful of the two Dioceses, in honour of victims of Benue killings, to Government House, Uyo. The governor said that there were strong possibilities the perpetrators of the crime were being sponsored, trained and…

Clashes and violence with trails of blood, arrests and detentions inundated members of Biafra Independence Movement/Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, BIM/MASSOB nationwide as they marked their 18 years’ anniversary this year. In Onitsha, Anambra State, BIM accused the joint military task force operating in the state of killing its five members. BIM also accused the military task force of breaking the sculls of four of their members and arresting 206 others in what they termed a most gruesome manner. Confirming the killings, injuries and arrests to newsmen shortly after the encounter, Mazi Chris Mocha, BIM’s Director of Information, stated…

The Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor has expressed displeasure over what he called the prolonged silence of the federal government in the killings. Ezeokafor spoke Tuesday after Catholics in the various dioceses in Anambra State had taken part in procession that coincided with the burial of two Catholic priests and 17 others in Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Speaking through the Chancellor of the Diocese, Reverend Father Francis Chidume, the bishop argued that the silence was an indication that the penetrators of the heinous crime acted on instructions. In the various towns, the Christians marched from…