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In retaliation of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa, a mob of angry looters Tuesday invaded Shoprite in Lekki, Lagos, looting and throwing away the items in the mall. Nigerians in South Africa have been attacked with their buildings and businesses burnt by a mob of South Africans, alleging they were taking over their jobs and country. Though they were resisted by policemen at the outlet, they eventually gained access and started throwing away items on the stands. Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a special envoy to President Cyril Ramaphosa, to register his displeasure over…

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, said Monday that 1,154 suspected kidnappers were arrested across the country from January to August, this year. Adamu, who stated this on Monday during the South-west geopolitical zone Security Summit held in Ibadan, said that 147 of the arrests were made in the South-west. He said 837 victims of kidnapping were rescued with 106 of such achieved in the South-west. He further said: “Between January and August, a total of 552 murder suspects were arrested with 66 such arrests effected in the South-west. 2,015 armed robbery suspects were arrested with 363 of the figure…

By Akanimo Sampson The obviously defiant Shi’ites have taken on the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, urging the government to look elsewhere in search of its plural challenges and leave them alone. The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) gave this counsel while bemoaning the fresh crackdown ordered by the Police against their members, claiming the action is misdirected as the group is not a security threat to Nigeria. Their plea came as suspected terrorists attacked a community in Taraba State, on Sunday morning and left at least 15 persons dead. Residents said the attackers were from…

Team Nigeria returned home Monday after a memorable outing in Rabat, Morocco finishing second behind Egypt as the African Games came to an end today. The North African country emerged top on the medal table with 99 gold medals, 96 silver and 69 bronze to bring their total medals to 264. Nigeria won a total of 121 medals: 46 gold, 33 silver and 47 bronze. Close on the heels of Nigeria is South Africa who accrued a total of 87 medals. On the eve of the final day of the 12th African Games, Divine Oduduru failed to add to the…

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial and Arbitrary Executions, Agnes Callamard, has expressed concern over the high rate of extra-judicial killings in the country. The UN envoy, whose official visit to Nigeria ends today, is in the country to examine situations of violations of the right to life by state and non-state actors; the federal, state security strategy and the responses at federal and state levels to allegations of arbitrary deprivation of life. She arrived the country August 19, 2019. According to Callamard, the “overall situation that I encountered in Nigeria gives rise to extreme concern. ”By many measures,…

By Akanimo Sampson Academic activities in Nigeria’s public universities are likely to be shut down in the weeks ahead, if the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of President Muhammadu Buhari fails to address concerns by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Although ASUU has already tasked President Buhari to use education to solve poverty problem in the country, the erudite scholars have however, described the statement credited to the President, citing education as a way to end poverty, as a mere political statement. ASUU Chairman at the University of Ibadan, Professor Deji Omole, said on Sunday in Ibadan, the…

By Akanimo Sampson With Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State (Peoples Democratic Party) locked in a veiled political war with his Kano State counterpart, Abdullahi Ganduje (All Progressives Congress) over a purported demolition of a mosque in the big oil state, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) appears to be busy fanning the embers to speed up the disintegration of Nigeria. Nigeria appears to be a country dangerously polarised by religion (Christianity and Islam) and geo-political rivalry (North and South) since 2015 and the Muslim North seems to be viciously taking advantage of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to strangulate the…

A former employee of ExxonMobil is in hot soup as an Uyo High Court in Akwa Ibom State has ordered her to pay N500,000 as damages for libel against Mrs Regina Udobong, the immediate past Manager, Public and Government Affairs, Joint Venture Operations of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, (MPNU). The court presided over by Justice Margaret-Mary Udoma ordered one Ms Mfon Abia, the one-time employee of ExxonMobil to pay the money for falsely and maliciously publishing libelous materials against Udobong on social media in the LinkedIn, Online Professional Platform to the entire world, read by numerous persons within and outside…

As Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions, NASU, plan to embark on mother of all strike, Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, plans to meet with the unions’ leadership to avoid the planned strike. The two non-teaching staff unions in the universities, under the umbrella of Joint Action Committee, JAC, have threatened to embark on what they called mother of all strike, if the Federal Government failed to address their demands. Already, Chairman of JAC and President of SSANU, Comrade Samson Ugwoke, told Vanguard that JAC might likely…

The Federal Government has faulted the cancellation of the $100 million concession agreement by Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, with Phase3 Telecom Ltd and Alheri Engineering Services, describing it as illegal and a nullity. The government had on March 20, 2006, facilitated the signing of $100 million Concession Agreement that mandated the concessionaire to design, build, finance and operate, DBFO, fibre optic network infrastructure in the country. Arising from the need to review the concession terms as envisaged in the agreement, following the liberalisation of the National Long-distance Fibre Optic landscape in Nigeria, TCN reneged on reports by an audit firm and recommendation of…