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Falana works to free former EFCC boss Bawa
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Falana works to free former EFCC boss Bawa

2 years ago11312 min

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been held by the Department of State Services (DSS) for 67 days without being charged or facing a trial. A human rights attorney from Lagos, Femi Falana (SAN), has launched a campaign to secure Bawa’s release. He claimed that Bawa’s remand order had expired in a statement he made today, August 20. He claims that Bawa’s incarceration is in violation of...

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Breaking: Nigerian Court To Hear Bail Application Of Remanded Traditional Religion Worshipper, Talolorun August 23
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Breaking: Nigerian Court To Hear Bail Application Of Remanded Traditional Religion Worshipper, Talolorun August 23

2 years ago1719 min

The hearing of Adegbola Abdulazeez’s bail application has been postponed in Kwara State’s Chief Magistrate Court. Talolorun, an activist and practitioner of Isese (traditional religion), filed the application. A war in the city was allegedly planned to be started by the Isese practitioner by “inviting other traditional and idol worshippers to assemble in Ilorin on the 20th of August, 2023.” The Isese practitioner was remanded in prison last week. Additionally, he was charged with insulting...

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Senator Adeola calls on Army Chief to look into Aide’s murderers and dispense justice
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Senator Adeola calls on Army Chief to look into Aide’s murderers and dispense justice

2 years ago2306 min

In order to facilitate further investigation, legal action, and restitution, Senator Adeola has requested that Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, supervise the search for his aide’s killers. The senator who had recently lost a loved one had earlier stated that the information he had on the circumstances indicated that Mr. Sanni had been asked to provide the documents for the car he was driving when “security agents” stopped him at a...

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CSO Renew Calls for Sack of NCMDB Boss over Bribery, Corruption Charges
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CSO Renew Calls for Sack of NCMDB Boss over Bribery, Corruption Charges

2 years ago2129 min

… Mobilizes CSOS for Protest In line with calls by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for Nigerians to join hands with him in building a country of our dreams, Save Nigeria Movement, a front line civil society organisation dedicated to fighting corruption has keyed into the agenda and has renewed calls for the sacking of Engr. Kesiyi Simbi Wabote, the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Content Monitoring Development Board (NCMDB) in line with the anti-corruption stance of...

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Supreme Court abused its power in Kanu’s appeal, says IPOB
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Supreme Court abused its power in Kanu’s appeal, says IPOB

2 years ago1835 min

The Supreme Court is alleged to have obstructed the legal process against the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The Supreme Court was charged by IPOB with exploiting Kanu as an excuse for an adjournment. IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, stated that the separatist group was unhappy and perplexed by the Supreme Court’s decision to revoke the earlier schedule for the hearing of Kanu’s appeal. Read Also: Police arrest electrician, Sunday Andrew for allegedly stealing...

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Electronic Fraud: Nigerian Banks Lost Over N9.5bn In five Years – Repor
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Electronic Fraud: Nigerian Banks Lost Over N9.5bn In five Years – Repor

2 years ago10914 min

According to a report from the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, the banking sector in Nigeria lost over N9.5 billion to electronic fraud between 2019 and Q1 2023. Thus, in order to stop the upward trend, the forum has called for new policies and greater cooperation. The forum, presided over by the Central Bank of Nigeria, focused on “New Strategies for Combating e-Fraud in a Cashless Environment” at its general meeting held in Lagos for the...

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Non-State Players to Combat Corruption in Procurement Process
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Non-State Players to Combat Corruption in Procurement Process

2 years ago11563 min

A number of anti-corruption civil society organisations, or CSOs, have raised the stakes in what appears to be a new effort to address corruption in public procurement. Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative (PRADIN), in partnership with the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), and the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), is facilitating the group, which is made up of four prominent CSOs. A 2010 study...

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Niger Coup Leader Proposes Return To Democracy Within 3 Years
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Niger Coup Leader Proposes Return To Democracy Within 3 Years

2 years ago11293 min

The conversation will specify “national priorities” and “ask for fundamental ideals to lead the restoration” of the West African nation. General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the military leader of Niger, has suggested that democracy return within three years. In a coup on July 26, Tchiani and others overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum and took control of the government. According to CNN, General Tchiani stated in a televised address on Saturday night that neither the junta nor the Niger...

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Police nab ex-banker in Edo over N14.9m fraud
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Police nab ex-banker in Edo over N14.9m fraud

2 years ago2301 min

When asked about her involvement, the suspect stated that she had previously given Nnamdi mint cash in exchange for a reasonable commission, but that she was unable to meet up with him any more and was therefore in debt to him. “The second individual, Henry, I have returned N2.5 million to him, leaving a balance of N5.1 million,” she said. “The balance of N5.1 million” This has been going on for a number of weeks...

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Call for sack or resignation of DGSS: A fightback by suspected criminal syndicates
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Call for sack or resignation of DGSS: A fightback by suspected criminal syndicates

2 years ago1936 min

….CSO alleges a gang up ….dismisses call for protests …passes vote of confidence in Tinubu, DSS Leadership A Civil Society Organization, Save Nigerian Movement (SNM) has insisted that the recent call for the sack of the Director General of the Department of State Security (DGSS) Mr. Yusuf Magagi Bichi is the handiwork of high profile criminal suspects who are currently undergoing trial for various crimes of multiple dimensions. Describing such calls as a desperate bid...

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