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Mary Habila: Group urges IGP to ensure independent, transparent probe

By Henry Umoru, ABUJA The Northern Youth Assembly of Nigeria (NYAN) has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, to ensure that investigation into the death of Mary Habila is independent, transparent, professional and free from political interference. The group made the call on Thursday while reacting to the death of Habila, who reportedly died […]
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CDHR begs Delta gov over illegal levies on Okada riders

By Festus Ahon UGHELLI—The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has called on Delta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, to urgently intervene on the issue of illegal levies on Okada riders in the state by ordering the total cancellation of such levies before same snowballs into a major crises. This was contained in […]

Lawmakers ask commissioners to produce Sunburn Yacht deal documents

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday subjected three state commissioners and the Chief Executive Officer, Multipurpose Infrastructural Development Company (MIDC), Mr Emmanuel Gobil, to interrogation to clarify the mystery surrounding the procurement as well as ownership of Sunburn Yacht.

Aturu canvasses passage of FoI Bill

Lagos lawyer, Mr Bamidele Aturu, has called on Nigerians to insist on the passage of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Bill, presently before the National Assembly, noting that lack of access to official held information is a major road block to the war against corruption in the country.

Lagos shuts 7 illegal medicine stores

THE Lagos State Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has sealed off seven illegal patent medicine stores, destroying fake drugs worth about N60 million in Mushin Local Government Area of the state.

NDLEA arrests Corps member with 84 wraps of cocaine

Attempt by a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member to smuggle hard drug suspected to be cocaine out of the country has been foiled by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Lagos State Command .

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