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Lawyer urges police, EFCC, army to adopt DSS compensation policy

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja A legal practitioner and human rights advocate, Hamza Dantani, has called on security agencies, including the Police, Army and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to adopt the Department of State Services (DSS) policy of compensating innocent citizens wrongly arrested, detained or injured during security operations. In a statement titled “DSS […]
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Reps move to repatriate 10,000 Nigerian girls from Libya, Morocco

By Tordue Salem The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora has begun the process to repatriate about 10,000 Nigerian teenage girls held captive by the sex-slave trade in Libya and Morocco. The 10,000 girls aged between 13 and 17 are said to be from the southern part of the country and mostly from Edo State. […]

FG, ASUU meeting deadlocked

The meeting between the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu, again ended in deadlock as the parties maintained their hardline stance.

Fashola inaugurates Awo Museum, urges spirit of competition

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday officially presented the Institute of Government and Public Policy incorporating the Awo Museum with a charge that everyone should devote time and efforts to encourage competitive and cooperative attitude among one another.

NNPC denies paying militants

The NNPC  has  denied ever paying Niger Delta militants any money, while also noting that news reports from the House of Representatives indicating the country’s fuel stock and crude oil supply will dry out in 15 days was far from the truth.

Money laundering: Court adjourns Nnamani’s case

By Innocent Anaba Lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday adjourned till October 22, 3009, further hearing in the alleged money laundering charge against former Enugu state Governor, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani. Meanwhile, a former Permanent Secretary in Enugu state, Sylvia Onwuebemeli, who is standing trial alongside Nnamani, has asked the court to strike-out her […]

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