NIGERIA: Senate to Probe N140bn NPF Fund
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Police Affairs to probe how the police have been accessing N140 billion from the Police Reform Fund from 2010 to 2013. The...
Oil Traders Accused of Fraud to Sue Swiss NGO
Local and international oil traders, indicted in a recent report by a Swiss-based Non- Government Organisation (NGO), the Berne Declaration, have commenced moves to institute legal proceedings against the organisation,...
NIGERIA: Woman Seeks Police Protection
Mrs. Funmilayo Titilayo Orisan has appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, to save her and her children from her husband, Mr. Oni Orisan, who she...
Oduah: The axis of revenge
The late literary icon, Prof Chinua Achebe was at his proverbial best when he stated in one of his novels that the house the enemy wanted to pull down has...
Why I hate being a black man
Every time I sit on a crowded street car, bus, or subway train in Toronto, I know I will have an empty seat next to me. It's like a broken...
Anambra showdown: How they may fare tomorrow
The battle line is drawn among the five major contestants in the very keen contest to replace the outgoing governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi. These are Chief Willie...
Oduah: Nigeria losing her best to corruption allegation
For some time now, the Nigerian media have been inundated with stories of corruption allegation levelled against the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, concerning an unverified claim that the...
Hijab ban: Lagos requests time for settlement
Lagos State Government yesterday before an Ikeja High Court pleaded for more time to settle out of court over its ban on wearing of Hijab by female Muslim students in...
Crisis rocks CAN as pastors move against Oritsejafor
BENIN — CRISIS is brewing in the leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, as members from the Niger Delta, under the aegis of Global Peace Relief Initiative, led by...
Philippines typhoon disaster: UN admits failings to help survivors
MANILA (AFP) – The United States said relief channels were belatedly opening up in the typhoon-ravaged Philippines on Thursday as the UN admitted it had not acted quickly enough to...