The Director of Human Resources Management of the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, Sulieman Garba Bulkwang, has been remanded in prison till February 3, 2025. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, gave the remand order Friday, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned him for alleged N223.4m fraud, In a statement,…
INTRODUCTION We commenced this treatise last week addressing the legal and human rights implications of passport seizures, retention, revocation, and deprivation, focusing on their impact on freedom of movement. We also examined the constitutional right to movement under Nigerian law and whether the requirement for a passport is a justifiable restriction on this right. Today,…
A female student of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, who was failed by a randy lecturer because she refused to give in to his sexual advances has been cleared by the school authorities to graduate. The student, Ramota Olahanloye, had alleged that her lecturer Dr. Anthony Agbegbedia deliberately failed her in two final-year courses…
Financial expert, Dr. Kingsley Chibuzor Aguoru has voiced his support for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to prioritise the eNaira over decentralised cryptocurrencies. Dr. Aguoru, an expert in technology and digital security with extensive experience in financial systems, including the development of the 3WiDentity authentication system, pointed out that approving cryptocurrency for national use…
A mild drama ensued Thursday before Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of Federal High Court, Abuja, when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, counsel told the court that Nicholas Mutu has been jetting out of the country with an undeclared passport and without the express permission of the court which is in violation of his…
There are genuine reasons to disagree and to reject Gill’s woeful advice and seek alternative ways. They hinge on the need to protect our national interest. At the time the World Bank’s envoy came calling with his ill boding advice Nigeria was on bended knees as a result of the policies informed by the inappropriate…
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters, Abuja, late Thursday, stated that Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed prime minister of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will be extradited to the country to face charges against him. Speaking on the arrest of Ekpa in a short press statement, the Director of Defence Information, Brig Gen Tukur Gusau, said the…
A Nigerian woman, Maimuna Gawu, from Gawu Babangida in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, who was abducted by gunmen and gave birth to twin babies while in captivity has narrated her chilling ordeal in the hands of her abductors. According to Maimuna, she was kidnapped after boarding a Sharon bus by the roadside…
The Senate has sacked the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, over alleged gross misconduct. This decision was made pursuant to Section 157(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, as amended), which empowers the Senate to remove key public officials following due process. The sacking followed a closed-door…
The police in Zamfara have detained a 58-year-old Algerian national for alleged transborder arms trafficking. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed Dalijan, made this known in Gusau on Tuesday. He said that the police recovered 16 AK47 riffles, during various raids within the last three weeks. He said that the command also…
