Poor Wages Are Exposing Judges To Temptation – Senator
Opeyemi Bamidele, chairman of the Senate committee on judiciary, says the poor remuneration of judges is exposing them to temptation. Speaking on Wednesday before the commencement of a screening exercise of eight judges appointed to the supreme court by President Muhammadu Buhari, Bamidele said the welfare of judges needs “a major intervention”. The president had asked the upper legislative chamber to...
Tinubu, Others Accused Of Fraud, Tax Evasion, Money Laundering
Dapo Apara, a Nigerian chartered accountant, has accused a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu; a consulting firm, Alpha-beta, and a former commissioner in the state, Akin Doherty, of money laundering, fraud, tax evasion, and sundry corrupt practices. Mr Apara, in writ of summons deposed to at a Lagos high court, claimed that Mr Tinubu and Alpha-beta reneged on...
#ENDSARS Protests Gains Global Support From Celebrities, Organizations
Nationwide protests demanding proscription of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad have gathered momentum beyond Nigeria, with #EndSARS trending on Twitter in the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Canada. The protest was also the most trended issue on Friday globally, according to a Tweet by @BBCAfrica, as Nigerians continued to demonstrate across the country amid violent clashes. #EndSARS protest...
Identify, Prosecute SARS Officers Involved In Rights Abuse, Murder – Gbajabiamila Tells IGP
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to ensure officers of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) who are involved in human rights abuses are punished. “The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) must act to identify and punish those operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) involved in the most...
#ENDSWAT Protest Has Been Hijacked By Criminals – Yahaya Bello
Yahaya Bello, Kogi governor, says citizens protesting against police brutality should stop the demonstrations and explore other forms of dissent. In a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday, Bello said the ranks of peaceful protesters have been infiltrated by “criminal elements armed with dangerous weapons”. In the past week, protesters called for the scrapping of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) and a holistic...
“We Want SARS” – Northern Governors Lament
Governors from the Northern part of the country have rejected disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). According to them, the police unit has been useful in the fight against insecurity in the region. The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, who is the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) made this known to reporters on Thursday after a meeting...
#EndSARS: Youths Doing What My Generation Failed To Do — CEO Godfather Production
A leading music producer in Nigeria, Uchenna Ogoke, the CEO Godfather Production has applauded the ongoing #EndSARS protest across the country. He said the agitations are necessary to bring about a positive change, adding that change is constant in society and urgently needed in Nigeria. While faulting his generation of youth for failure to act, he insisted that that was when...
[OPINION] The PDP Zoning Philosophy: The North Still Has The Right Of First Refusal, By Senator Emmanuel Onwe
By way of a preamble, let me quickly preempt and lay to rest the prevailing mood in the country: the paramount question for Nigerians at the moment is to restructure our dysfunctional political system; the 1999 Constitution is both the progenitor of a dictatorship and thus a fraud. All Nigerian patriots accept these fundamental flaws in our system, as...
Abia LG Poll: We’ll Resist Any Fraudulently Written Result — Sen. Kalu Vows
Senator representing Abia North district, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has insisted that this party will reject results that do not reflect the people's will in the upcoming local government election. The Senate Chief Whip and former Abia governor told ABN TV on Friday that times are gone when local government election results are written even before the actual contest. He called...
Re: Performance Is Not A Function Of Jaundiced Mindset But Verifiable Achievements: Chief Daniel Okeke, Take Note
Ordinarily, I wouldn't have responded to a recent post on Facebook by one, Eric Ikwuagwu, highlighting the so-called, Facebook and invisible achievements of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State but for the records and posterity, it is imperative. While I do understand that the sponsored writer must justify his monthly stipend from the coffers of Abia state government, I...
