Author: Damilola Olufemi

Nigeria’s former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says he will respond to an invitation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, insisting he has nothing to hide and remains committed to the rule of law. In a statement published on his verified Facebook account on Friday, Malami said he chose to make the development public in line with his stand on openness in government. “This is to confirm that I have been invited by the EFCC. As a law-abiding and patriotic citizen, I hereby reaffirm my commitment to honour the invitation,” he said. The…

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Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday confirmed that former President Goodluck Jonathan was safely evacuated from Guinea-Bissau in the wake of a military coup that dissolved the country’s government. The confirmation was given in Abuja by Kimiebi Ebienfa, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who told journalists, “Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is very safe and out of Guinea-Bissau. He left with a special flight with members of his delegation, including Mohamed Chambas.” Jonathan had been in the country leading the West African Elders Forum Election Observation Mission and overseeing last Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary polls before soldiers declared a…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday placed Nigeria on a national security emergency footing, authorising major police and military recruitment to confront escalating violence across the country. A statement from the State House confirmed the president’s directive for the Nigeria Police Force to hire 20,000 new officers, raising the overall approved intake to 50,000. Tinubu also greenlit the deployment of NYSC camps as interim training centres for the recruits. The statement said, “Today, in view of the emerging security situation, I have decided to declare a nationwide security emergency and order additional recruitment into the Armed Forces.” Explaining the scope of…

A tense scene unfolded outside the main entrance of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) on Tuesday after live rounds reportedly spilled from a passenger bus cruising along the Zaria–Katsina Highway, prompting alarm among students, commuters, and roadside traders. The incident was first flagged in an online video by Zagazola Intelligence, stirring speculation across social platforms that the stray ammunition might be tied to illicit supplies intended for armed groups active between Kaduna and Katsina. A self-identified eyewitness, Musa, said the chaos came without warning. “We suddenly saw the bullets drop from the bus as it sped past the gate. Before people…

Former Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose has opened up about the tense exchange between him and former President Olusegun Obasanjo during his 65th birthday celebration, admitting that he was so upset at one point that he briefly considered grabbing the microphone and striking the former president with it. In a new interview, Fayose walked through the events leading to the Lagos ceremony where Obasanjo, while acknowledging his political journey, remarked that Fayose was “not the best” among his political protégés. Fayose said that two weeks before the event, he had decided to reconcile with many of his political adversaries and…

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The United Kingdom (UK) Government has rejected the request of the Nigeria Federal Government to transfer former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to serve the remainder of his prison term in Nigeria. Presently, Ekweremadu, who was convicted in 2023 and sentenced to nine years and eight months for conspiring to exploit a young man’s kidney, is serving a prison sentence in the UK for organ trafficking. The plot involved bringing a 21-year-old street vendor from Lagos to Britain with the intention of procuring a kidney for his daughter, Sonia. He was handed a sentence of nine years and eight months.…