Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari surrendered all pretence to the rule of law and constitutional democracy by sacking the Chief Justice of Nigeria, #WalterOnnoghen. Unilaterally and in flagrant violation of the Constitution, he also swore in #TankoMuhammad as the new acting CJN. By this act, the President has precipitated needless confusion in the polity. […]
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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has said, he knows how Boko Haram started. In an interview with The African Reports, which he shared on his verified Twitter handle, @atiku, Atiku said that, politicians were to be blamed for the emergence of Boko Haram. When he was asked, how he […]
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It was 24 hours after the official release of my book, “An Encounter with the Spymaster” in July 2017 that I received an invitation from a top retired Airforce officer for a meeting with the then Director General of Department of State Service (DSS), Lawal Daura. Before the invitation, a Presidential spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu […]
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The United States says corruption is being perpetrated as a result of the “failure” of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to implement laws against such practices. In its 2017 Human Rights Report, it said numerous cases of corruption were evident across all levels of government. It added that while the government took steps to […]
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Muhammadu Buhari started his anti corruption crusade with $2.1bn Dasukigate, then Sambo Dasuki was arrested, Raymond Dokpesi, Fani Kayode, Musuliu Obanikoro, Olisa Metuh, and Reuben Abati were also arrested in connection with Dasukigate. While the government was busy wanking and masturbating with the gale of arrests and media frenzy that trailed the episodic drama, Dasuki […]
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I slept early last night, no thanks to the stress of Lagos. I usually wake up quite early to catch up with latest happenings in the country before heading into another round of traffic stress. Early this morning as I scanned through facebook, I saw viral pictures of the visit of former President Goodluck Jonathan […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said it was impossible for the National Security Adviser (NSA) during his administration, Sambo Dasuki, to have stolen $2.2 billion as claimed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr. Dasuki, who has been in detention since December 1, 2015, was arrested by the State Security Service for […]
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Adeniyi Ademola, a judge of the federal high court Abuja, says he was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) because he granted Sambo Dasuki bail and freed Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) leader. Last weekend, some judges’ homes were raided by the DSS on allegations of corruption. But […]
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The Nigerian government has agreed to consolidate the criminal charges filed against the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and others. They are standing trial before two different High Courts of the Federal Capital Territory Judiciary. This is coming barely 24 hours after the ECOWAS court ordered the Federal Government to release Dasuki […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari came to power promising Nigerians “change”. Novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani gives five examples of what has changed in Nigeria since 29 May 2015 when he was sworn in. 1. Are we safer? Those of us who travel regularly in Nigeria’s north-east had become used to what should be a 15-minute […]
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