•Ortom Five weeks after the inauguration of two judicial commissions of inquiry to look into the activities of ex-Governor Samuel Ortom while in office, investigations reveal that they are now set to quiz him and his aides. The state governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, had on February 26, 2024, inaugurated the two judicial commissions of […...
Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, and retired judges, yesterday said the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, ought to handle investigations into the recent murder of 17 soldiers, and an unconfirmed number of villagers at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The legal luminaries, who faulted the handing over of the traditional...
•Nadeem Anjarwalla The Economy and Financial Crimes Commission has charged Binance Holdings Limited and two of its senior executives, Tigran Gambaryan, and Nadeem Anjarwalla – who is on the run, with $35,400,000 money laundering. EFCC, which has now fully taken over the case from the Office of the National Security Adviser, has also detained G...
The United Nations voiced alarm today after recent mass kidnappings in Nigeria of hundreds of children and others, calling for investigations to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice. Criminal gangs often carry out mass kidnappings in northwest Nigeria, targeting schools, villages and highways where they can quickly snatch large numbe...
•Senator Ningi The All Progressive Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and some other political parties yesterday, called for a thorough probe into the allegation made by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Population, Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central), that N3.7tn was padded in the 2024 budget. While the parties called for a probe ...
The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Population to investigate how the N200 billion was spent on the suspended 2023 population and housing census. The committee is to report back within four weeks for further legislative action, reports Daily Trust. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep Clement Akanni at the [&hel...
•Late Alexei Navalny More than 40 countries today demanded an independent international investigation into the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny — and said President Vladimir Putin bore ultimate responsibility. “We are outraged by the death of the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny… Russia must allow an independent an...
•National Assembly complex, Abuja The Rivers State Tax Justice and Governance Platform (TJGP), in collaboration with Christian Aid (CA) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has called on the National Assembly to urgently investigate all International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans received by the country. The call is necessit...
•Former Governor Samuel Ortom The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has welcomed the inauguration of two judicial commissions by his successor, Governor Hyacinth Alia, to probe the activities of his administration between 2015 and 2023. In a statement issued by his media aide, Terver Akase, today, Ortom expressed willingnes...
•Herbert Wigwe Isiokpo community in Ikwerre Local Government of Rivers State has said it will use its tradition to determine circumstances of the crash that killed its son, his wife and son. King Blessing Wagor spoke during a procession to begin eight-day mourning yesterday, reports The Nation. Wagor said Wigwe would not be buried outside [&he...
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