•Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Bangladeshi ex-premier Sheikh Hasina today demanded an investigation into the protests that ousted her, in her first public statement since her abrupt resignation and flight abroad last week. “I demand that those involved in these killings and acts of vandalism be properly investigated and the ...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday insisted on full investigation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Edo State governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo, over the death of a police officer in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on July 18, 2024. The party emphasised that the APC and its candidate for Edo governorship ele...
•Protesters Amnesty International has claimed that 13 persons were killed in the first day of the nationwide protests that hit parts of the country, calling for a probe. In a public statement today, the humanitarian group listed the states where the killings took place. It said six persons were killed in Suleja, Niger state, with […]
•Nigerian Senate The Ad-hoc Committee has hired forensic auditors the Senate mandated to investigate the N30trillion Ways and Means advances the federal government took from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from 2014 up to 2023, to scrutinise documents of agencies appearing before it. It was learnt yesterday that the engagement of the forensi...
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination today arrested four representatives of the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The officials arrested were, Amos Josiah Dangut, Head of National Office, WAEC Nigeria, who represented the Registrar; Angus Okeleze, Senior Deputy Registrar; Victor Odu, Acting Director of Finance; Se...
•El-Rufai A former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a petition against Justice Rilwan M. Aikawa, the judge presiding over his case against the Kaduna State House of Assembly at the Federal High Court, Kaduna. El-Rufai, in the petition filed to the Federal High Court, Abuja by his counsel, Abdulhakeem Mustapha (SAN), alleged ...
•The House of Representatives The House of Representatives today said it will investigate an alleged plot by International Oil Companies (IOCs) to frustrate the operations of Dangote refinery. This followed a matter of urgent national importance raised by the Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, reports Channels TV. The lower chamber expressed wo...
•Kylian Mbappe FIFA said today it was opening an investigation into racist chants by Argentina players after they won the Copa America. “FIFA is aware of a video circulating on social media and the incident is being looked into. FIFA strongly condemns any form of discrimination by anyone including players, fans, and officials,” a spokesperson ...
•Onlookers gather at the dumpsite where six bodies were found in the landfill in Mukuru slum, Nairobi, on Friday, July 12, 2024. Kenya’s under-fire police yesterday pledged a “transparent” investigation into the shocking discovery of eight mutilated female bodies dumped in a Nairobi garbage site. But tensions were running high at the crime sce...
•The suspects The Anambra State Police Command said it has identified the officers allegedly fingered in a viral video of telephone theft in a community in Otuocha Local Government Area of the state. In a video that circulated on social media yesterday, a resident of the area narrated how police officers from the Otuocha Police […]

