#OccupyNigeria, the group which organised a massive anti-fuel subsidy protests under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the suspension of Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN).On Friday, Buhari suspended Onnoghen, baking his action with an order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). He swore in Ibrahim Muhammad in his place.In an open letter, [...]
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Kabir Marafa, senator representing Zamfara central, says he does not give a "damn" if the All Progressives Congress (APC) loses the state in the fprthcoming elections.Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Marafa who is a governorship aspirant, said it is better to have another party at the helm of affairs in the state than to have bad people from [...]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as an avowed democrat, defending his decision to suspend Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN).Mohammed said this following the backlash which trailed the action of the president.The minister dismissed the reports that the suspension signaled the beginning of dictatorship in the country."Today, I have called this press conference to set the [...]

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has asked the federal government to protect whistleblowers in Kano state.In a statement on Monday, the coalition made up of six CSOs said Jafaar Jafaar, publisher of Daily Nigerian, an online news platform, had received threatening messages since he published a series of videos showing Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, allegedly collecting bribe from a [...]

Phrank Shaibu, special assistant on communication to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says President Muhammadu Buhari will lose the forthcoming presidential poll because Nigerians are hungry and jobless.In a statement on Sunday, Shaibu said over a hundred million Nigerians can not afford a decent meal per day.He said there is no where in the world [...]

Nigerians on Monday stormed the United States Embassy to register their grievances over the "interference" in the nation’s domestic affairs.The massive crowd drawn from various groups and organizations threatened that next time they will be forced to shut down the embassy if that is what is required to take back the country.The protest letter was delivered at the embassy of [...]

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says both the bar and bench have played into the hands of those sponsoring fascism in the country.Falana said this while reacting to the suspension of Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), by President Muhammadu Buhari.Falana said it is intriguing that the 12 lawyers in Buhari's cabinet (Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo inclusive) did not dissuade [...]