Over two days in April, investigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO drove the equivalent of a stolen vehicle from Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, to Lagos, the country’s commercial hub. Not only did he arrive Lagos safely with the car, he returned to Abuja scot-free with it — and this is despite passing through a whopping 86 checkpoints in a journey of over [...]
The ministry of finance is yet to submit its report to the house of representatives’ ad-hoc committee investigating the $17 million fee for lawyers involved in the transfer of $321 million Abacha Loot to Nigeria.Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had engaged Oladipo Okpeseyi, a senior advocate, and Temitope Adebayo, two Nigerian lawyers to do a job that had already [...]
When Lolade Siyonbola drifted off to sleep in her dorm's common room, she couldn't have dreamt that she was about to find herself in the middle of a racial discrimination conversation."You’re not supposed to be sleeping here. I’m going to call the police. I have every right to call the police. You cannot sleep in that room," she was told by [...]
When Celia Osakwe-Hibbert left the shores of Nigeria to the United Kingdom in 2008, all she cared about was to study and help her local community but the journey took a new twist 10 years after. On May 3, 2018, she was elected councillor for Penn at the City of Wolverhampton. The ex-model stood against strong male candidates to win [...]
On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Musiliu Smith, a former inspector-general of police (IGP), as chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) to succeed Mike Okiro, also a former inspector-general of police.Senate President Bukola Saraki read Buhari’s letter seeking the confirmation of Smith’s appointment and those of three others.Former President Olusegun obasanjo made Smith IGP on May 29, 1999 but [...]
In May 2008, former President Olusegun Obasanjo was summoned by the house committee probing the expenditure on power sector between 1999 and 2007 when he was in office. His successor, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, had alleged that Obasanjo's administration spent $11 billion on the sector "with nothing to show for it". This prompted the probe, with the alleged figure rising to [...]
Lanre Tejuosho, chairman, senate committee on health, is excited about the one percent of the consolidated revenue fund (CRF) earmarked for health and passed by the national assembly in the 2018 budget.In this interview with select journalists, the senator representing Ogun central said the fund would be a major "game changer" for the country's health sector. He also said the [...]
Last month, a leaked telephone conversation between Richard Akindele, a professor in the department of management and accounting at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, and Monica Osagie, a postgraduate student surfaced on the internet.The audio detailed how the lecturer solicited sex from the female student to award her a pass mark. After this embarrassment, the man at the center of [...]
A video of Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), struggling to read a speech is trending online.In the video, Idris finds it difficult to pronounce the words, as he constantly repeats "I mean" and "transmission".There were traits of dyslexia, a learning difficulty, in his delivery. What is Dyslexia?According to a definition by NHS.co.uk, it is a common learning difficulty that can [...]
Sometime in December 2016, Femi-Fani Kayode, former minister of aviation, showered praises on Musa Asake, general secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Asake in his usual manner had risen in defence of victims who were murdered.“He is a courageous and truly wonderful man and I was struck by his extraordinary humility. Asake is one of the few men [...]
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