The Senate on Wednesday turned down a motion seeking a full investigation into the budgetary allocation, activities, and controversy around the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC.
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Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the Nigeria Police Force for bringing in the father of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who presents himself as Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
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Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has faulted ex-Borno Governor Ali Modu Sheriff for saying Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has little political support in Northern Nigeria.
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By Tekena Amieyeofori The Senate has warned that Nigeria may reassess its diplomatic ties with South Africa if fresh xenophobic attacks targeting Nigerians persist. The warning came during Tuesday’s plenary following a motion by Senator Asuquo Ekpeyong on an alleged June 30, 2026 ultimatum issued to Nigerians resident in South Africa. Lawmakers described the development
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In mid-2003, the now-defunct Argus Newspaper ran a controversial cover story: “Odili Sells Rivers State to Ikwerres.” The political elite sneered and called it junkyard journalism. With hindsight, that story was not junk. It was a diagnosis. It was a prophecy.
2027: Who Can Dismantle Wike’s Political Siege on Rivers State Read More »
The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has issued a legal notice against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, demanding ₦10 billion in damages over allegations of murder, bribery, abuse of office, and other offences.
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Former Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff has urged ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar to shelve his presidential ambition until 2031, insisting that the South should produce Nigeria’s president in 2027.
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Nigeria’s main opposition leaders, ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, have both called for an urgent probe into an IMF report indicating that roughly N8.83 trillion in government spending was executed outside the approved 2025 budget.
Atiku, Obi Seek Probe of N8.83trn Off-Budget Spending Read More »
The Nigerian Correctional Service Act of 2019 marked a shift from punishment to rehabilitation, reformation and reintegration of inmates. Nigeria has several laws upholding human rights and dignity, but weak implementation often renders them ineffective. In the FCT Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, however, the law is not just on paper; it is being lived out.
New Deal for FCT Prison Inmates as Reforms Take Root Read More »
The United States has withdrawn most of its forces deployed for a joint counterterrorism operation in Nigeria’s Lake Chad Basin, while retaining intelligence sharing and other aspects of its joint military cooperation with Nigeria.
US Pulls Majority of Troops from Nigeria After ISIS Deputy’s Killing Read More »
