Olayinka SHEHU 37 posts

A Switzerland-based company that created an encryption communications machine that was used by the United States and German intelligence services to secretly gathered classified communications of governments for decades through secret…
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A recent graduate from the Gateway Polytechnic located in Sapaade, Ogun State Ayoola Babalola has been arrested by the officials of the State Security Service (SSS) for allegedly publishing contents deemed critical of President Muhammadu…
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The United States Democrats controlled House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Trump was impeached by the legislators following a debate and vote on two articles of…
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A recent kidnapped victim of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP)  identified as Bitrus Zakka Bwala has disclosed that Leah Sharibu, the only 2018 abducted Dapchi schoolgirl remaining with the terrorist group is alive. Bwala…
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The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) has executed four male humanitarian workers of Action Against Hunger abducted since July, 2019. Six staffs of the Paris-based humanitarian organization were abducted on  July 19 by ISWAP…
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THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, Kayode Fayemi, his Deputy, Aminu Tambuwal and other 34 governors to urgently disclose details of payment of pensions to former…
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HUMAN Rights lawyer , Femi Falana, SAN has revealed that the team leader of Department of State Service (DSS) that stormed the Federal High Court on Friday to effect the arrest of detained publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele and Olawale…
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THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has berated the presidency for comparing embattled activist and former presidential candidate at the last general election, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare to…
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THE Presidency on Sunday broke its silence on the drama at the Federal High Court on Friday which led to the rearrest of convener of #RevolutionNow, and publisher of Saharareporters, Omoyele Sowore by operatives of Department of State…
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HUMAN rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, has berated the Department of State Security Services (DSS) for disrupting court proceedings in its attempt to arrest SaharaReporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. The DSS had today…
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The Presidency has said the list of sacked presidential aides in the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo "circulating in the media" is not genuine and should be ignored. The Vice President Senior Special Assistant on Media and…
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Twitter has locked the handle @Witan17, (Na'Gwaggo) believed to be a pseudo name, for using the platform to spread hate speech. This means that the owner of the handle cannot use it to post or update old posts. The handle also faces the…
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THE African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has confirmed the arrest f its Coordinator, Chido Onumah by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) also known as Department of State Service. The ICIR had earlier…
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Chido Onumah, Executive Director of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, AFRICMIL, has been arrested men believed to be personnel of the Department of State Services, DSS, The ICIR has learnt. Onumah was picked up at the…
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday has granted bail to the convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore. Justice Taiwo Taiwo made the ruling after listening to the argument of Sowore’s lawyer and the prosecuting counsel, J.O…
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THE International Committee Red Cross (ICRC) has said nearly 22,000 Nigerians have been reported as missing during a decade of conflict in Northeast region of Nigeria. The Geneva based humanitarian institution said the figure is the…
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The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has denied the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) request which sought to dismiss Atiku Abubakar’s prayer to disqualify Muhammadu Buhari as the President on the ground that…
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THE Nigerian military is holding thousands of children in horrific conditions in detention camps on suspicion of being members of the dreaded insurgent group, Boko Haram, Human Right Watch (HRW) said in a report released today. HRW said…
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The South African government has issued a strict warning regarding the spreading of misleading information on social media about the recent xenophobic attacks South Africa President, Cyril Ramaphosa in a tweet warned against spreading old…
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At least one person was killed on Sunday in a fresh Xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg, South Africa Police said. According to News 24, the victim was stabbed with a sharp object at a corner of Bree and Plein streets in Johannesburg.…
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Former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki has said that the recent xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in the country were targeted at criminals and not Nigerians. Nigerians and other foreign (African) nationals early this…
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Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said the crisis in South Africa is Afrophobia and not Xenophobic as only Africans especially Nigerians have been target of attacks from South Africans. Ezekwesili said this at a special…
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THE Federal Government has condemned comments made by the South African Foreign Affairs Minister, Naledi Pandor, that “many Nigerians in South Africa are into drug peddling, human trafficking and other vices that hurt her nation.” Pandor,…
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Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), the Irish firm that recently won a $9.6 billion judgement against Nigeria, has said that the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, should be held responsible. The firm said the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has called for an end to the deadly Tiv-Jukun crisis after the gruesome killing on Wednesday of a Catholic priest in Taraba State. The President said the killing of the clergyman highlights the "urgency of…
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ENI, an oil major firm based in Italy, said that it has made huge gas and condensate discovery in onshore Niger Delta. Eni through its affiliate, Agip Nigeria Oil Company (NAOC) said it made the find in the deeper sequences of the…
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The Presidency has said the United States Federal Investigative Bureau (FBI) charges against 80 people, most of who are Nigerians, in a wide-ranging fraud and money laundering operation that netted millions of dollars from victims of…
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The number of extremely poor Nigerians has risen to 94, 212 064 million, data from the World Poverty Clock shows. The figure implies that virtually half of Nigeria’s population now live in extreme poverty. As Nigeria faces a major…
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ECONOMIST and financial analyst, Bismarck Rewane says Nigerians can’t wait for the 10-years plan of President Muhammadu Buhari. Rewane said this on Thursday during a programme on Channels Television while reacting to President Buhari…
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THE leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu says members of the group will attack Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai and South-East governors if spotted outside Nigeria. Kanu said this in a live broadcast…
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The United State of America (USA) has classified Nigeria amongst countries not fiscally transparent. The classification was contained in a report released by the U.S Justice Department on Thursday. According to the report cited by The…
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The immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has confirmed being physically assaulted by members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday. Enweremadu confirmed the attack in a…
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Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu escaped lynching in Nürnberg, Germany. Ekweremadu, who represents Enugu West in the Senate was at Nürnberg for the New Yam festival in the German city. The proscribed Indigenous People of…
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The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has said he was never in detention in Nigeria and enjoyed some level of freedom. The Shiite leader in a now trending video, could be seen in a discussion with an…
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THE Federal Government has said it would appeal Friday’s ruling of a British ordering that $9bn (about N3.2 trillion) worth of its assets seized by the Process and Industrial Development Limited following a breach in contract. The…
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The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has apprehended a Nigerian entrepreneur Obinwanne Okeke popularly known as (Invictus Obi). According to the FBI charge sheet deposed to by  Marshall Ward, a special agent employed by…
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The Federal Government has disclosed the reason the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was returned back to Nigeria. The FG in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Information and…
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