YEKEEN Akinwale 537 posts

One day after it took off, Reps ask CBN to suspend charges on deposits

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 19, 2019

THE House of Representatives on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to put on hold   the charges imposed…

Alleged N6.2bn fraud:Witness narrates how aide conveyed cash to former governor Jang 

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 12, 2019

A prosecution witness, Musa Sunday, who is testifying against a former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, in an…

NAF jet destroys two ISWAP gun trucks in Garunda

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 11, 2019

THE Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed two gun trucks belonging to the terrorists group Islamic…

Ban on procession only applicable to IMN members —IGP

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 10, 2019

THE Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has clarified that the ban on procession placed by the Force is…

Another suspect on FBI list now in EFCC net

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 6, 2019

THE Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has revealed that its collaboration with the US Federal Bureau of…

South African businesses you are attacking are owned by Nigerians—NLC

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 4, 2019

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday asked Nigerians attacking businesses perceived to be owned by…

ICPC moves to recover N840m from ex-president of Customary Court of Appeal

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 3, 2019

THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has requested a Federal High Court,…

APC will retain Kogi, says Tinubu—it’s a walkover for us, PDP boasts

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 2, 2019

NATIONAL Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu says the party will win the November 16…

SERAP, BudgIT, others tackle NASS over N5.5bn cars for senate principal officials— go…

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 1, 2019

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 6,721 concerned…

Sierra Leone investigates president’s aide for displaying wealth at Synagogue

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 1, 2019

SIERRA Leone anti-corruption agency is investigating a top aide to the country's president, Fatmata Edna Kargbo after…

EXCLUSIVE: ICPC sacks four officials for compromising investigation, insubordination,…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 29, 2019

AT least four officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have been…

ICPC proposes Electoral Offences Commission to handle vote buying and selling

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 27, 2019

THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says there is a need for the Electoral…

NECO releases SSCE results, blacklists 18 supervisors

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 27, 2019

THE National Examination Council (NECO) says it has blacklisted 18 supervisors who took part in the conduct of 2019…

INSECURITY: NLC plans National Security Summit, nationwide rallies

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 26, 2019

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it would convene a National Security Summit to dispassionately engage the…

Cameroon’s military court sentences Ambazonia leader, nine others to life…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 21, 2019

A MILITARY court in Yaounde, capital city of Cameroon, has sentenced the detained leader of the Southern Cameroonian,…

Save FUOYE now, set up visitation panel, ASUU urges Buhari

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 20, 2019

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a visitation panel to…

Ambode, other former governors under investigation—EFCC

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 20, 2019

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is currently investigating former governors in the country…

JUST IN: EFCC operatives raid Ambode’s house in Epe

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 20, 2019

THE home of former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode in Epe area of Lagos was Tuesday morning raided by…

MEDRIVE trains journalists on Sensitive and Conflict Reporting

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 19, 2019

JOURNALISTS from broadcast, print and online media on Thursday 15th August were trained in Lagos on Sensitive and…

INVESTIGATION: Nigeria’s Industrial Development Centres in its ‘death…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 16, 2019

The twenty-three Industrial Development Centres (IDCs) spread across Nigeria are derelict and abandoned despite the…

INVESTIGATION: Nigeria’s Industrial Development Centres in its ‘death…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 15, 2019

The 23 Industrial Development Centres (IDCs) designed and built to service small and medium scale enterprises (SMES) in…

Violation of court orders, arrest of journalists, other anti-democratic actions of…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 6, 2019

DESPITE constitutional provisions that guarantee Nigerians' freedom of expression, association, and assembly, the…

This is Buhari’s WAEC certificate:  Keyamo flaunts president’s Cambridge result

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 5, 2019

FESTUS Keyamo, spokesperson of President Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential campaign team, has made public the West…

BREAKING: Convener of RevolutionNow protest, Sowore Omoyele arrested

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 3, 2019

THE Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, publisher of SaharaReporters,  Sowore Omoyele has been arrested by security…

At least 371 people killed since January and dozens of villages sacked in Zamfara—…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 31, 2019

THE Amnesty International says insecurity is escalating in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara State, with daily killings and…

FACT: In three consecutive budgets, Ondo made no provision for renovation of state…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 31, 2019

AVAILABLE evidence has shown that Ondo State Government under the leadership of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has actually…

I can never undermine a journalist, I believe in freedom of the press—Tony Nwulu

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 31, 2019

A FORMER member of House of Representatives, Tony Nwulu who has been at the centre of a threat allegation involving the…

EFCC stops suspect from flushing away phone, arrests 15 ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ibadan

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 30, 2019

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives at the Ibadan zonal office on Tuesday botched an…

MNJTF kills 10 terrorists, loses one soldier in early morning gun battle with ISWAP…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 29, 2019

AT least 10 members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a splinter group of the Boko Haram terrorists…

Journalists raise alarm over threats from ‘sponsor of not-too-young-to-run…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 27, 2019

...They are out to blackmail me — Tony Nwulu THE publisher of OrderPaper Nigeria, Oke Epia, has raised an alarm…

BBOG says FG should confirm or deny claim of death of Leah Sharibu and Alice Loksha

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 26, 2019

THE BringBacKOurGirls (BBOG) movement has asked the Federal Government to confirm or deny the claim of death of Leah…

At least 20 of our members have been killed—IMN

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 26, 2019

THE Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) says at least 20 of its members have been killed this week, after their…

Don: Why children’s communication disorder persists in Nigeria

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 25, 2019

A professor of Linguistics in Child Language and Communication Disorder at the National Open University of Nigeria…

EFCC wants DPR’s support to dispose forfeited petroleum products, trucks

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 25, 2019

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has sought the support and technical expertise of the Department of…

Action Against Hunger asks for release of aid workers sighted in released video

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 25, 2019

INTERNATIONAL aid organisation, Action Against Hunger has asked for the release of its members of staff shown in a video…

JUST IN: Why we marked and sealed Okorocha’s properties —EFCC

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 24, 2019

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),says it has traced and marked some properties traced to the former…

Buhari picks seven women as ministerial nominees, widens gender imbalance in cabinet

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 23, 2019

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari though may appear to have surpassed the number of women he appointed into his cabinet in his…

In 19 years, Nigeria spent N2trn on constituency projects without results— ICPC

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 22, 2019

CHAIRMAN of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Bolaji Owasanoye has…

Buhari not responsible for Zakzaky’s continued detention- Presidency

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 19, 2019

THE Presidency on Friday absolved President Muhammadu Buhari of any blame about the continued  detention of the leader…

Immigration officer, 14 others arrested in Lagos for alleged passport racketeering

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 18, 2019

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has  arrested a Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)…

Poor accountability has turned Northeast humanitarian crisis to profiteering industry…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 17, 2019

A FORMER senator, Shehu Sani says some Nigerian agencies in charge of emergencies and individuals in the presidency have…

Oyo governor, Makinde declares N48b worth of assets

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 16, 2019

IN fulfillment of his campaign promise to make public his asset,  Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde on Monday has…

Court jails ex-DG Shamonda over diversion of N603m rehabilitation fund

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 12, 2019

A FOMER Director General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), John Ayoade Shamonda, has been convicted…

Anger as Nigerians demand probe into death of deputy DG of CIIN killed in South…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 5, 2019

ALMOST one month after Elizabeth Obianuju Ndubisi, a deputy Director General of Chartered Insurance Institute of…

UTME candidate in trouble over falsification of result to attend NDA

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 4, 2019

A candidate who took part in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by Joint Admission and…

Everyone agrees children are the future, but no one wants to invest in them – Ben…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 3, 2019

  ‎ Ben Foot is the Country Director of Save the Children in Nigeria. The humanitarian organisation is currently…

Debt profile of six states where incumbents and predecessors trade accusations

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 3, 2019

SHORTLY after their inauguration on May 29, 2019, governors of Oyo, Ogun, Bauchi, Imo, Gombe and Zamfara have cried out…

JAMB withdraws, invalidates results of four candidates over  manipulation

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 27, 2019

THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has withdrawn and invalidated results of four candidates…

Paradigm Initiative wants NCC to provide information on Nigeria’s surveillance regime

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 26, 2019

THE Paradigm Initiative has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide it with information on the…

Over 35m people suffer from drug abuse globally – UN

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 26, 2019

THE United Nations (UN) has raised alarm over the increasing abuse of drugs globally as well as the rising number of…

Over 2million children, caregivers in need of psycho-social services in North East-…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 25, 2019

MORE than two million girls, boys and caregivers are in need of psycho-social support services due to severe distress,…

EFCC arraigns Albert Bassey, Akwa Ibom senator, for money laundering

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 24, 2019

ALBERT Bassey, senator representing Akwa Ibom northeast district, was on Monday arraigned by the Economic and Financial…

Will Buhari take six months again to name his cabinet?

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 24, 2019

MORE than any of his elected predecessors, President Muhammadu Buhari is taking more time to name his cabinet for his…

SERAP sues CCB for keeping asset declaration documents secret

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 23, 2019

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)  has gone to court to challenge claim by the Code of…

AFRICMIL commends ICPC on NBET probe report, asks SGF to take action

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 22, 2019

THE African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has commended the Independent Corrupt Practices and…

 Court convicts REA directors over N5.2bn fraud, discharges perm sec.

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 22, 2019

JUSTICE Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, sitting in Gudu, Abuja, has convicted and…

After five months in Boko Haram’s captivity, abducted corps member gains…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 21, 2019

AFTER spending about five months in captivity of Boko Haram terrorists, a  serving corps member, Halima Uwani Umar,…

SC-LANE wants Nigeria, Cameroon to respect rights of Southern Cameroonian refugees

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 20, 2019

THE Southern Cameroon Legal Assistance Network (SC-LANE) has asked the governments of Nigeria and Cameroon to respect…

Omo-Agege appoints Igbuzor, Odunuga and Lara Wise as aides

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 20, 2019

THE Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has approved the appointments of  Otive Igbuzor as his Chief of Staff, Yomi…

JUST IN: One month after, alleged killer of naval officer arrested

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 19, 2019

ABOUT one month and three days  after the lifeless body of a naval officer, Solomon Derikoma, was found in his room  at…

Stop lamenting terrorists’ attacks, arrest and prosecute their sponsors , NLC…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 19, 2019

THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress says the Federal Government should stop lamenting the recent various…

EU targets over 52,000 households in Yobe with €26m intervention

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 19, 2019

OVER 52,000 households will directly benefit from two new European Union (EU)-funded projects aimed at strengthening the…

EFCC secures interim forfeiture of N60m cash traced to ex-Zamfara SSG

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 18, 2019

THE Economic and Financial crimes Commission, (EFCC) says it has secured an interim forfeiture of N60 million cash…

Kaduna, Katsina top list of states with highest kidnap suspects arrested in four…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 17, 2019

KADUNA and Katsina are the states with highest number of kidnap suspects arrested in the last four weeks, the Inspector…

Konduga attacks: Amnesty International says FG must do more to protect civilians

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 17, 2019

FOLLOWING insurgents’ attacks in Konduga, Borno State on Sunday evening by suspected members of Boko Haram, the Amnesty…

EFCC to clampdown on illegal use of POS machines

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 13, 2019

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it would start a clampdown on the fraudulent use of…

Nine journalists killed in Nigeria between 2006 and 2019-UNESCO Report

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 13, 2019

AT least nine journalists were killed in Nigeria between 2006 and 2019, a report, UNESCO observatory of killed…

After death of staff, union gives NIMC two-week ultimatum over welfare package

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 12, 2019

THE Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) chapter has…

NAF helicopter crash lands in Katsina, but no casualty

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 12, 2019

A NIGERIAN Air Force (NAF) Helicopter has crash landed while returning from an anti-armed banditry combat mission in the…

Former ministers’ photos still appear on ministries’ websites as heads weeks…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 10, 2019

IT is more than two weeks since the tenure of ministers who served in the President Muhammadu Buhari first term ended,…

JAMB releases 15,490 withheld UTME results, de-lists four more CBT centres

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 10, 2019

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday announced that it has released 15,490 results of…

You have no moral right to talk about restructuring, Ango Abdullahi fires at IBB

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 6, 2019

ANGO Abdullahi, Secretary of the Northern Elders Forum’s (NEF) says the former military president; Ibrahim Babangida has…

AFRICMIL urges ICPC to investigate alleged corruption in YABATECH

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 4, 2019

THE African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices and…

Nearly 30,000 teachers to take TRCN’s professional qualifying examination

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 1, 2019

THE Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says about 30,000 Nigerian teachers are going to write its …

 Identity theft: NECO procures 8000 biometric machines for May/June exam

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 1, 2019

THE National Examination Council (NECO) says it has procured a total of 8000 biometric machines to verify the…

FUOYE: Governing Council election cancelled over alleged rigging

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 1, 2019

THE election of Congregation Representatives into the Governing Council of Federal University, Oye (FUOYE), Ekiti,…

Amnesty International launches 8-point human rights agenda for Nigeria

YEKEEN Akinwale May 31, 2019

FORTY-EIGHT  hours after the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for his second-term of four years in office, the…

Nigeria listed among10 worst conflict-affected countries to be a child – Report

YEKEEN Akinwale May 28, 2019

NIGERIA is among the top 10 worst conflict-affected countries to be a child and it is currently ranked behind…

Internet fraud: Proprietor, students of ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ school arrested in…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 28, 2019

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested the proprietor of a Yahoo Yahoo…

May 27: UNICEF unveils awareness campaign on children’s rights in Nigeria

YEKEEN Akinwale May 27, 2019

THE United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) on Monday launched a campaign to draw awareness to…

Future of Nigerian cocoa production lies in Niger Delta – Report

YEKEEN Akinwale May 24, 2019

BASED on the volume of cocoa output from the Niger Delta region and the number of cocoa farmers there, a new report says…

Investigation: Oyo, Ogun, Ondo —states where pupils eat ‘unbalanced balanced diet’…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 22, 2019

  The Federal Government boasts regularly that it feeds primary school pupils with 594 cattle, 138,000 chickens, 6.8…

FG slashes Unity Schools’ tuition fee to N49, 500

YEKEEN Akinwale May 21, 2019

THE Federal Government on Tuesday announced it has reviewed downward the charges paid at  Unity Colleges from N83,000 to…

Multiple registration: FG declares war on examination syndicates

YEKEEN Akinwale May 19, 2019

FOLLOWING the mind-boggling examination malpractice uncovered in the conduct of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation…

ASUU chairman sues FUOYE management over indefinite suspension without pay 

YEKEEN Akinwale May 14, 2019

The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) branch, Gabriel…

JAMB releases 2019 UTME results, withholds scores of 34,120 candidates

YEKEEN Akinwale May 11, 2019

THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of the result of 2019 Unified Tertiary…

We are ready to be killed; no Kokori, no NSTIF board, NLC insists

YEKEEN Akinwale May 10, 2019

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it would not rest on its agitation until the board of National Social Insurance…

ASUU wants Buhari to investigate attacks on Labour leaders at Ngige’s residence

YEKEEN Akinwale May 9, 2019

THE leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says President Muhammadu Buhari needs to institute a…

INVESTIGATION: Many crises tearing apart Federal University Oye-Ekiti (PART II)

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 30, 2019

IN the first part of this report, Yekeen AKINWALE who has been following the crises at Federal University…

390 blind candidates wrote 2019 matriculation exam, JAMB says

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 23, 2019

THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says a total of  390 blind candidates took part in the 2019  Unified…

Save the Children says violations of children’s rights must be investigated and…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 5, 2019

SAVE the Children has called for an independent body to investigate and analyse all violations of international…

Cross Rivers, Delta, Edo, Rivers—four most violent Niger Delta states in 2018

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 5, 2019

WITH a total of 546 deaths resulting from 351 conflicts, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers emerged as the most violent…

Over 58,000 female teachers needed in Northern Nigerian rural schools – UNICEF

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 3, 2019

THE United Nations Children and Education(UNICEF), says a total of 58,121 female teachers are needed to bridge the…

CAN to Elders Forum: Your stand on our visit to Buhari baseless

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 2, 2019

FOLLOWING the outburst by the National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) over the visit of the leadership of the Christian…

REPORT: From drums to bricks—how Niger Delta’s women embrace new fish smoking…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 1, 2019

OMOWUNMI Omoyele, 26, is getting ready to prepare her fresh fish for smoking — some packed in a bowl, others spread out…

UTME 2019: 157,000 candidates take mock exam nationwide

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 1, 2019

AHEAD of the April 11 date of 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), a total of 157,000 candidates on…

INVESTIGATION: Many crises tearing apart Federal University Oye-Ekiti ( Part I)

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 20, 2019

EIGHT years after it was established, the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) in Ekiti State is still struggling with…

Polls: Onaiyekan says Nigerians have lost confidence in electoral system

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 11, 2019

THE immediate past Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan says the voters' apathy and boycott that almost marred…

Pope Francis appoints Kaigama to replace Onaiyekan as Bishop of Abuja

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 11, 2019

POPE Francis has appointed the former President of Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN)  Ignatius Kaigama as…

IWD 2019: PIND promotes fish smoking technologies among Niger Delta women

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 8, 2019

  AS the world celebrates the International Day of the Women (IWD), the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the…

Kukah to Nigerians: After elections, don’t leave your future in the hands of…

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 6, 2019

THE Bishop of Sokoto, Mathew Kukah says Nigerians must ensure that they don't leave their future entirely in the hands…

ANALYSIS: 2019 and 2015 elections — what has changed, what has not

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 28, 2019

NIGERIA had hoped to have a better record with the conduct of the 2019 general elections. It was the sixth quadrennial…

DSS dismisses operative who collected bribe in Ekiti

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 24, 2019

THE Department of State Servies (DSS) has dismissed one of its operatives who was caught on camera insisting on taking a…

Polls: NLC urges politicians to refrain from inflammatory statements

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 21, 2019

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to politicians in the country to refrain from frivolous allegations,…

2019 Elections: Many times INEC gave assurances before postponement

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 19, 2019

IF the number of times that the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu gave…

2019 UTME: JAMB registers 1.6m candidates in one month

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 18, 2019

THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has so far registered a total of 1,681,130 candidates for the…

REPORT: Nigeria among top 10 countries where 550,000 babies die in five years

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 18, 2019

AT least 550,000 babies are thought to have died as a result of armed conflict between 2013 and 2017 in the 10…

Echoes from Kano- days before and after election shift

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 17, 2019

FROM morning till the evening of Thursday, February 14, 2019, Kano, Nigeria’s northern biggest commercial hub was…

ANALYSIS: Fears, calculations and uncertainties —the moments before Feb. 16

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 12, 2019

LIKE in 2015, Nigerians are approaching another critical moment in the life of their country — they will in less…

12,084 candidates arrested for examination malpractice in 2018 Nov/Dec NECO GCE

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 8, 2019

THE National Examination Council (NECO) says a total of 12,084 candidates were arrested for their involvement in…

Feb 16: Nigeria’s future lies with electoral success, says Catholic Bishops

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 7, 2019

THE Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) says Nigeria’s future depends on the success or otherwise of the…

NLC designates Kaduna, Kogi, Ogun workers-unfriendly states

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 5, 2019

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has identified Kaduna, Kogi and Ogun states as states that are most unfriendly to…

JUST IN: Osinbajo survives helicopter crash in Kabba

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 2, 2019

REPORTS just filter in that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was involved in a helicopter crash in Kabba town, Kogi State…

Nigeria to rake in NGN67.7b in one year from tobacco taxation- Report

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 1, 2019

THE Federal Government of Nigeria will rake in as much as N67.7 billion (US$187 million) over a one year period from the…

Group tasks INEC on credible election

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 1, 2019

AS general election draws closer, the Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace (IDFP) has called on the Independent…

JAMB to UNIBEN: We will be asking you to apologise to Nigerians over extortion

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 30, 2019

THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would be demanding an apology from the authorities of…

Corruption level remains same, despite Buhari’s anti-graft war, says…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 29, 2019

DESPITE President Muhammadu Buhari's administration's claim to be fighting corruption, the country's Corruption…

2019 UTME: JAMB suspends nine CBT centres for extorting candidates

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 29, 2019

FOR charging more than the authorized amount, the  Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has suspended…

Onnoghen and Umar: Sacrificial lamb and the sacred cow

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 28, 2019

SINCE January 25, 2019, no Nigerian public office holder has gained more media prominence than the suspended…

Six key things you must know about Disability Act, 2018

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 25, 2019

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed to law, the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities…

Judge’s absence stalls hearing on detained Southern Cameroonian leaders’…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 21, 2019

AN Abuja Federal High Court Judge, Hon. Justice A.I.Chikere has rescheduled hearing in the case brought by Sisiku Julius…

Saturday’s presidential debate was a discredited event- Sowore

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 21, 2019

THE presidential candidate of African Action Congrss (AAC) ,Sowore Omoyele says the presidential debate held Saturday…

2019: Should Buhari be re-elected on mantra of war against Boko Haram, corruption?

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 18, 2019

WITH less than 30 days to the general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari is pleading with Nigerians to re-elect him…

Three things Buhari admits he was clueless about

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 16, 2019

The disclosure that  President Muhammadu Buhari was unaware of the allegations of non-disclosure of assets brought…

Despite ‘persecution’, Onnoghen joins Buhari, others at Armed Forces…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 15, 2019

DESPITE what critics have described as persecution, embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen on Tuesday…

2019 Election: Buhari and his ex-PDP ‘corrupt’ friends

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 11, 2019

Buhari blames PDP for bad governance but appoints those he accused to sell his candidacy to Nigerians PRESIDENT…

Buhari appoints Rewane as head technical committee on minimum wage

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 9, 2019

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Technical Committee that will advise the government on smooth…

FG bows to labour, to send minimum wage bill to NASS Jan 23

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 8, 2019

THE Federal Government on Tuesday bowed to pressure from the organised labour by setting the date it would transmit a…

Minimum wage: NLC embarks on nationwide mass protest, mobilization

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 7, 2019

THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared Tuesday, January 8,  as the day for mass protest and…

Uncompleted projects: TETFund says UI’s performance not a good story

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 7, 2019

FIVE months after seven out of 42 projects for which allocations were made by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund…

BREAKING: Armed soldiers invade Daily Trust headquarters, seize computers

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 6, 2019

HOURS after armed officers of the Nigerian Army invaded the Daily Trust regional office in Maiduguri, the Borno State…

SERAP to Fashola: Publish name of contractors who escaped with power projects money

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 6, 2019

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Babatunde Fashola,  Minister of Power, Works…

2018 was a traumatic year for Nigerian workers- NLC

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 1, 2019

  THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the out-going year 2018 remains one of the most traumatic years for Nigerian…

Seven times Shagari was federal minister before becoming Nigerian president

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 29, 2018

NIGERIA's first executive president, late Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari remains probably, the only Nigerian who had held…

Employees’ compensation scheme: Did Olejeme rob Nigerian workers?

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 27, 2018

THE  former Chairman of Board of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme is in the eye of the storm.…

SERAP, EiE, BudgIT ask Buratai to account for 3 years army budgets

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 17, 2018

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Enough is Enough (EiE), and BudgIT have asked the Chief of…

104,289 applications received for 10,000 police jobs- Police Service Commission

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 11, 2018

JUST 12 days after the Police Service Commission (PSC) opened its recruitment portal for police applicants; the…

Amnesty International wants ICC to investigate war crimes, violation of human rights…

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 10, 2018

THE Amnesty International says there are critical evidences for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International…

After ICIR report, UBEC pulls down error-ridden 2018 National Personnel Audit result…

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 7, 2018

THE management of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has pulled down from its official site, the 2018 National…

State govts failed to access N86b UBEC grants

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 6, 2018

DESPITE complaints of paucity of funds to manage the nation’s education sector, a whopping N86billion matching…

Nigeria needs 250,000 teachers annually to address teachers’ deficit- TRCN

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 6, 2018

THE Registrar, Teachers Registration  Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Josiah Ajiboye says Nigeria needs as much as…

College of Education Academic Union suspends two-month old strike

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 5, 2018

THE Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has suspended over two months old strike its members embarked…

ASUU strike: Stop threatening us with no-work, no-pay rule, NLC warns FG

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 4, 2018

THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the Federal Government to stop threatening striking workers…

FG applies no-work, no-payment rule to ASUU over strike

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 1, 2018

THE Federal Government has directed Vice Chancellors of Federal Universities in the country to ensure that members of…

First DraftNews, ICIR unveil CrossCheck Nigeria to fight fake news

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 28, 2018

AS the 2019 general elections draw closer, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) and the…

Forensic auditors accuse ICAN of moves to scuttle CIFIAN bill

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 24, 2018

MEMBERS of the proposed Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Auditors of Nigeria (CIFIAN) has accused the…

Since 1960 Nigerian ran counselling in schools without national policy- Minister

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 22, 2018

MINISTER of Education, Adamu Adamu, says Nigeria has not had any national policy guiding counselling services for almost…

FACT CHECK: Buhari lists uncompleted project as achievement in campaign manual

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 21, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has again listed as one of his achievements the N2.5 billion Northern Ishan Regional Water…

2015 election: Saraki confirms bribing electorate in leaked audio tape

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 18, 2018

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has revealed how in 2015 he bribed electorate to win votes for President…

African governments using laws to stifle internet freedom – Report

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 13, 2018

MANY African governments have rolled out legislation and policies which enforce privacy violations, infringements to…

INVESTIGATION: Plastic recycling plants— Project where Nigeria can generate N504b a…

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 13, 2018

In June 2018, Nigeria celebrated World Environment Day alongside other countries of the world. The celebration was…

903 foreign trained graduates take medical exam

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 31, 2018

A total of 903 foreign-trained Medical and Dental graduates on Wednesday sat for an assessment examination organized by…

Minimum wage: We won’t accept anything below N30, 000- NLC replies Governors’…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 31, 2018

THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it would not accept the N22, 500 minimum wage proposed by the…

Volume, language complexity are reasons Nigerians don’t comprehend constitution-…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 30, 2018

PARTICIPANTS at the just concluded New Media, Citizens and Governance (NMCG) conference held in Abuja said volume and…

2019 Poll: Buhari again promises free and fair election

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 29, 2018

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari says he is more concerned about the conduct of free and fair elections in the country at all…

Shiite, soldiers clash in Abuja

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 29, 2018

NOT fewer than three members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites have died in a clash between…

Army discovers shallow grave ‘at no man’s land’ where missing general was buried

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 26, 2018

THE Nigerian Army says it has discovered a shallow grave where a missing retired Major General, Idris Alkali,…

Odinkalu: Social media fuels violence, yet deepens democracy

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 24, 2018

SOCIAL  media is driving up violence and other vices in the country, and one of its major problem is "influence without…

Minimum wage: Labour says another round of strike underway, if FG fails to act

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 21, 2018

THE Organised Labour that includes the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and United…

FACT CHECK: Did Fayose leave N170b or N120b debt profile in Ekiti?

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 20, 2018

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Fani-Kayode: Nnamdi Kanu will work with us to vote out Buhari

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 20, 2018

FORMER Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode says the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has…

Ogwezzy: CSOs, media must work together to promote good governance and accountability

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 17, 2018

THE Head of Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Abigail Ogwezzy says Civil Society…

‘EFCC I’m here,’ Fayose wears customised shirt to EFCC office

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 16, 2018

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Budget and contract information missing on Ecological Fund Office’s website…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 16, 2018

THE Ecological Fund Office (EFO) receives three per cent of the monthly allocation from the Federation Account which…

Amnesty International: Execution of Hauwa must not go unpunished

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 16, 2018

THE Amnesty International says Boko Haram's brazen disregard for the sanctity of life which resulted into the…

Fayose: I’ll hand over to Head of Service on Sunday

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 13, 2018

THE outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says he will hand over the affairs of the state to the Head of…

Atiku: My cabinet will be ready before May 29, 2019

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 12, 2018

FORMER Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says his cabinet will be ready…

Death penalty: 993 executions recorded in 23 countries in 2017, says Amnesty…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 10, 2018

THE Amnesty International (AI) has revealed that a total of 993 executions were carried out in 23 countries around the…

FG can only afford N24,000 minimum wage, Ngige insists

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 10, 2018

THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige says contrary to report that the federal government had agreed to pay…

Buhari bombards Senate with letters, requests approval of $2.78 billion Eurobonds

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 9, 2018

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday requested for National Assembly resolution to raise $2.78 billion from the…

REPORT CARD: Despite Buhari’s 8000MW claim, Nigerians still live in darkness

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 9, 2018

AFTER about eight months of blackout resulted to losing all his customers, Abdurahman  Ilyas, owner and operator of a…

Buhari picks APC ticket, asks PDP to present 16 years score card

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 7, 2018

AFTER his endorsement by 14,842,072 members of the All Progressives Congress across the 36 states and the Federal…

Nigeria out-of-school children population increases to 13.2m- UBEC

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 4, 2018

THE population of out-of-school children in Nigeria has increased from 10.5million to 13.2million, the Universal Basic…

We will make North East safe for all…seven keypoints of Buhari’s…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 1, 2018

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Muhammadu Buhari in his nationwide broadcast on Monday to celebrate the nation's 58 independence…

FOCUS: In two years, Buhari budgets N340m to celebrate ‘low key’ independence,…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 1, 2018

AS President Muhammadu Buhari is wrapping up his final year in office, his administration has budgeted a total…

NLC suspends strike to continue negotiation with govt

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 30, 2018

AFTER a five-day indefinite strike, the Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC)  has suspended strike and asked all its members…

UPDATE: Airforce confirms death of pilot in Abuja jet crash

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 28, 2018

AFTER initial denial that there was no casualty in the incident of the air crash that involved two fighter jets of the…

BREAKING: Military jet fighter crashes in Abuja

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 28, 2018

A fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Airforce has been reported to have crashed in Mpape, a rocky suburb of…

Osun Decides 2018: Omisore makes U-turn, supports APC for rerun election

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 26, 2018

LESS than 24 hours to the re-run of Osun State governorship election, the candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP),…

Osun Decides 2018: Is Oyetola leaving APC before re-run election?

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 24, 2018

FOUR days to the scheduled re-run governorship election in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in…

FRSC Academy now affiliated to FUTO, to award PGD, Masters in road safety

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 30, 2018

THE Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Academy in Udi, Enugu State, has been affiliated to the Federal University of…

Nigerian government uses enforced disappearance to silence critics- Amnesty…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 30, 2018

THE Amnesty International (AI) has accused the Federal Government of using enforced disappearance as ‘a longstanding…

Five months after UTME, 24,142 candidates so far given admission-JAMB

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 29, 2018

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PIND announces N3.4m media grant for development reporting in Niger Delta

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 28, 2018

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INVESTIGATION: Filth, dilapidation, drug abuse… how Area Council has neglected…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 27, 2018

  IT has been a busy day for Aliyu Ibrahim, a butcher at Bwari abattoir. He is at work on the Sallah day that Muslims…

REPORT: In 10 years, 49 people died in building collapse in Abuja

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 24, 2018

AVAILABLE records on building collapse in Abuja, have shown that not fewer than  49 deaths have been recorded in Abuja,…

FOUR YEARS AFTER: Adadevoh yet to receive post-humous national award?

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 19, 2018

SHE would have been 62 year -old in October, but Stella Ameyo Adadevoh's life came to a sudden end−she died on August…

WHAT HAS CHANGED? Aregbesola pays workers full salary a month to election

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 16, 2018

  ALMOST a month to the governorship election in Osun State, Governor Rauf Aregbesola has commenced the payment of full…

Despite N6.5b TETfund allocation, UI completes seven out of 42 projects in seven…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 15, 2018

The University of Ibadan has received a total of N6.5 billion between  2011 and 2014 from the Tertiary Education Trust…

Abuja US Embassy suspends operations for ‘reasons beyond control’

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 15, 2018

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Nigerian, Togolese journalists win Paradigm Initiative media fellowship

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 12, 2018

TWO journalists, Victor Ekwealor, a Nigerian and Emmanuel Agbenonwossi, a Togolese have been announced as the…

REPORT- With 46 casualties, Akwa Ibom, most violent state in Niger Delta

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 11, 2018

IN three months, a total of 46 people were reportedly killed in Akwa Ibom State, making the state the most with high…

50,159 Nigerians languish in prisons, awaiting trial despite ACJ Act 2015

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 9, 2018

FOR the past five years, Chris Okafor (not real name) has been languishing in one of Nigeria’s prisons in the Federal…

BLOODY JULY: Boko Haram, herdsmen, bandits killed 403 people in six states

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 4, 2018

AS many as 403 Nigerians were killed in July by suspected Boko Haram terrorists, herdsmen and bandits across the…

FG plans to introduce compulsory N1500 devpt levy to public schools

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 2, 2018

IF resolutions reached at the just concluded National Council on Education (NCE) meeting held in Abuja are anything to…

ERROR: UBEC records Enugu data for Ondo in 2018 National Personnel Audit result

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 28, 2018

EFFORTS by the Federal Government to get the actual number of Nigerian children in public and private basic schools…

Budget underspending: Presidency, others return N118b to treasury

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 24, 2018

The inability of the Federal Government to meet its targets in the delivery of projects  is highlighted by the…

Aliyu, dead appointees, Adeosun…four times DSS failed to do security checks on…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 22, 2018

IT is increasingly becoming embarrassing how the Federal Government and some of its agencies are failing to perform…

Vote me, I will end Boko Haram immediately, Atiku tells Maiduguri people

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 18, 2018

ATIKU Abubakar, former Vice President says he will end Boko Haram insurgency and other insecurity challenges facing the…

SERAP to INEC: You have 14 days to investigate vote buying in Ekiti election

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 17, 2018

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Independent National Electoral…

Imposing tax on blogging, social media is dangerous, says digital rights expert

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 17, 2018

GBENGA Sesan, Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative, has called for an end to attempts by governments in Africa to…

At Hague, Buhari promises free, fair and peaceful 2019 elections

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 17, 2018

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will do everything possible to ensure that Nigeria conducts free,…

Gunmen attack Gidan Goga village in Zamfara

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 17, 2018

Unknown gunmen are currently attacking Malikawa village in Gidan Goga district in Maradun local government of Zamfara…

Before it kills us, let’s kill fake news

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 16, 2018

IF we are not careful, fake news will kill us. Already, it has sent some to their early graves. Fake news is creating…

Ortom: I have been given red card by APC, I’m standing outside

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 16, 2018

SAMUEL Ortom, Governor of Benue State, has dropped a hint of his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

Ebola survivors suffer severe mental and neurological problems – New study found

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 12, 2018

SURVIVORS of the deadly Ebola virus can continue to suffer severe psychiatric and neurological problems, including…

Senate rejects Melaye’s request for names, service numbers of 30, 000 police officers…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 11, 2018

A request by Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, for background…

MTN violates workers’ rights, says NLC after picketing telecom giant’s offices

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 10, 2018

THE Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) says it picketed the telecommunication company, MTN offices across the country,…

FOCUS: One year after, NSCDC ignores directive on HND, BSc dichotomy

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 9, 2018

THERE is a growing disquiet among officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over the failure of…

Group presents report on observation of ACJL in Lagos, Ondo, Abuja

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 7, 2018

…says courts should ensure speedy trial of criminal and civil cases THE Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative (RLEI),…

Buhari’s impeachment: Court grants lawyer leave to commence suit

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 5, 2018

A Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State capital, has granted leave to a suit seeking to compel the National…

ASUU says FG must take responsibility for failure to prevent Plateau crisis

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 4, 2018

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the Federal Government should take responsibility for…

INVESTIGATION: Ministry of Water Resources listed N3.85b uncompleted Ugboha water…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 3, 2018

Favour, Benice, and Francis –all siblings – were delighted when the news broke that they would soon stop racing down…

REPORT: How women farmers In Ondo are getting involved in governance

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 28, 2018

AS far as Olayinka Oladapo, President of Women in Farming Association of Nigeria (WOFAN), in Ondo State and her members…

Let there be a graveyard of victims of mindless killings near Aso Rock− Shehu Sani

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 26, 2018

SHEHU Sani, senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly says only when a graveyard…

NLC says Plateau killings capable of fragmenting Nigeria

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 26, 2018

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the recent killing of 86 people in two local governments in Plateau State…

PICA records four convictions, 1,983 whistle-blowing tips since Dec. 2016

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 25, 2018

THE Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA), says about 1,983 tips have been submitted by whistle-blowers…

FOCUS: Why Eagles may not fly in Russia

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 21, 2018

  AFTER last Saturday’s 2-0 defeat in the hands of Vatreni (The Fiery Ones) of Croatia, it is becoming clearer that the…

CAN cautions against execution of five Christian youths in Adamawa

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 19, 2018

THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked the Federal Government to restrain the Adamawa State…

You are not welcome in Labour Party, factional chairman tells Mimiko

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 14, 2018

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SERAP gives 14-Day ultimatum to CCB, ICPC to investigate deputy speaker over N1.7b…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 10, 2018

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and…

SHOCKING: In Sokoto, more girls are going to school – but under poor conditions

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 6, 2018

EACH morning, from Monday to Friday, eight- year- old Farida Sanusi is filled with enthusiasm while going  to school.  …

Wrong diagnosis, poor treatment killing many cancer patients – Cancer activist

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 5, 2018

RUNCIE Chidebe, a cancer control advocate, says many patients of cancer in Nigeria have died due to problem of wrong…

Environment Day: UN chief says oceans will be filled with more plastics in 2050 than…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 5, 2018

Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of United Nations, says oceans in the world would have more plastics than fish by…

CSOs condemn suspension of school teacher who criticized Buhari

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 4, 2018

PARADIGM Initiative and Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria have condemned the suspension of Baba Mohammed Wanigi, a…

Offa robbery: Police invite Saraki for interrogation

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 3, 2018

THE Police have invited  the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for questioning  over his  alleged connection with…

Police recruitment: 5,253 shortlisted − Kano, Katsina top the list

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 1, 2018

KANO and Katsina states have emerged as the states with the highest number of police recruits among the 5,253 candidates…

NLC to Ngige: You cannot make U-turn on September deadline for new minimum wage

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 1, 2018

THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment…

25 Nigerians among 30 robbery suspects arrested in Ghana

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 1, 2018

Police in Ghana have arrested 30 robbery suspects, including five women and 25 Nigerians, Graphic Online, a…

Melaye ‘joins’ PDP, asks Saraki to give him seat at opposition wing

YEKEEN Akinwale May 30, 2018

IN what appeared like his return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi…

BREAKING: Fayemi resigns as Minister of Mines and Steel Development

YEKEEN Akinwale May 30, 2018

KAYODE Fayemi, governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming July 14 election in Ekiti…

CAN demands cancellation of police recruits exam, says use of Arabic language…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 29, 2018

THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked for the cancelation of the the computer based test (CBT) aptitude…

I will sign “not too young to run” bill −seven key things Buhari said in…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 29, 2018

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has marked three years in office as a democratically elected President. In his…

Has Buhari delivered on security promise?

YEKEEN Akinwale May 29, 2018

There are some campaign promises that President Muhammadu Buhari, his party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and…

Nigerian democracy has not served ordinary Nigerians, says NLC

YEKEEN Akinwale May 28, 2018

THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Nigerian democracy, after 18 years of civilian government,…

124,000 active military personnel, 291,685 policemen – are Nigerian security agencies…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 27, 2018

SINCE 2009, Nigerian security agencies− Nigerian Army, State Security Services and the Police have been fighting…

37,000 police recruits take JAMB aptitude test nationwide – but only 6000 will be…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 25, 2018

AT least 37,000 Nigerians who applied to be enlisted into the Nigeria Police on Friday sat for a computer based…

‘This is just a wild goose chase report’, Presidency dismisses Amnesty International…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 24, 2018

The Presidency on Thursday reacts to the report by the Amnesty International alleging abuse of Boko Haram…

Allow your girls to finish secondary school, Shettima warns Borno parents against…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 24, 2018

KASHIM Shettima, Governor of Borno State says underage marriage of female children in the state has become a…

Where was the power after $16b project?−Buhari in disguised attack against OBJ

YEKEEN Akinwale May 22, 2018

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday launched a veiled attack against one of his predecessors, Olusegun…

N23b Diezani bribe: Court remands ex-Minister, Shagari, four others

YEKEEN Akinwale May 22, 2018

THE Federal High Court, Sokoto on Tuesday remanded Mukhtar Shehu Shagari, a former Minister of Water Resources…

NLC to Northern governors: Don’t sack teachers, don’t copy El-Rufai’s failed…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 21, 2018

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EMBARRASSING: Nigerians as rejects of the world

YEKEEN Akinwale May 19, 2018

The spate of deportation of Nigerians from abroad and the massive exodus of Nigerians yet from home through…

We all disregard court orders − Nigerian democracy is on crutches, says Shehu Sani

YEKEEN Akinwale May 14, 2018

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly says Nigerian…

SERAP petitions Buhari before UN over disregard for court rulings

YEKEEN Akinwale May 13, 2018

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to the United Nations (UN) to…

Me? Called Amaechi, Fashola, names? That’s not true− Okonjo-Iweala replies…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 13, 2018

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Minister of Finance says there is no place in her book ‘Fighting Corruption is…

What is Nigeria’s real population figure – 195m or 198m?

YEKEEN Akinwale May 12, 2018

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Nigerian Diplomat found dead at his home in Sudan

YEKEEN Akinwale May 10, 2018

A Nigerian diplomat has been found dead  at his home in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, on Thursday No…

Nigerian-American registered nurse sues US Govt over unlawful seizure of $40,000

YEKEEN Akinwale May 10, 2018

Anthonia Nwaorie, a 59-year-old Nigerian and registered nurse based in Houston suburb of Katy, Texas, is suing…

ANALYSIS: Trump’s U-turn from nuclear deal – Iran’s pains, Nigeria’s gains

YEKEEN Akinwale May 9, 2018

“This decision was an act of psychological warfare against Iran,” those were the words of Hassan Rouhani,…

Our university system has collapsed− industries are rejecting our graduates, Minister…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 8, 2018

Anthony Anwukah, Minister of State for Education says industries are rejecting graduates from Nigerian…

President Buhari beats Yar’Adua’s record − makes 172-day medical trips in two years

YEKEEN Akinwale May 8, 2018

When on June 6, 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari embarked on a 10-day vacation to attend to a ‘persistent ear…

Soyode, BEN TV boss, declares for 2019, promises to create more jobs

YEKEEN Akinwale May 7, 2018

Ali Soyode, Chairman of Europe’s first ethnic media and satellite television, known as BEN TV says he will…

Birnin- Gwari massacre: 84 killed in seven weeks − What do the killers want?

YEKEEN Akinwale May 7, 2018

Recently, Birnin- Gwari local government area of Kaduna State has been in the news for a  wrong reason.…

Ekiti has 72 percent cases of female genital mutilation – UNICEF

YEKEEN Akinwale May 7, 2018

The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) says female genital mutilation (FGM) is on the increase in…

Police order new recruits to take JAMB exams before enlistment

YEKEEN Akinwale May 6, 2018

The Nigerian Police say all new recruits must write an aptitude test to be conducted by the Joint Admissions and…

12 years after failed third term bid – Na’abba says what Obasanjo wanted was…

YEKEEN Akinwale May 5, 2018

Ghali Na’abba, one-time Speaker of the House of Representatives and one of those who were against the third term…

24 hours after the world celebrated press freedom day, Burundi bans VOA, BBC

YEKEEN Akinwale May 4, 2018

Twenty four hours after the celebration of World Press Freedom day, Burundi slammed a six-month ban on…

N100m, not N50b spent on Melaye’s recall, says INEC

YEKEEN Akinwale May 4, 2018

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it spent only N100million on the failed attempt to…

Change your passwords, Twitter urges 330m users after glitch

YEKEEN Akinwale May 4, 2018

Twitter, microblogging website has urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a…

150m Nigerians don’t have food security, says activist

YEKEEN Akinwale May 4, 2018

Gbolagade Ayoola, Chairman of Voices for Food Security (VFS), says 150million Nigerians are currently suffering…

Journalists should not be targeted for doing their jobs – Paradigm Initiative

YEKEEN Akinwale May 3, 2018

Tope Ogundipe, Director of Programs at Paradigm Initiative, says the focus of arrests and prosecution for…

Over 2,295 teachers killed by Boko Haram in nine years, says Minister of Education

YEKEEN Akinwale May 2, 2018

Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, says over 2,295 teachers have been killed and 19,000 others displaced in…

I’d rather owe workers than sack them – Fayose

YEKEEN Akinwale May 2, 2018

Ayodele Fayose, Governor of Ekiti State says it is better to owe workers and be making efforts to pay…

2019: Media crucial to free and fair elections – INEC Chairman

YEKEEN Akinwale May 2, 2018

Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Commission is…

Nigerians are suffering, NLC laments on workers’ day

YEKEEN Akinwale May 1, 2018

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Principals, invigilators, candidates collaborate to cheat during exams, WAEC alleges

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 30, 2018

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has claimed that secondary school principals and…

States can pay higher salaries despite national minimum wage, says Labour Minister

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 28, 2018

Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, says the idea behind the national minimum wage is not “about…

Press freedom index: Nigeria not among African countries in the top 30

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 27, 2018

Nigeria, African largest democracy failed to make the list of African countries in the top 30 of…

10.5m out-of-school children data no longer reliable – UBEC

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 26, 2018

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says the popular ’10.5 million’ out-of- school pupils data is no…

If Buhari signs Digital Rights Bill, he will set good example for Africa- Experts

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 26, 2018

Digital rights experts across Africa say the possibility of President Muhammadu Buhari signing the just…

CJN rejects call for judges’ association, says role is adjudication, not…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 25, 2018

Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria, says the mandate of judicial officers in the country is…

Nigerian cyber crime law is targeted at journalists–Lawyer

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 25, 2018

Babalola Olumide, a Lagos based lawyer says the Nigerian cybercrime law was designed to cripple freedom…

SERAP sues Saraki, 108 senators over illegal N13.5 running cost allowance

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 24, 2018

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate and…

“I could have become Nigeria’s president in 2003,”Atiku says not…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 24, 2018

Atiku Abubakar, Former Vice President, says he could have become Nigerian president in 2003 when majority of the…

Facebook: Report fake accounts to us, we can’t monitor active 24m users

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 24, 2018

Akua Gyekye, Public Policy Manager for Africa, Facebook says there are 24 million people in Nigeria who are…

SHOCKING: Abuja not ready for emergency – NEMA ambulance bays in tatters

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 23, 2018

It was a Monday morning, Chris Steven,was waiting at the popular car wash bus stop at Lugbe, along Nnamdi Azikwe…

SERAP takes Akeredolu, AAUA management to court over ‘unfair and arbitrary tuition…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 22, 2018

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State and the…

Same sex marriage− satanic, ungodly and unacceptable in Nigeria−CAN reacts to…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 22, 2018

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says same sex marriage being promoted by Theresa May, British Prime…

‘This is a positive, long sought-after step’ −EU praises North Korea…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 21, 2018

Federica Mogherini , European Union’s foreign affairs chief  says that North Korea’s…

Olorunyomi, Osori, others to speak at Abuja Internet Freedom Forum

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 21, 2018

Between April 24 and 26, 2018, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will play host to the annual Internet…

You have done well, Police Commission promotes Magu, EFCC Chairman,17 others

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 21, 2018

Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been promoted by the…

EXCLUSIVE: NEMA can’t help during air disasters… ambulance, rescue…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 20, 2018

Nigeria’s readiness for air emergency is suspect — the air ambulance, and search and rescue (SAR) helicopter…

Buhari said a lot of — not all — Nigerian youth are lazy, Adesina clarifies

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 19, 2018

The Presidency says President Muhammadu did not refer to all Nigerian youth as lazy in a statement he made on…

ASUU laments: A senator’ running cost is N13.5m/month while UI has N66m for…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 16, 2018

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is only…

INVESTIGATION: Empty govt promises, environmental hazards… bitumen already a…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 16, 2018

From Shehu Shagari to Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo, and now President Muhammadu Buhari, exploring…

The average northerner is poorer under Buhari than under Jonathan, says Kukah

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 15, 2018

Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, says the average northerner has become far more impoverished…

Salkida: Boko Haram didn’t plan to abduct Chibok girls… it was an…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 14, 2018

Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian journalist who has a close relationship with Boko Haram, says Boko Haram's abduction…

REVEALED: ‘Only 15’ of the 133 Chibok girls with Boko Haram are still…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 14, 2018

Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist with the deepest knowledge of the workings of Boko Haram, says…

Osuntokun: Anyone who thinks Buhari will change if re-elected is deceiving himself

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 14, 2018

Akin Osuntokun, Director of Media and Public Communications, Coalition for Nigeria Movement, says…

Akeredolu bows to pressure, slashes Adekunle Ajasin University’s tuition fees

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 14, 2018

Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State, has finally bowed to pressure from students and parents by…

Police ‘arrest’ Deji Adeyanju, ‘Our Mumu Don Do’ leader at…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 13, 2018

Deji Adeyanju, co-convener of Concerned Nigerians, also known as the 'Our Mumu Don Do' group, has been…

INVESTIGATION: How rural women are feeding the nation despite unfriendly land tenure,…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 13, 2018

According to the British Council Report 2012, about 60-79 percent Nigerian women live and work in the rural…

Reps ‘unearth’ how Maihaja, NEMA DG, ‘blew’ N1.6bn flood…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 12, 2018

Mustapha Maihaja, Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), is in the eye of the…

I’d resign if any politician told me to do something wrong, says JAMB registrar

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 11, 2018

Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says he would resign his…

Eight Cameroonian athletes vanish from Commonwealth Games in Australia

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 11, 2018

Eight days after the kick off of 21 Commonwealth Games in Australia, tagged Gold Coast 2018, eight…

Ghana, Togo, Benin, flooding Nigeria with flawed graduates, says FG

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 10, 2018

The Federal Government says some private tertiary institutions in the Republic of Benin, Togo, Ghana,…

CASE CLOSED: APC governors no longer need to sue Buhari over 2019 election

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 9, 2018

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How ‘sophisticated weapons’ of Offa robbers rendered vigilantes helpless

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 8, 2018

Thursday's high-casualty robbery attack on five banks in Offa, Kwara State, was a success for the…

Dokpesi demands N500m compensation from Lai for featuring on ‘looters’…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 7, 2018

Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of Daar Communications, says Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Communication,…

Shehu: Boko Haram technically defeated but Nigeria still at war with them

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 6, 2018

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, says those…

‘No space for promoting terrorism’ — Twitter suspends over 274,000…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 5, 2018

Twitter says it is no longer a desirable platform for call for violence, and has announced the…

Business owners in Ebonyi cry out over ‘brutality’ of state govt, tax…

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 5, 2018

Business owners in Abakaliki, capital city of Ebonyi State, are currently groaning under excessive taxes and…

Shehu Sani: $1bn for arms won’t make sense without better welfare of soldiers

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 4, 2018

Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, says a "billion dollars to…

Lai names 23 PDP-era public officials who ‘looted’ the treasury

YEKEEN Akinwale Apr 1, 2018

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, has released more names of alleged looters of the treasury during the…

‘Many journalists not literate about budgets and procurement processes’

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 28, 2018

Tajudeen Suleiman, Director of Projects at the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), says corruption…

We made a lot of mistakes and we’re sorry, PDP begs Nigerians

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 26, 2018

After 16 years of governance, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigerian's main opposition party, has apologized…

‘PDP’s registration should be withdrawn’ — Lai angered by claims…

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 25, 2018

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says the registration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

Toyin Saraki recalls how the north shot down women equality bill in 2016

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 24, 2018

Toyin Saraki, wife of Senate President Bukola Saraki, says Nigeria will not prosper if it leaves women, who…

NUC: In 1949, there were only 210 university students… now there’re 2million

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 21, 2018

Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), says the population of students…

Prophetess ‘confesses’ to telling son to impersonate brother during UTME

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 15, 2018

A woman who claims to be a 'prophetess' has admitted to asking her son to impersonate his brother in the ongoing…

‘This commander-in-chief is always not knowing’ — PDP senator mocks…

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 15, 2018

Enyinnaya Abaribe, the senator representing Abia South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, wants…

Omokri accuses Buhari of ‘looking the other way’ after Dapchi abduction

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 15, 2018

Reno Omokri, a former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says President Muhammadu Buhari "looked the other…

New head for amnesty programme as Buhari launches probe into ‘financial…

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 14, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of  Charles Quaker Dokubo as the new Coordinator of the…

Female UTME candidate arrested for ‘concealing phone in underpants’

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 13, 2018

Officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday apprehended Udoh Akpabio, a female…

EXCLUSIVE: TSA violation, N85m revenue fraud exposed at ministry of trade

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 12, 2018

Of the N1, 482,199,390.87 generated by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment between 2012 and 2015 as…

Lawyer petitions IGP, seeks justice for three-year-old rape victim

YEKEEN Akinwale Mar 4, 2018

Wilson Iorshe, a lawyer at Noble Crest law firm, has written to Ibrahim Idris, Inspector General of Police, to issue a…

We take so many punches from the media every day, laments Lai

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 23, 2018

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says the Federal Government is committed to the freedom of…

‘Our moral level is so low’ — Sultan decries profiling of Fulani as…

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 21, 2018

Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto, says Nigeria may not know peace if people do not stop to…

Five scares in four weeks — are these the signs of imminent plane crash?

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 21, 2018

In less than one month — between January 25 and February 21, 2018 — Nigeria has been lucky not to have recorded…

STUDY: Niger Delta farmers profited from naira devaluation in 2017

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 21, 2018

A study by Chevron-funded Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and Market…

Oxfam says Haiti director ‘admitted to using prostitutes at his…

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 19, 2018

Roland Van Hauwermeiren, Oxfam’s Country Director in Haiti, admitted to using prostitutes at his residence…

Balarabe Musa: Buhari has failed, but show me one person who can perform better in…

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 18, 2018

Balarabe Musa, former Governor of Kaduna State, says the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari has so far…

People who don’t share our values have infiltrated us, says Oxfam ED

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 16, 2018

Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International, has reached out to the victims of sexual scandals…

Be careful what you post — 10 Nigerians arrested in 2017 for their social-media…

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 16, 2018

 There is a rising trend of arrests and harassment of journalists and bloggers, often on the orders of politicians.…

UK appeal court rejects N’Delta communities’ bid to sue shell abroad

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 14, 2018

The Court of Appeal in London has upheld an earlier ruling that two Niger Delta communities cannot have their…

Shekau now ‘disguises as a woman, dresses in hijab’ to evade arrest

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 13, 2018

The Nigerian Army says Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram, is now on the run ‘disguising in blue and black…

UK, European Commission threaten to stop funding Oxfam over sex scandals

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 13, 2018

The British government says it will withdraw public funding from Oxfam unless the charity organisation reveals…

‘Crippled’ abductor of Chibok girls sent to 15 years in jail

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 12, 2018

Haruna Yahaya, a 35-year-old member of Boko Haram arrested for taking part in the abduction of over 200 Chibok…

REVEALED: The four most violent Niger Delta states of 2017

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 12, 2018

Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta and Rivers states were the most violent states in the Niger Delta region in…

SERAP wants Ambode to reverse ‘unfair’ Lekki toll gate charges

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 11, 2018

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has pleaded with Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of…

Boko Haram frees three UNIMAID lecturers, 10 policewomen abducted in October

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 10, 2018

One hundred and ninety seven days after they were kidnapped by Boko Haram, three lecturers of University of…

Canada offers $94.4m ‘humanitarian assistance’ to Nigeria, three others

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 10, 2018

Marie-Claude Bibeau, the Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, says the government…

Shekau has groomed men and women in their thousands to take over, says Salkida

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 8, 2018

Ahmad Salkida, Nigerian journalist with deep knowledge of the Boko Haram insurgency, says Abubakar Shekau,…

You must hail from Daura to get a federal appointment, says Secondus

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 7, 2018

Uche Secondus, National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused President Muhammadu of…

Afegbua, IBB’s spokesman, sues police, NTA, Channels TV for N1bn

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 6, 2018

Kassim Afegbua, Spokesperson of Ibrahim Babangida, former Military President, who was declared wanted by the…

Take $3,500 and leave our country or go to jail, Israel tells 20,000 African migrants

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 5, 2018

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, says Israel is no longer home to 20,000 male African migrants, as…

Buhari and Obasanjo birds of a feather, says Falana

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 4, 2018

Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, has described  former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President…

INVESTIGATION: The real reasons Itakpe and Ajaokuta steel companies are lying fallow

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 2, 2018

For eight years, the National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOCOM) and Ajaokuta Steel Complex were under lock and keys. No…

Journalists in danger as Kenyatta shuts TV stations for covering Odinga’s…

YEKEEN Akinwale Feb 1, 2018

President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has clamped down on independent television stations that covered the…

Emirates Airlines crew ‘beat’ 71-year-old Nigerian, ‘deny him…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 31, 2018

David Ukesone, a 71-year- old Nigerian, has narrated how Emirates Airline flight crew punched and…

Amnesty International slams FG’s ‘totally inadequate’ response to…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 30, 2018

A total of 168 Nigerians were killed in clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Adamawa, Benue, Taraba, Ondo and…

INVESTIGATION: Delta Steel Company is dead, its former staff are dying

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 30, 2018

Two years after the Federal Government handed over Delta Steel Company (DSC) to Premium Steel and Mines Company Limited …

One ship, two captains… Odinga declares self president of Kenya

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 30, 2018

Raila Odinga, Kenya’s opposition candidate in the last year presidential election, says he is answering a higher…

SURE-P vehicles, UBEC funds, uncompleted buildings… the N30bn assets recovered…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 29, 2018

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has recovered a total of…

Journalists parley with CSOs on good governance — courtesy of the ICIR

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 26, 2018

Members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and media practitioners have agreed to improve collaborations with…

Oxfam reveals how US women poultry workers wear diapers because they’re not…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 22, 2018

A new report by Oxfam has documented how "women working in the US poultry industry are forced to wear nappies…

EXCLUSIVE: Police release man, 42, who ‘raped’ three-year-old niece

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 20, 2018

The Nasarawa State Police Command has released Austin Idoko, a 42-year old who allegedly raped his…

Tinubu tells Nigerians what to look out for in 2019

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 18, 2018

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Nigerians not to allow politics…

Buhari can end herdsmen attacks if he really wants to, says SERAP

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 17, 2018

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a civil society organisation, believes that President…

CAN asks FG to declare Miyetti Allah terrorists over Benue genocide

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 16, 2018

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked the Federal Government to declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle…

Lagos bans cart pushers and wheelbarrow operators

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 14, 2018

The Lagos State Government has banned cart pushers and wheel barrow operators from the streets of the state.…

Fayose encourages local hunters to ‘defend’ Ekiti people against herdsmen

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 10, 2018

Ayodele Fayose, Governor of Ekiti State, has directed hunters in the state to defend Ekiti and its people…

Time for Nigeria to scrap polytechnics and colleges of education, says Adeyeye

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 9, 2018

Sola Adeyeye, senator representing Osun Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, says the nation…

Oloyode: UTME is a ‘one-chance exam’… its validity cannot be extended

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 9, 2018

Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says the board cannot extend the…

No more ’empathy’… 150 Borno doctors issue 21-day strike ultimatum

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 8, 2018

A total of 150 medical doctors in Borno State have issued a 21-day ultimatum to embark on an indefinite strike…

Ezekwesili: My political agenda in 2018 is to work against APC and PDP

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 4, 2018

Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education, says her political agenda for 2018 is clear and it is to work…

Army ‘rescues’ one more Chibok girl from Boko Haram

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 4, 2018

One of the Chibok Secondary School girls abducted by Boko Haram in April 2014 has been rescued, the Nigerian…

In ‘despair’, Muric asks FG for Jan 1 holiday like…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 3, 2018

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a Muslims’ human right group, has asked the Federal Government to consider declaring the…

‘God will bless Wike’ — Amaechi’s reaction to New Year’s Day…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 2, 2018

Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, is distraught over the killing of 21 people who were returning from…

‘Rice importation will stop in 2018’ — 7 things we learnt from…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jan 1, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari kicked off the New Year with an address Nigerians, which is already eliciting mixed reactions…

We’re not asleep, Oyegun says in APC’s New Year message to Nigerians

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 31, 2017

John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the Federal…

We shall hold government accountable in 2018, says Wabba

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 31, 2017

Ayuba Wabba, President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said that the Congress would not fail to hold…

EFCC traces 38 houses to Ngozi Olojeme, ex-NSITF chairman

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 25, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has identified 38 houses allegedly belonging…

7.9m Nigerians lost their jobs from 2015 till date, says NBS

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 24, 2017

Between January 2016 and September 30, 2017, a total of 7.956 million Nigerians lost their jobs, the…

When will our airports stop embarrassing us?

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 18, 2017

Anytime Nigeria is portrayed negatively by the western media, some of us —  die-hard pro-Nigeria citizens who are…

How far can Wike, Fayose go as new PDP kingmakers?

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 11, 2017

  After 2015 elections, series of significant changes took place – there was (is) recession, which sent many…

Court ignores ‘killer wife’ Maryam Sanda’s pleas, sends her back to prison

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 7, 2017

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja, has ordered that Maryam Sanda, who…

UniAbuja started inside a primary school, recalls VC Adikwu

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 6, 2017

Michael Adikwu, Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, says the university faced a lot of difficulties in getting…

2,778 Nigerians are in Libyan detention camps but only 250 can come home per week

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 5, 2017

The Federal Government says it has a record of 2,778 Nigerian migrants registered in “accessible”…

SERAP gives Buhari 14 days to investigate privatization under three ex-presidents

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 3, 2017

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to…

Yusuf Datti quits APC, says Buhari’s govt ‘corrupt and incompetent’

YEKEEN Akinwale Dec 1, 2017

Exactly one week after Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, left the All Progressives Congress (APC), another…

Oh no! In seven months, 54 mothers in Nasarawa infect their babies with HIV

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 30, 2017

Fifty-four babies delivered in Nasarawa State between January and September 2017 have tested positive to the Human…

NLC to el-Rufai on mass sack of teachers: We’ll use every means to stop you

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 30, 2017

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the mass sacking of about 5000 local government…

Maimuna Aliyu temporarily escapes arraignment due to judges’ conference

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 28, 2017

The trial of Maimuna Aliyu, the rejected nominee to the board of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related…

Magu asks journalists: What are you doing to fight corruption?

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 27, 2017

Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), wants Nigerian…

Olu Falae: Nigeria out of recession? It’s pure statistical deception!

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 25, 2017

Olu Falae, former Finance Minister, says the performance of  the President Muhammadu…

Alhassan, Garba Shehu… four people who could follow Atiku out of APC

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 24, 2017

To many political observers and analysts, the resignation of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, from…

Adamu worried by Nigeria’s world-highest population of out-of-school children

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 23, 2017

Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, says the high population of out-of-school children is the strongest…

15 institutions get TETFund’s N75m research grant but only four are…

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 23, 2017

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it has released the sum of N75,206,387.13 as research grant to 15…

GIJN 2017: When the world’s biggest gathering of troublemakers held in…

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 23, 2017

  For five days – between November 15 and 20, 2017 – 1,200 investigative journalists from 130 countries…

Why women may not become military chiefs in Nigeria

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 13, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified the National Defence Policy 2017 (Revised); Harmonised Terms and…

Wike, Amaechi’s security details clash in Port Harcourt

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 12, 2017

Security operatives attached to Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State and those of Rotimi Amaechi,…

Probe Okorocha’s ‘N1b erections’, SERAP tells anti-graft agencies

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 12, 2017

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has asked Muhammad Isah, acting Chairman of the Code of…

Jonathan: Nigerians want me back…but I have moved on

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 12, 2017

Goodluck Jonathan, former President of Nigeria says he has been under pressure from Nigerians who are asking him to…

Rats now out of Aso Rock, Buhari returns to office after 81 days

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 10, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to his office in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, 81days after the office was…

JUST IN: Pro-Zakzaky protest in Abuja turns violent

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 10, 2017

A protest march by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim…

INVESTIGATION: Ghost hospitals, expired drugs, leaking roofs, waterlogged drug…

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 10, 2017

Editor's Note: This is the first report of a special four-part investigative series on Primary Health Centres…

My father named me Lai…it makes it easy for them to call me a liar-Lai Mohammed

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 10, 2017

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said though his father named him Lai, he has never told…

Recall sacked teachers now, or be ready for showdown, NLC tells El-Rufai

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 8, 2017

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State must rescind his decision to disengage…

CAN insists Nigeria must withdraw membership of all religious organisations

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 8, 2017

Nigeria cannot continue to be members of Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) and other religious organisations,…

Nigerian students afraid to leave school due to unemployment, Saraki tells Buhari

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 7, 2017

Bukola Saraki, Senate President has told President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerian students are afraid of graduating…

EXPOSED: Police demand money for bail in Lagos, Rivers and Abuja  more than other…

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 7, 2017

Again, Lagos State, Rivers and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have topped the list of places where police…

I’ll present myself if Buhari doesn’t contest in 2019, says Yerima

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 4, 2017

Sani Yerima,  former Governor of Zamfara State, has stated his support for President Muhammadu Buhari if he decides…

‘You’re desperate to please Buhari’ — CAN blasts Osinbajo

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 1, 2017

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Wednesday lashed out at Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, accusing him of…

Buhari: We must make sure Nigeria doesn’t experience another civil war

YEKEEN Akinwale Nov 1, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari says all Nigerians must decide not to allow the country witness another civil war by their…

It’s sometimes easier to manage failure than success, says Buhari

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 31, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari says it is easier to manage failure than it is to manage success "especially with…

The integrity of those working with Buhari must be checked, says NCP chairman

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 30, 2017

Yunusa Tanko, National Chairman, National Conscience Party (NCP), says the integrity of those working with President…

How Lagos politician, others swindled businessman of N360m — and made him attempt…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 30, 2017

Austin Ugochukwu When Austin Ugochukwu,  Managing Director of Circleflow Management Nigeria Ltd, was approached by…

A corrupt ex-governor was tasked with seeking Ribadu’s successor at EFCC, says…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 29, 2017

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the nation’s anti-corruption institutions, Economic and Financial Crimes…

I didn’t release huge sums before 2015 elections, Jonathan replies Osinbajo

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 29, 2017

Former President Goodluck Jonathan  has accused Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo of lying against his government by…

It’s ’embarrassing’! More than 100,000 ‘Nigerians have been…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 28, 2017

Lucy George, a development economist and former staff of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, is…

SHOCKER: The model school in Kebbi State where pupils learn in the sun

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 27, 2017

By all standards, Tarasa Model Primary School, Tarasa Village in Birnin-Kebbi Local Government, Kebbi State, does…

ALERT: Only 30 percent of 1.7m UTME candidates are eligible for admission

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 25, 2017

The National Universities Commission (NUC) says only 30 per cent of the 1.7 million candidates who wrote the 2017…

Some prisoners will vote in 2019 elections, says INEC

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 25, 2017

Certain categories of prison inmates whose crimes did not disenfranchise them will be allowed to vote in the 2019…

UCH resident doctors give 10-days ultimatum strike notice

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 13, 2017

Resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan have issued a 10-day strike notice to the hospital…

Let my mother rest in peace, Patience Jonathan tells Magu

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 13, 2017

Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan has asked  Ibrahim Magu, Chairman of Economic and…

Borno IDPS: We don’t want to go home now…it’s too soon

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 12, 2017

Picture courtesy of NRC Eighty-six percent of the 1.8 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East are…

Hit and run driver kills FRSC official in Abuja

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 11, 2017

A hit and run driver has knocked down and killed an official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), in Abuja.…

Nigeria makes more, promises less funding on agriculture, says Oxfam

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 11, 2017

The international humanitarian organization, Oxfam, says funding levels for agriculture and climate change…

Ekweremadu: Our government too powerful, not responsive

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 10, 2017

Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President,says the Federal Government at the central under President…

Agbakoba sues FG over exclusion of South East from NNPC Board

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 9, 2017

Olisa Agbakoba, a former President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has sued the Federal Government over…

Osinbajo: Running for presidency not on the cards now

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 9, 2017

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says running for presidency in the 2019 general elections is not on his cards now.…

Falana to Buhari: Resign now, you have neglected your duty as Petroleum Minister

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 8, 2017

Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to resign as Minister of…

Hunger, sickness, death … ex-NITEL workers ask Buhari to pay their pension

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 8, 2017

Former workers of defunct national telecom carrier, Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and Mobile…

Six years after, only two Nigerian security institutions obey FOI Act

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 7, 2017

Despite the passage of Freedom of Information (FOI) Act by the National Assembly six years ago, Nigerian security…

UPDATE: After meeting with Buhari, Kachikwu keeps silent

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 6, 2017

The meeting between the President Muhammadu Buhari and Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum, at the State…

Buhari, Kachickwu in closed-door meeting

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 6, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari and Ibe Kachikwu , Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, are currently in a closed…

There’re 300,000 unqualified teachers in Nigeria, says registration council

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 4, 2017

Insubordination, humiliation, disrespect… Kachikwu reports Baru to Buhari

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 3, 2017

Ibe Kachiukwu,  Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to save the Nigerian…

NJC sets panels to probe two chief justices, 13 others over misconduct

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 2, 2017

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has constituted 15 panels to probe two state chief justices and 13 other judges…

INVESTIGATION: In Kebbi, farmers — men and women — are stiff competitors in the rice…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 1, 2017

          Abubakar Hakimi, sweating it out on his rice farm, awaiting bumper harvest The sun is hot and harsh,…

Lion kills zoo keeper in Ibadan

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 1, 2017

Hamzat Oyekunle, one of the zoo attendants at Agodi Garden, Ibadan, Oyo State has died from injuries he sustained…

Nigeria won’t break up under my watch… Five key things Buhari said in his…

YEKEEN Akinwale Oct 1, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari traditionally addressed the nation in a nationwide broadcast to celebrate Nigeria’s 57…

I created more states to weaken agitations for secession, says IBB

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 30, 2017

Ibrahim Babangida, a former military president has revealed that he deliberately formulated policies and projects…

JOHESU suspends strike after eight hours meeting with Ngige

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 30, 2017

The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals, JOHESU, has suspended its nine-day-old…

Ibadan family-heads to Ajimobi: We will remove you if you depose Olubadan

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 30, 2017

The Authentic Mogajis (family heads) in Ibadanland have cautioned Abiola Ajimobi, the Governor of Oyo State against…

Nigerians are frustrated, impoverished and angry, says DPC

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 30, 2017

Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) an opposition party, says Nigerians are frustrated, impoverished and angry and…

Court orders Dasuki appearance in Olisa Metuh’s trial

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 29, 2017

An Abuja Division of the Appeal Court has ordered that Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser to former…

N362 million Diezani bribe lands INEC officials in court

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 28, 2017

For allegedly receiving the sum of N362 million which was part of the N23 billion bribe allegedly distributed by…

We have to fight corruption before it kills Nigeria, says Akin Oyebode

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 28, 2017

Akin Oyebode, a professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, at the University of Lagos, says there are many…

NLC to Bello: Stop using soldiers against our members

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 28, 2017

The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned Yahaya Bello, the Governor of Kogi State to stop the use…

QUESTION: Are herdsmen criminals or terrorists?

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 27, 2017

Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, last week stirred another public debate when he said herdsmen, who…

Pregnant woman ‘dies’ at National Hospital due to health workers’…

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 25, 2017

The strike embarked upon by health workers under the umbrella of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and…

Want to become a lecturer? NUC says you don’t need a PGDE

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 25, 2017

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said that the acquisition of Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)…

Falana: Buhari was flown to the UK because his life was in danger here

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 24, 2017

Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, says President Muhammadu Buhari received medical treatment…

We must listen to cries for separation, says Tinubu

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 24, 2017

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged…

After meeting with Saraki, SERAP still confused about legislators’ earnings

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 22, 2017

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) commended Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, for…

‘You can’t leave’… Abia NYSC denies ordering corps members to…

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 21, 2017

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Abia State Secretariat, says it did not issued any…

Oloyede: I know the shameful secrets of the VCs criticising new JAMB cut-off marks…

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 21, 2017

Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says he knows the secrets…

SERAP tells Saraki: The sky won’t fall if you tell us exactly what senators…

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 14, 2017

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Bukola Sakari, the Senate President, to…

FEC orders probe of ‘grand-scale looting’ at JAMB, NIMASA

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 13, 2017

After Wednesday’s weekly meeting, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) ordered the investigation of past…

Health workers declare strike action ‘worse than Operation Python Dance’

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 13, 2017

As the Federal Government struggles to negotiate with members of National Association Resident Doctors…

I inherited an ICPC without identity, says Nta as he bows out

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 12, 2017

Ekpo Nta, immediate past Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC),…

Relics of a N76bn project… Seven spots in Abuja where CCTV cameras are not…

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 12, 2017

For first-time visitors, the sight of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras on major roads suggests that Abuja, the…

PDP hasn’t learnt from its past mistakes, says Stella Oduah

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 10, 2017

Stella Oduah, the senator representing Anambra North at the National Assembly, says the Peoples Democratic Party(…

Olanrewaju Adepoju: Blinded by 10 percent of N100m coronation fee

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 9, 2017

That Olanrewaju Adepoju, the Aare Alaasa of Ile Ibadan, also known as golden ewi exponent is blind, was…

Lankesh, ‘courageous’ Indian journalist, gunned down outside home

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 8, 2017

The Indian journalism society has been thrown into mourning session following the murder of Gauri Lankesh, Indian…

Shell complicit in Abacha’s killing of ‘Ogoni Nine’, says Amnesty…

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 8, 2017

Amnesty International (AI) says multi-national oil company Shell is hoarding evidence that are crucial to a legal…

SPOTTED: Senator Misau was three years old when he graduated from ABU in 1977!

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 8, 2017

How old exactly is Hamman Isah Misau, the senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the eighth …

Boko Haram, other terrorists profiting from Sahel’s porous borders, says UNDP

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 7, 2017

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says weakness in management of border areas and laxity in…

FLASHBACK: How, as a policeman, Senator Isah Misau prevented FCT minister’s ADC from…

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 7, 2017

Isah Misau, the senator representing Bauchi Central at the National Assembly, has been receiving a little more…

Igbo can’t live peacefully in isolation from Nigeria, says Igbo Union leader

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 4, 2017

Mishack  Nnanta, World Igbo Union leader, says south-easterners cannot live peacefully in isolation from Nigeria…

My first wife hails from Calabar, says man who gave Igbo quit notice

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 3, 2017

Shetima Yerima, President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), who issued a quit notice to south-easterners…

Nepotism and ethnicity have taken over ‘the entire police force’, says…

YEKEEN Akinwale Sep 2, 2017

Abubakar Tsav, a retired former Commissioner of Police, has lamented that nepotism and ethnicity have taken over the…

Police forced ‘innocent’ Evans to plead guilty, says lawyer

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 30, 2017

Hours after Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, the suspected kidnapper better known as Evans, pleaded guilty to charges of…

Dangote’s tomato paste factory, the biggest in Nigeria, grounded by lack of…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 30, 2017

One year and five months after it was launched, Africa’s biggest tomato plant in the commercial city of Kano owned…

UPDATED: Evans pleads guilty in court, says ‘I’m a kidnapper’

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 30, 2017

Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, the suspected millionaire kidnapper better known as Evans, has pleaded guilty to the…

ASUU shuns meeting with FG, says ‘we already communicated our views’

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 29, 2017

Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Tuesday stayed away from a meeting called by Chris…

Obasanjo: I incurred the wrath of ethnic chauvinists for supporting Yar’Adua to…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 29, 2017

Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, has revealed that he worked for Shehu Shagari and late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to…

Boko Haram originally wanted to rob the school, not abduct us, say freed Chibok girls

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 17, 2017

A diary written by abducted Chibok Secondary School girls who were among the 82 recently released by Boko…

ASUU cries out: We are frustrated, distracted and disenchanted

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 14, 2017

Biodun Ogunyemi, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says lecturers are…

UPDATED: The five sins of FG that drove ASUU to nationwide industrial action

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 14, 2017

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has formally directed all its members in public and private…

Over 1,500 migrants have died in Mediterranean in 2017 — and many are Nigerians

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 13, 2017

More than 1500 African migrants who were seeking better opportunities in Europe through illegal routes have died in…

Charly Boy: Buhari’s government is evil… it lies, steals and cheats

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 12, 2017

Charly Boy, a musician and leader of #OurMumuDonDo protesters demanding for the return or resignation of ailing…

WANTED: US-based Nigerian who fleeced two firms of $712,000

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 12, 2017

Jim-Daniels Nnah, a United States-based Nigerian accused of defrauding two companies of the sum of…

How ‘many men’ gang-raped 13-year-old girl ‘like they were in a…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 12, 2017

A total of 17 men and a woman have been convicted of rape, sexual assault, human trafficking and inciting…

90% of lecturers’ research proposals very poor and unfundable, says TETFund

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 10, 2017

Eight years after the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) instituted the N3billion National Research…

SERAP: Nigeria in darkness because Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan squandered N11trn

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 9, 2017

Between 1999 and 2015, more than N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply for the country…

REVEALED: The three states where the people are most unhappy with the police

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 9, 2017

Lagos State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and Rivers State top the list of states with highest cases of…

EXCLUSIVE: The police report nailing Maimuna Aliyu for ‘embezzling’ Aso…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 8, 2017

Contrary to her claims that she was being persecuted for exposing corruption in the past, police documents show that…

Charly Boy cries, collapses as police fire tear gas, high-velocity water at…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 8, 2017

Police on Tuesday in Abuja fired tear-gas canisters and high-velocity stream of water at protesters asking…

DARKNESS IN SUNSHINE STATE: Hunger, anger, frustration in Ondo LGs lacking…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 8, 2017

Ondo is popularly known by the slogan 'The Sunshine State'. But for between three and eight years, four local…

UN imposes ‘single largest economic sanction’ on North Korea over nuclear…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 6, 2017

The United Nations Security Council has approved tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its escalating…

FBI arrests Nigerian who ‘specialises’ in fraud and identity theft

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 5, 2017

A Nigerian, Daniel Adekunle Ojo, has been arrested by the FBI in Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, and…

16,000 Nigerian women entered Italy in two years — as commercial sex workers

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 4, 2017

Italian and European authorities estimate that as many as 16,000 Nigerian women have entered Italy the past two…

ALERT: 2,500 doctors WILL leave Nigeria between August and September

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 3, 2017

Between August and September, a total of 2,500 Nigerian medical doctors are going to leave the country in…

Ezimoha the ‘hero’, Tochi the ‘herb carrier’… nine…

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 2, 2017

The recent admittance of error by the government of Indonesia in the execution of Humphrey Jefferson Ejike…

FRSC asks police to arrest Abia speaker, wife over shooting of two officials

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 1, 2017

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has called for the arrest and prosecution of those involved in the…

British-Nigerian councillor suspended for criticising gay marchers

YEKEEN Akinwale Aug 1, 2017

For daring to call Toronto gay pride marchers "paedophiles", Chika Amadi, a North London Labour councillor of…

Reps want to cripple civil society for generations to come, SERAP tells UN

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 30, 2017

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the UN Special Rapporteurs to urgently "put…

Indonesia admits error in 2016 execution of Nigerian drug convict

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 28, 2017

A year after Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke, a Nigerian, was executed for drug trafficking, the…

For proscribing ASUU, NLC threatens Yahaya Bello with ‘national action’

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 28, 2017

The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kogi State, is risking a "national…

Boko Haram attacks have made life precarious, says Amnesty International

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 27, 2017

Amnesty International (AI) has said that Boko Haram terrorists group must end its campaign of vicious and unlawful…

Independent candidature the ‘handiwork of senators who won’t get their…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 27, 2017

An opposition party, Democratic People’s Congress (DPC), has described the Senate's support for independent…

6,199 soldiers fighting Boko Haram gain ‘special promotion’

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 25, 2017

The Nigerian Army has promoted 6,199 soldiers currently involved in the fight against Boko Haram. Tukur Buratai,…

Con men ‘trying to rope Sagay committee in $850m scandal’

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 25, 2017

The Federal Government says it has uncovered plans by some unscrupulous elements to discredit the Presidential…

Three policemen lose their jobs because of N200, 000 bribe

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 24, 2017

Three police officers attached to Area ‘N’ Command Ijede-Ikorodu under the Lagos State Command have been…

OBITUARY: Adebayo Faleti… Herbalist’s son, former houseboy, ‘rejected…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 24, 2017

Adebayo Akande Faleti was not the type of man that should die soon. Lovers of Yoruba tradition and culture, younger…

Adesina: Let’s take Buhari the way he is… we elected him willingly

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 24, 2017

Femi Adesina, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has urged Nigerians…

‘We’ve realised our folly’… nine Boko Haram members beg army…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 23, 2017

Nine Boko Haram insurgents ravaged by hardship and hunger have surrender to Operation Lafiya Dole,…

The campaign to discredit Buhari’s govt is a multi-million-naira project, says Lai

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 21, 2017

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says there is an ongoing campaign to discredit the government of…

‘We can’t mix oil with water’… Adamu asks NERDC to separate…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 20, 2017

Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, has directed the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)…

INEC tells court Melaye suppressed ‘material facts’ to halt recall

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 20, 2017

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to…

Cameroon torturing innocent civilians with the help of US soldiers, says Amnesty…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 20, 2017

A new report by Amnesty International says hundreds of people in Cameroon accused of supporting Boko Haram…

Looters will no longer be arrested… 11 things to know about the ‘amnesty…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 20, 2017

Linus Okorie, member House of Representatives representing Ohaukwu/Ebonyi Federal Constituency of Ebonyi…

Kanu: Biafra not just for Ndigbo… it’s a fight for the survival of…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 19, 2017

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says the agitation for Biafra is not just…

Okupe joins Accord Party, says ‘I don’t want to be anything…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 18, 2017

Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has joined Accord party.…

15 quotes to remember Mandela on his posthumous birthday

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 18, 2017

For 67 years, Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa and freedom fighter devoted his life to the…

Aliyu Doma brands Al-Makura ‘total failure and stain on Nasarawa state’

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 18, 2017

Aliyu Akwe Doma, a former governor of Nasarawa State, has chastised his successor, Tanko Al-Makura, for failing to…

We’ll deal decisively with anyone who obstructs Anambra gov poll, police tell…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 17, 2017

The Police in Anambra State say they would would not fold theirs arms and allow some disgruntled elements disrupt…

Irate Borno youths chase SEMA officials with clubs after bomb attack

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 17, 2017

Following an early-morning suicide bomb attack at Londonciki-Simari area of Maiduguri, Borno State, which left eight…

Amnesty International offers support to Nigerians arrested for Facebook posts

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 17, 2017

The Amnesty International (AI) Nigeria has lamented the increasing arrests of Nigerians over Facebook…

SERAP asks Malami to sue 21 ex-governors for ‘dubiously earning N40bn’

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 16, 2017

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked, Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the…

10-year-old boy set up by Boko Haram dies of bomb explosion

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 16, 2017

A 10-year-old boy has been killed in Borno State after the explosion of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)…

It’s time to review age limit on public offices, says Dogara

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 12, 2017

Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, says the time has come to review the age limit for political…

Falana to Oyegun: APC promised us restructuring… Read your election manifesto…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 12, 2017

Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, has advised John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman of All Progressives…

Fashola: Nigeria’ll be in blackout if we don’t sell power to Benin, Niger

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 11, 2017

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, says the Kainji Dam will run dry and the whole…

‘I have no hand in it’… Evans disowns lawyer, father over…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 2, 2017

Suspected billionaire kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, says he has no hand in the…

EFCC files fresh charges against Justice Fishim over ‘N4.8m corrupt…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jul 1, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a criminal charge against Justice Agbadu James Fishim…

Despite ‘losing 680 members’, civilian JTF vows to continue hunting Boko…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 30, 2017

Junril Gunda, Legal Officer of Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, Borno State, says 680 members of the…

Those talking about restructuring are political opportunists, says el-Rufai

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 29, 2017

Nasir el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, says the people canvassing political restructuring of Nigeria are…

EFCC arrests Ogbadu, DG of NABDA, over N23m scam

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 29, 2017

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu,…

Seven times Nnamdi Kanu has violated his bail conditions

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 29, 2017

Many Nigerians are already wondering if Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has forgotten…

Holidays likely as Sultan announces Eid-l-fitri for Sunday

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 24, 2017

Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic…

QUESTION: How much in total will the sacked Hembe return to FG?

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 24, 2017

Herman Hembe's removal from the House of Representatives by the Supreme Court comes with added baggage: he…

Nobody is above ICPC investigation, court rules

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 23, 2017

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has the powers to investigate…

CAN: With satanic topic like ‘Is Jesus the son of God’, this new…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 22, 2017

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the secondary school curriculum introduced in…

The man who wants Igbo to leave the north lives in Lagos, says Falana

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 22, 2017

Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, says it is wrong for Shettima Yerima, President of Arewa Youth…

CONFIRMED: INEC receives signed petition for Melaye’s recall

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 21, 2017

The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has a signed petition from voters in Kogi West Senatorial District…

Atiku: Corruption not Nigeria’s biggest problem — it’s disunity

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 20, 2017

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, says Nigeria's most pressing problem isn't corruption or inadequate power…

Before we break Nigeria up

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 20, 2017

Many people are warming up for the breakup of Nigeria. Yes, let’s break up the country and go our separate ways; it’s…

N15,000 bribe costs two traffic wardens their job

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 20, 2017

Musa Muktari and Shuaibu Suleman, two traffic wardens attached to Wuse Police Division, Abuja Command, have been…

‘52% of Kogi West voters’ endorse Melaye’s recall — but this is…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 20, 2017

Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi West at the senate national assembly, is facing a tough time to retain his place…

Soon, you won’t be able to watch Shekau’s videos on YouTube

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 19, 2017

As the wave of terrorist attacks sweep across Europe and America in recent times, American multinational…

THE LIST: All 72 CBT centres blacklisted by JAMB

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 17, 2017

To find out where your centre belongs, check the full list of the centres below.

Within 72 hours, 240,393 Nigerians apply for FG’s N-Power jobs

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 16, 2017

Barely 72 hours after the Federal Government reopened the application portal of its job creation and empowerment…

US congressmen to Trump: It’s penny wise and pound foolish to cut aid to…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 15, 2017

Two United States of America Congressmen John McCain and Tim Kaine say the decision of President Donald…

JAMB shuts down 48 CBT centres over examination malpractice

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 14, 2017

Forty-eight of the CBT centres were blacklisted for serious technical deficiency, extortion, organised examination…

‘Nobody to teach Chibok pupils — all the teachers have joined the civilian…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 14, 2017

Teachers and students in Chibok village have resorted to self-defence against the insurgents by joining the civilian…

Five ‘killed’ during Melaye’s anti-Bello protest in Kogi

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 12, 2017

At least five persons were "shot dead" on Monday morning at the gate of Kogi State Polytechnic, where Dino Melaye,…

‘Melaye to impregnate Remi Tinubu’ and other dramas from the senate’s…

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 9, 2017

For Saraki, it has been “two years of productive lawmaking period" for the senate. But for the public, it's been two…

UPDATED: Northern youths dare el-Rufai, insist Igbo must go

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 8, 2017

Despite the order of arrest by Nasir el-Rufai, leaders of the coalition of northern groups that gave the Igbo a…

Osinbajo visits Maiduguri despite Boko Haram attacks

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 8, 2017

Yemi Osinbajo, Acting President, has arrived Maiduguri, Borno State, a day after Boko Haram killed at least 10 and…

IN COURT: Three ‘ghost workers’ who made N9.7m from FG

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 7, 2017

Three siblings — Onukaogu Onyinyechi Esther, Onukaogu Joshua and Ebenuwa Chinazo Jennifer — have been arraigned by EFCC…

El-Rufai orders arrest of northern youths seeking to evict Igbo

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 7, 2017

Nasir el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, has ordered the arrest, investigation and prosecution of the northern youths…

It’s official! South Africa, Africa’s most developed economy, now in recession

YEKEEN Akinwale Jun 6, 2017

Weak manufacturing and trade sectors have forced Africa’s most developed economy, South Africa, into recession,…