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- 6 Oct 2013
Militants Plan Invasion of Abuja over Exclusion from Amnesty Programme
Plans by some aggrieved youths in the Niger Delta region to invade Abuja over their exclusion from the Presidential Amnesty Programme for ex-militants have been uncovered, according to a statement by…
- 18 Sept 2014
Police, Army Use Torture to Extract Confessions-AI
Torture has become such an integral part of policing in Nigeria that many stations have an informal torture officer, Amnesty International (AI) has said. Both the military and police use a wide range…
- 16 Feb 2016
EFCC to go After Ex-First Lady over N1 Trillion Campaign Fund
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may soon invite the wife of a former president to explain her role in the sourcing and disbursement of huge funds spent by the Presidency in the last…
- 22 Sept 2016
How Police Detain, Rob Nigerians- AI
A special Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has instead has used hangings, mock executions and other forms of torture to obtain confessions and bribes from criminal suspects and…
- 8 Sept 2020
Air Peace Denies Purchasing Aircraft from Kuku’s Amnesty Loot
Management of Air Peace has denied that Mr Kingsley Kuku, the former Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs acquired airplanes for its operations. The Airline, in a statement by…
- 22 Feb 2013
OPC to Deploy 30, 000 ‘Foot Soldiers’ to protect Oil Facilities
Frederick Fasehun, President of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), has committed the organization towards partnering with relevant governmental organization in…
- 17 May 2023
Alleged Amnesty Fraud: Court Declines Ecobank’s Application to Stop Refund of N849m to FG
A federal high court in Abuja has refused to grant an application by Ecobank Nigeria Limited to restrain the federal government from ordering the bank to reimburse over N800 million in losses…
- 21 Jul 2015
Buhari Plans to Jail Jonathan at all Costs- VND
A coalition of Niger-Delta activists under the aegis of Vanguards of Nigeria’s Democracy (VND) on Saturday said it has uncovered clandestine moves by President Muhammadu Buhari and the All…
- 27 Feb 2015
Buhari Rules out Amnesty for Boko Haram
Major General Muhammadu Buhari, All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, vowed yesterday to ensure that Boko Haram members face justice for their atrocities committed against…
- 25 Aug 2016
Deloitte Backs NASME’s ‘Tax Amnesty for MSMEs’ Proposal
Deloitte Akintola Williams “Deloitte” has supported Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) advocacy for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country to be…
- 4 Apr 2013
FG Recants, Mulls ‘Amnesty’ for Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday set up an amnesty committee to fine- tune details of clemency to Boko Haram sect members. This is a major departure from Jonathan’s earlier stand that his…
- 14 Mar 2013
Without Alams, Oil will not Flow- FG
The Presidency, desperate, to justify the pardon it granted, Mr. Diepriye Alamieseigha, the convicted former Governor of Bayelsa State, said, yesterday that Alamieseigha is crucial to Nigeria’s…
- 11 Apr 2018
FIRS Enlists EFCC to Arrest, Prosecute Tax Defaulters
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are working together to arrest and prosecute tax defaulters in the country. FIRS and EFCC duo…
- 16 Jun 2017
US, UK Deny Military Officers Visas over Human Rights Abuses
The US embassy and British high commission in Nigeria have reportedly withdrawn and denied entry visa to some serving and retired Nigerian army officers, according to Thisday. According to the…
- 4 Nov 2013
FG May Lose $12Bn to Oil Theft this Year
Revenue earned by Nigeria this year may be as much as $12 billion short of budget estimates as theft of crude and output disruptions persist in the oil-rich Niger River delta, according to Ngozi…
- 17 Apr 2013
FG Sets Up Amnesty Committee for Boko Haram
Federal government has named a 26 member panel headed by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, minister of Special Duties, to engage key members of Boko Haram to fashion out the best way to tackle the Islamic…
- 13 Aug 2014
Multichoice Cautions against Commercial Piracy
MultiChoice, Nigeria’s leading provider of premium pay entertainment, has urged individuals or entities that use DStv services for public use without a commercial license to get a commercial license…
- 30 Apr 2015
GEJ Warns GMB, Says I'm Still in Charge
President Goodluck Jonathan has warned Major General Muhammadu Buhari, President-elect, to stop undermining the former’s outgoing government, insisting that he is in charge of running Nigeria’s…
- 27 Jul 2021
Nigeria Loses $243m in 51 Days after Twitter Ban
The decision by President Muhammadu Buhari's government to ban Twitter in Africa's most populous country in June, has dealt a blow to its revenue ambitions, according to africanews.com According to…
- 10 Aug 2018
Lottery Operators Lament Over Taxation, Want Act Amended
Some Nigerian lottery operators have called for amendment to the National Lottery Regulation Act, decrying multiple taxation and infiltration of the industry by unlicensed operators. They made the…
- 21 Oct 2014
Boko Haram Demands Presidential Pardon
Members of the Boko Haram sect have asked the Federal Government to grant them presidential pardon under the ceasefire deal which the two parties reached last Friday. They also sought the immediate…
- 20 Mar 2013
Resign Now and End Blood Letting, Tinubu Tells GEJ
Bola Tinubu, former Lagos state governor and national leader, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to take the noble path of resigning rather than continuing…
- 30 May 2014
FG Offers Amnesty to Insurgents
The Federal Government yesterday offered amnesty to Boko Haram members, who lay down their arms. Boni Haruna, minister of Youth Development, said at a youth programme titled: “A day with young…
- 8 Oct 2023
Amnesty International Criticises NBC for Warning Arise TV on Alleged Codes Violation
Amnesty International has condemned the National Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) final warning to Arise Television station on alleged violation of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code, urging the Nigerian…
- 18 Aug 2016
NASME Advocates 5-Year Tax Amnesty for MSMEs
Federal government has been urged to grant five-year tax amnesty to the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country as a means to galvanise them, especially into aligning the small…
- 13 Jul 2010
National Security: FG to Begin Bugging of Phones
Federal government plans to introduce lawful interception (LI), a legally sanctioned official access to private communications, such as telephone calls or e-mail messages in a bid to enhance national…
- 7 Nov 2012
Telcos Top Ad Spend with N20Bn in 2011
Telecommunications product category recorded the highest spend of N20 billion out of a total of N103 billion spent in Above- The- Line in 2011, followed by Personal Paid announcement with N9 while…
- 13 Jul 2020
Unclaimed Dividends Hit N158.44Bn in 2019
The total unclaimed dividend figure in the Nigerian capital market stood at N158.44 billion as of December 2019, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Data obtained exclusively by NAN from the…
- 2 Jun 2015
Deeper Look into Buhari’s Inauguration Address
In Nigeria’s current circumstances, it is hard to imagine a better inaugural address than the one President Buhari delivered on May 29. It strikes all the right notes. He accepted his new role as an…