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Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, has said Bola Tinubu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was no longer neutral in the crisis rocking the party. Sani made the remark in response to Tinubu’s comment on the plot to remove Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the APC. Oshiomhole has been at loggerheads with some members of the party. Against this backdrop, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi; Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo; former Edo state governor Oserheimen Osunbor had called for the removal of Oshiomhole. Also the immediate past Director General of Nigerian Maritime Safety Administration Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside and other leaders of the party in the South South, had insisted on Oshiomhole’s removal. They agreed to replace the former Edo State governor with the Acting National Secretary of the party, Victor Giadom. The South South leaders and oth

Three people have reportedly been killed while five others were evacuated to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) for treatment over injuries sustained from stray bullets following insurgent attacks at Ngururi community in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria. Residents of the area told newsmen on Sunday that the incident occurred on Saturday night when terrorists stormed the area and set the village on fire. According to the villagers, many of them escaped to the bush to avoid being abducted during the attack. “Residents were reportedly hit by stray bullets while trying to escape as the terrorists set the village ablaze” a local told journalists The local said the suspected terrorists came in gun trucks and motorcycles and torched several houses and other property, before fleeing towards the Alau Dam route into Sambisa Forest. Confirming the incident on Sunday in Maiduguri, Bulama Yuram, a survivor who fled to Dalori camp said that his car a

<script data-ad-client="ca-pub-2782661790262561" async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has reacted angrily over the call made by a Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Apapo Oodua Koya, AOKOYA, that dethroned Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, should leave Lagos and return to Kano, his home State AOKOYA had on Sunday asked the deposed Sanusi, who arrived Lagos on Saturday, to return to the North MURIC described AOKOYA’s position as mean, callous and inhuman. The Muslim group made this known in a statement circulated on Monday, 16th March, 2020 by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola. Sanusi was deposed  on Monday, 9th March, 2020 by the Governor of Kano, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and thereafter  banished to Awe  in Nasarawa State. However, an Abuja court on Friday 13th March, 2020  quashed his banishment  and he moved to La

The United States Government has released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Nigeria. The report was signed by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and covered 2019, the year under review. The 46-page document comprises seven sections (and dozens of sub-sections). These include Respect for the Integrity of Persons; Respect for Civil Liberties; Freedom to participate in the Political Process. Others are Corruption and Lack of Transparency in Government; Governmental attitude regarding NGOs’ Investigation of Human Rights Abuses; Discrimination, Societal Abuses and Trafficking in Persons; Worker Rights. The dossier, which compiled atrocities by the government and its agents, seemed to give more insight into why the Trump administration  slammed repeated sanctions on Nigeria in the last one year . It detailed accounts of President Muhammadu Buhari government and its agents’ arbitrary, unlawful, or extrajudicial killings. The Nigeria Police, the Nigerian Milita

On Monday (March 9, 2020) Emir of Kano State in northern Nigeria was dethroned by the state government citing insubordination and his actions impugning on the cultural and religious norms of the Emirates he occupied. Several events have since taken place, this article seeks to follow the sequence of events from when he was flown out of Kano to central Nasarawa State where he is being kept in the town of Awe. Some key incidents that have taken place include Sanusi speaks on deposition Sanusi flies to Abuja, onward to Lagos Govt obeys court orders, allows Sanusi to leave Leads Friday prayers in Awe Kaduna State governor visits Emir in Awe Court order Emir to be liberated Emir’s palace library evacuated New Emir given mandate by governor, coronation awaits Kaduna State ‘employs’ ousted Emir President Buhari denies a hand in Sanusi’s ouster Banishment debate rages on social media Sanusi reacts to dethronement Muhammadu Sanusi has made his first comments after he wa