Stop Using Force To Silence Nigerians – Soyinka To Fed Govt
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has cautioned the Federal Government against the use of force to curtail the peoples right to freedom of association. Notable activists, including Soyinka and Femi Falana (SAN) were denied access into the symposium venue in Oregun, Lagos. They were billed to talk on the detention of the African Action Congress (AAC) candidate at the February 23 presidential election, Omoyele Sowore and #RevolutionNow. The literary icon, who also urged Nigerians against believing everything read online, said it was wrong for security operatives to apply force to reduce the people’s freedom. He spoke at the weekend in Badagry
FG Withdraws $1.6bn In 3 Weeks, Depletes ECA to $631m
Between November 25 and December 19, the amount in the Excess Crude Account declined by about $1.68bn, statistics obtained from the Federation Account Allocation Committee have revealed. Complete your booking at Domfav Hotel - it only takes 30 secondshttps://hotels.ng/hotel/997910-domfav-hotel-suite-international-limited-ondo/book9 The Punch reported that as of November 25 when the FAAC committee meeting was held to allocate revenue for that month, the balance in the ECA was put at $2.319bn. However, at the resumed meeting on Wednesday at the headquarters of the ministry of finance, the balance, according to the Permanent Secretary in ministry, Mahmoud Dutse, had dropped to
Massive Corruption, Human Rights Abuses Evident Under Buhari –US Govt
The United States government has released a report indicting the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of massive corruption and festering of human rights abuses in the country. The US government stated this in the US 2017 Human Rights Report. The US government alleged the Federal Government led by President Buhari of impunity and human rights abuses at all levels of government in Nigeria. The US report slammed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for flagrant disobedience to court orders and not following the due process of law in its operations. The Department of State Services (DSS) was accused and
FG Plotting To Implicate Us On Nass Invasion, Saraki, Ekweremadu Hinted Nigerians
Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, have hinted Nigerians that the federal government is planning to implicate the two of them along with some of their colleagues in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the recent invasion of the National Assembly by the Department of State Services (DSS) in a bid to mislead the world and distort the fact of what truly happened. Daily Trust reported that the two senate presiding officers said they got information that the government was planning to use the preliminary report submitted by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris to link them to