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By Halimah Olamide The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism has called for objectivity in the reporting of matters relating to insecurity in Nigeria. The centre acknowleged the report by the Civil Society Joint Action Group which said that at least 2,423 people were killed, while 1,872 were abducted within eight months of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The centre in a statement signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Motunrayo Alaka, noted that the Institute for Economics and Peace ranked Nigeria 144 on the 2023 Global Peace Index. According to Alaka, the calls for the safety and security of citizens’ lives…

By Halimah Olamide The Chief Executive Officer of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, Mrs. Motunrayo Alaka, has called on journalists to devote their skills to reporting more on issues bordering on social justice. Alaka, in a statement made available to the NPO Reports said the call became more germane on the occasion of the 2024 World Day of Social Justice. She said the event presented another opportunity for news organizations to “scale up the call against social exclusion and tackle social injustices through investigative human-interest stories.” She explained that social justice embodies principles like equitable access to resources,…

By Femi Alabi The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has told the newly appointed 11 Justices of the supreme court to brace up to receive verbal assaults from dissatisfied litigants Ariwoola while administering oath on the Justices of the Supreme Court, also implored them to remain upright and impartial at all times. The CJN stated that the new jurists, having been elevated to the apex court bench, should begin to see themselves as representatives of God on earth as their judgement can only be upturned in heaven. He said ““You must not, therefore, allow your personal ambition…

Agency Report The Federal Ministry of Works says both bounds of the carriageways of the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to traffic from noon on Wednesday to noon on Thursday. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Lagos on Monday. She said that the total closure was in continuation of the ongoing rehabilitation works on the bridge. Keisha said it was to allow the contractor to execute a major aspect of the ongoing repair works on the bridge. “Consequently, the bridge would not be opened to…

By Femi Alabi The Nigeria Customs Service is set to discipline one of its Officers who had been alleged to have extorted the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500, 000.00) from a car buyer by name Muhammad Dahiru Ahmad along Mokwa-Jebba Road in Niger State. Confirming the allegation on the official X handle of Customs the Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ Kaduna, Comptroller Dalha Chedi, said the accused Officer had handed over to the Assistant Provost Marshal (APM) Customs Police Unit headquarters in Kaduna today, Monday, 26th February 2024. Comptroller Chedi stated that the suspected Officer involved in…

By Femi Alabi The suit instituted by Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC against Obadina and Almond Projects Limited was on Monday brought to a close by EFCC. The suit before Justice Nnamdi Dingbat of the Federal High Court Maitama Abuja boarders on conspiracy, official corruption and money laundering to the tune of N2,17,190,000 (Two Billion, Seventeen Million, One Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira), being payment received from the Office of the National Security Adviser on November 28, 2015 without any contractual agreement or approval. The EFCC on its official X handle stated that the Prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Buba closed his…

By Halimah Olamide There was panic late night Monday in the Ikorun area of Lagos as petrol spilled from an NNPC filling station onto the road. The development forced many residents to run out of their houses over fears of possible explosion from the spillage. Residents of Liasu Road had run out even as the spillage caused disruption to the flow of traffic. It was learnt that the whole of Liasu Road was cordoned off from Ilewe Bus Stop to prevent vehicles getting close to the scene of the incident. She said the drainage of the road had fuel flowing…

By Kamil Opeyemi Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Monday expressed regrets over his revelation that governors were paid N30bn by the federal government to cushion the effect of fuel subsidies removal in their respective states. Akpabio in a statement by His Special Adviser on Media Eseme Eyiboh, which was made available to the NPO Reports Monday night, said he was misconstrued. Recall that the matter had generated controversy across the country with some governors taking the President of the Senate up and accusing him of lying. BELOW IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE STATEMENT: #30B TO STATE GOVERNMENTS FROM UNVERIFIED…

By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Customs Service on Monday announced its suspension of its food auctions over the death of some of those who came to benefit from the initiative. The NCS said in a statement signed by Abdullahi Maiwada said unforeseen conditions culminated in the death after the service had exhausted the available rice. “The disposal of the food items got off to a smooth start at about 0800hrs. We enjoyed the cooperation of the large crowd that obliged us, giving preferences to the elderly, people living with disabilities, pregnant women, and other vulnerable Nigerians who showed up for…

By Femi Alabi Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN), Chief Abiola Ogundokun has called of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his Vice Atiku Abubakar to shun the temptation to elevate personal disagreements at par with National interest. Ogundokun who is also a lawmaker in the second Republic also charged Chief Edwin Clark, Emmanuel Iwuanyawu, and the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party to rise above partisan politics as they are now elderstatesmen. The former lawmaker in a statement signed by him stated that all well meaning Nigerians should rally round President Bola Tinubu…