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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to probe allegations that N106 billion of public funds are missing from 149 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be responsible and the recovery of any missing public funds. The suit followed the allegations by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation in its 2018 annual audited report that N105,662,350,077.46 of public funds are missing, misappropriated or unaccounted for across 149 MDAs. Joined in the suit as respondents are the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF)…

It is always good to be united against a common enemy or condemn evil when one sees any. This is the story of Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State. A few years ago when marauding herdsmen turned Benue State to a killing field, rather condemn the action or sympathise with Governor Samuel Ortom and the people of the state, Lalong taunted Ortom. The Plateau State governor told the world that he had warned the Benue State governor against implementing the state anti-grazing law, stressing that the implementation of the law caused the killings. Though he later apologised, not many people…

The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has reiterated its commitment to supporting security agencies to combat crimes through the registration of (Subscriber) Identification Module (SIM) cards. Dr Isa Pantami made the disclosure when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday. Pantami, however, said that the SIM card registration must be in synchronisation with the National Identification Number (NIN) registration, which was being carried out nationwide. He said that the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) was directed to release the biodata of any individual suspected of using mobile phone to commit any offence within…

A U.S.-based historian and professor of Africana Studies, Apollos Nwauwa says the Taliban takeover of government in Afghanistan has the capacity to embolden Boko Haram in Nigeria and other terrorist groups across the world. Nwauwa, a director of African Studies at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, U.S. told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York that the victory might also give psychological boost to terrorist organisations. He said the victory might embolden not only Boko Haram but herdsmen and other organisations with hidden agenda. “So they will think they can succeed in Nigeria or in West Africa that…

Since Monday, August 16, a day after the Taliban reclaimed power in Afghanistan having swept to Kabul, the country’s capital, from the countryside almost unchallenged, photographs and videos emanating from the troubled enclave have continued to melt hearts across the globe. And for days after the takeover on the heels of the United States military withdrawal, the Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, has remained the theatre of the absurd, where sad spectacles preface what living in Afghanistan can be. One of such images was that of desperate citizens latching onto the jumbo-sized United States military transport aircraft to escape from…

The former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Prof. Bola Akinterinwa, in this interview with GBENGA SALAU, said Boko Haram’s affinity with Al-Qaida could portend danger to Nigeria’s war against insurgency. He, however, underscored the need to re-strategise for the set objectives to be accomplished. Tne return of Taliban to Afghanistan seem to have reflected the failure of bombs and bullets to build liberal democracies. What are your thoughts on this? I do agree to a reasonable extent, that the enthronement of Taliban in Afghanistan mirrors the failure of bombs and bullets in building liberal democracies. However, it…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to consider the pedigree of those aspiring to lead the country in 2023 before picking its presidential candidate. Obasanjo, who hosted the members of the National Working Committee of the party at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library on Thursday, said the party should also look at the way the president of the United States of America emerges from the two dominant political parties. The former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the party, was visited by the members of the party’s National Working Committee led…

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and his government to stop paying lip service to the unending killings in the country. It said the federal government should either “fix the security challenges or throw in the towel.” A statement issued yesterday by the CAN’s General Secretary, Mr. Joseph Bade Daramola said until the government showed the political will by arresting and bringing culprits to book, the shedding of innocent blood would not cease. CAN said the police and the military should be tasked to wake up to their responsibilities before the criminals…

The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has chided his fellow governorship candidates from other political parties for declaring only WAEC certificates as their highest educational attainments. Soludo who spoke at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka during the inauguration of the APGA National Campaign Council, said Anambra had outgrown being governned with such lowly educational qualification. The candidate who was on Thursday enlisted as standard bearer of APGA by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), after series of legal battle said the November 6 governorship election in the state is APGA’s. “APGA has a…

Cristiano Ronaldo will remain at Juventus, coach Massimiliano Allegri insisted on Saturday, saying he had received assurances from the Portugal star dispelling rumours of a possible return to Real Madrid. “Let’s clarify this issue, Ronaldo told me that he’s staying,” Allegri said in response to numerous questions on Ronaldo’s form and mindset ahead of Sunday’s Serie A opener at Udinese. “He has always trained well and has always been available. I’ve read rumours in the papers, but he’s never wanted to leave Juventus.” Italy’s top scorer last season with 29 goals was absent for Juve’s final warm-up against the club’s…