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Human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu has petitioned the director-general of the State Security Service (SSS) in protest of the “illegal arrest and detention” of Dr. Emmanuel Fashakin on Friday, shortly after his arrival at Lagos from the United States of America. In his letter titled Indefensible Harassment, Arrest and Detention of Dr. Emmanuel Fashakin by […]

The Nigeria Police Force has announced its intention to deploy more officers to university campuses all over the country, ostensibly as a rider to yesterday’s Federal Government order that lecturers in federal universities should resume their jobs by 4th December 2013 else their offices would be declared vacant and advertised. According to Inspector General of […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dispelled with a wave of the hand, yesterday’s  Federal Government order that lecturers in federal universities should resume their jobs by 4th December 2013 else their offices would be declared vacant and advertised. According to the union, this is only an “empty basket” that holds no water and […]

To deepen the participation of indigenous oil companies in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, the Federal Government on Thursday commenced the second oil marginal fields licensing round with assurance of transparency and accountability. Declaring the bid round open at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani […]

The two bullet-proof BMW cars allegedly bought illegally by Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah would buy about 51 security vans for law enforcement agents, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the governor of Lagos State, has said. Speaking on Thursday in the Victoria Island area of the state during the 7th annual Town Hall Meeting on Security, with […]

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicty, Dr. Reuben Abati has denied claims that freed leader of the Niger Delta peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari was brought to Nigeria from Benin Republic on his release in a presidential jet: Denying the claim, Abati said: “There is no truth in the report […]

A possible clash between the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State and Senator Bukola Saraki, who recently defected with other members of the breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, is in the offing, as the former is rejecting a possible handover of the party structure in the state to Saraki, […]

The marching order from the Federal Government compelling University lecturers currently engaged in the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to immediately resume duty by December 4, 2013, or be sacked, is a provocative act of brinkmanship that demonstrates the haughty nonchalance and glaring lack of sincerity of purpose that […]

Heavily-armed soldiers and policemen on Thursday prevented chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Chairman of the party, Bisi Akande; and Muhammadu Buhari from reaching the Abuja headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in protest against Saturday’s planned supplementary election in Anambra State. Other members of the party who joined the […]

Courtesy of the usually garrulous Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Nigerians now know that nearly one trillion of the country’s hard earned cash is either missing or somewhere in the accounts of the 36 state governments; or, simply just mismanaged by States and Local Government councils who allegedly got the money. Amaechi, believed […]

Several questions readily present themselves in the lingering imbroglio surrounding Aviation Minister Stella Oduah. However, perhaps none is more relevant than this simple but pertinent question: who is really after her and why?   It is important to raise this question from the outset for the single reason that the sustained campaign of calumny against Oduah […]

Three days after his arrest, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has being freed by Benin Republic gendarmes.  Yet, no allegations were reported against him, according to his lawyer, Barrister Festus Keyamo, who spoke with www.www.aso.rocks search engineon phone Thursday afternoon.  Keyamo did not give details of Dokubo-Asari’s travails and release, but […]Read More