The Parish Priest of St. Thomas Catholic Church, Onilekere, Cement in Lagos State, Rev. Fr. A. Nwankwo, was in the early hours of Friday shot by suspected armed robbers. According to information available to The Eagle Online, the men who shot him were part of those who attended the early
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Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, PACAC, Professor Itse Sagay, has reacted to a statement against him by the Senate. He mocked the federal lawmakers, saying Nigerians buy clothes they wear. Sagay further advised them to learn how to take criticisms in good faith. Sagay insisted that he would not stop criticizing members of […]
Amnesty International says oil giant Shell has refused to hand over 100,000 documents on the arrest, detention, and execution of nine men by the military regime of late Sani Abacha. Ken Saro-Wiwa, outspoken author and playwright, Barinem Kiobel, John Kpuine and six others were hanged in 1995 by the Abacha regime. They are collectively known as […]
Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the funds allegedly looted by Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum, surpasses that of Sani Abacha, late military head of state. Magu said the anti-graft agency has only been able to recover “not more than 15 per cent”, saying it will take […]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar applauds the United Kingdom, Nigeria’s oldest friend and ally, for pledging £200 million to rebuild Nigeria, especially the Northeast geo political zone where the Waziri Adamawa hails from. A statement released by the Atiku Media Office on Thursday quoted the former Vice President as saying: “To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, the
Sen. Aisha Alhassan, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, declared on Wednesday that those criticising her Sallah visit to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Yola, were being “mischievous”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes commentators on social media as alleging that Alhassan’s visit, during which she made philosophical comments on the 2019 […]
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