1. On Sunday, Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, said the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victim of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters was “illegal and a waste of time” on the ground that the Lagos State government lacks the power to probe the conduct of police and […]
Despite threats and warnings from the authorities, courageous Nigerian youths were out in considerable large numbers to mark the one-year anniversary of the historical EndSars protest. Recall that October last year, youths across the country staged a civil demonstration against police brutality, extortion and extrajudicial killings and it lasted for days until it was fatally […]
Former Aviation Minister and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has yesterday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). For a vocal critic of the Buhari administration, it came as a shock to many that FFK took that decision. Expectedly, the social media space went agog over what felt like […]
In the face of the ongoing war against terrorism and banditry, the Nigerian authorities have recurrently pardoned and released Boko-Haram fighters and bandits. Under the guise of repentance, negotiation, surrender, rehabilitation and deradicalization, the authorities have released Boko-Haram militants and bandits at different times. Not too long ago, the National Assembly was toying with the idea of creating an agency for the rehabilitation of repentant Boko-Haram members. For a terror group that has “left more than 35,000 people dead and uprooted more than two million”, the indiscriminate release of terrorists calls for deep caution, concern and worry. Pardoning or releasing Boko-Haram suspects is not supported by any law in Nigeria.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Tuesday declared the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Ayuba Wabba and other union members wanted for alleged “economic sabotage and attacks on public infrastructure” in the State. This came a day after the NLC embarked on its ongoing five-day warning strike commenced as a result […]
Festus Ogun, Esq 