December 24, 2020

Nigeria has approved the engagement of a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) that will monitor the implementation of $312million Abacha loot recovered in May.

The money was repatriated from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

In April, America released details of the funds laundered through the U.S. banking system.

It was held in bank accounts in Jersey in the name of Doraville Properties Corporation, a BVI company, and in the name of a son of late military ruler, General Sani Abacha.

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In a statement on Thursday, Umar Gwandu, spokesman …

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has confirmed the killing of a corps member by suspected armed robbers, but said 16 other corps members were never abducted by bandits.

Reports had it that one corps member was killed and 16 others abducted by bandits along Abuja-Lokoja Road on Tuesday.

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NYSC, in a statement on Wednesday said its attention had been drawn to the news with making the rounds concerning the death, and alleged abduction of some Corps Members travelling from Osun State by kidnappers.

‘The true position is that,

A Catholic Bishop who is testifying before US Congress has stated that the killing of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Best has all the markings of genocide.

Bishop William A. Avenya of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gboko, in testimony before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission said: ‘Our Middle Belt region has truly become a vale of tears, a region where mass burials are very common.’

‘It appears as though what is happening here is part of a grand conspiracy. Our national government has not shown convincing signs of real commitment to ending the menace.’

Bishop Avenya further said that …

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has slammed the Federal Government of Nigeria for ordering the closure of Small and Medium Scale businesses because of reportedly resurgence of COVID-19.

HURIWA in a statement released on Wednesday said that the decision of the federal government to order the closure of all bars, nightclubs, and restaurants was a wicked and heartless decision.

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The group in the statement signed by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko and National Secretary, Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA, lambasted the government for failing to address the critical component of ameliorating …