July 15, 2021

• The concluding series

Just as we earlier posited in previous expositions, the ‘Constituency fund’ actually evolved as a form of government funding which is appropriated by the legislature and anchored to ensure equitable distribution of public goods through constituency-based projects such as the provision of boreholes and public health services, renovations of roads and parking facilities, lighting of public spaces and roadways, etc.

This exposition has shown us that allowing Lawmakers the power to execute projects in the name of ‘constituency projects’ has proven to be the biggest way of encouraging corruption in Nigeria. We say this because the role …

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed to a Federal High Court in Abuja to transfer him to Kuje prison in Abuja citing torture by the DSS.

Africa Daily News, New York understands that Kanu, who was rearrested abroad and flown back to the country last month is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).

Upon his return to the country, Justice Binta Nyako, who had granted him bail on health grounds before he fled in 2017, had ordered that he should be kept in DSS’ custody until July 26.…

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Revd Matthew Kukah has asserted that the Federal Government has failed to handle the issue of security which it promised to do before taking over power.

The fiery priest stated this during his virtual presentation to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington, DC, on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria by armed extremist groups in the North.

According to him, the people are yet to see any tangible move towards tackling Nigeria’s insecurity which, according to him, has a religious undertone.

He stated that the people were agitated, adding that there was …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has cried out to the United Nations, UN, European Union, EU, African Union, AU, and the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, over the alleged ill-treatment of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB appealed to the international bodies to compel the Nigerian government to allow Kanu access to his physician due to his deteriorating health.

Emma Powerful, the group’s Publicity Secretary, made the call in a statement he signed which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New york.

Powerful warned that the IPOB leader must not die or suffer severe complications in the custody …