Friday Bako

Justice Silas Bakur of the High Court sitting in Langtang North, Plateau State on Friday dismissed a suit brought before it by First Lowland Micro Finance Bank leveling allegations of financial irregularities against the Plateau State Commissioner for sSpecial Duties, Hon. Hitler Dadi. The Management of the the bank had claimed that Dadi, while serving […]

Nigerian states have no powers to reject requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act , the Court of Appeal has ruled. In a March 27 decision at the Akure Division, the Court of Appeal ruled that the requests for information, especially around public expenditure, under the FoI, are made in public interest and should […]

Unanticipated gunshots in Central Plateau’s Daffo village, West of Bokkos town on Tuesday have forced journalists on official assignment to flee along with terrified traders. The incident followed a media tour of burnt down villages in the Daffo area following recent attacks. Some two people were said to have been killed in Ganda village where […]

FRIVOLOUS CANCELLATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS AND THE PERPETUATION OF UNELECTED AND UNDEMOCRATIC LOCAL COUNCILS IN PLATEAU STATE The unfortunate indefinite postponement of the much anticipated Local Government election by the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission is a sad reminder of the steady decline and erosion of democratic values, principles and practices in present […]

I arrived in Abuja with my friend Jeff Okoli at about 8 p.m. on the last night of NYSC registration. We arrived at Kubwa camp for registration barely two hours before closing time. With just ₦20 in my pocket—my last card, as they say—I stepped into Kubwa camp with a cloud of uncertainty about how […]

The Amalgamated Civil Societies of Nigeria has urged the general public, social media users, and well-meaning Nigerians that after thorough investigations, it has uncovered a coordinated plot by faceless actors within the “Dirty Oil Mafia” to sponsor fabricated stories and protests against Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari, the immediate-past Group Managing Director of the […]