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Abdulrasheed Bawa, the chairman-designate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was arrested and detained by the anti-graft agency in 2019 for selling at least 244 trucks worth between N20-30 million each to his proxies at N100,000 per unit. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the EFCC. “President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). “In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004,” a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, read. According to Peoples Gazette, Bawa’s handling of dozens of petrol-bearing trucks that were confiscated from suspected looters deprived the country of at least N4.88 billion in potential loot recovery.  The new EFCC chairman ...

A call has been made to the Nigerian government to immediately release all those arrested and detained by the Nigeria Police for participating in the Lekki protest on Saturday. This was contained in a communique issued by the Lekki Estates Resident and Stakeholders Association (LERSA) on Sunday and made available to SaharaReporters. Nigerian youths were urged to shun protests and embrace peaceful dialogue with the authorities for the Nigerian government to attend to their demands.   In the press release jointly signed by its President and General Secretary, Olorogun James Emadoye and Gbemi Adelekan respectively, LERSA lamented the suffering experienced in the neighbourhood due to the recent protests embarked on by youths.   Nigerian youths, last Saturday, went to demonstrate their displeasure over the plan by the Lagos State Government and Lekki Concession Company to reopen the tollgate for business while the killing of peaceful protesters by Nigerian military per...

Some soldiers of the Nigerian Army in Abuja have been accused of torturing and raping dozens of ladies arrested from Obigbo (Oyigbo) in Rivers State, between October and November 2020, during a raid in the area. SaharaReporters obtained the accounts of two of the girls, although the audio clip could not be shared because of the assurance of anonymity and confidentiality given to the victims. The girls confessed that two female victims were tortured to death while others were routinely raped during the weeks they spent at the detention facility in Mogadishu Barracks, Asokoro. The females were arrested from around a market in Obigbo on their way home from work between 7pm and 7.30pm on November 2020 and initially taken to the Nigerian Army base in Obinze Army Barracks, Owerri, Imo State. From there, they were transported to Abuja and detained for “questioning” at Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja where many of them were subsequently routinely raped. See Also Sahara Reporters Gove...

Nigerians have flooded the social media with their reactions to the plan by the All Progressives Congress to present former President Goodluck Jonathan, and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for the presidency in 2023. SaharaReporters observed that many of the comments had to do with Jonathan, who was defeated by President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election. SaharaReporters had earlier reported the political ploy of the ruling party to pair Jonathan and El-Rufai, a move that will damage the speculated ambition of the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. One of the sources that spoke with SaharaReporters said, “There are plans already to pair El-Rufai with Jonathan for 2023. We believe both forces are strong and have goodwill in their regions and are good for the party.” See Also Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: APC Plans To Pair Jonathan With El-Rufai For 2023 Presidential Ticket 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Meanwhile, the former President is still a m...

A former Governor of Ogun State and Director of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has defected to the All Progressives Congress, saying he was finally “captured”. Daniel said in a statement on Tuesday that the visit of the National Chairman of the APC, some APC governors, and the Ogun State Governor to his house sealed his decision to join the ruling party. The former governor, who led a defeated PDP presidential campaign in 2019, is expected to pick up his membership card of the APC before the registration of new members closes today. In a statement, Daniel apologised to his former party for the short notice, stating that his support for Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, was a pointer to the new development.  Daniel said, “Dear friends and colleagues, pardon my short notice in informing you of my route to the APC which as you might have suspected started with my supporting Governor Dapo Abiodun during the...