Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has called for the mobilisation of vigilante forces in Benue State under military supervision, a move similar to the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland (VDP) model used in Burkina Faso and across the Sahel. Speaking at a meeting with traditional rulers in Makurdi on…
A prosecution witness, Salawu Gana, Monday justified the vehicle procurement contracts awarded during former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele’s contrary to the case of alleged contract irregularities alleged in the charges against the former CBN chief. Mr Gana, who appeared as the 10th prosecution witness in Mr Emefiele’s trial at the Federal Capital…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) disputed on Saturday the police’s account of Wednesday’s raid on its headquarters in Abuja. Contrary to the claim by the police that their operatives only visited a bookstore within the same building as the NLC to arrest a foreign national, the labour union said the invading police officers forced their…
