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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently direct Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to disclose spending details of the $700 million looted funds reportedly recovered by the Federal Government in the past four years, including the list and location of projects completed with the money, as well as details of the contractors that executed the projects.” SERAP also urged him to “direct Mrs Ahmed to disclose how the government plans to spend the returned £4.2m Ibori loot, including details of planned capital expenditure, and whether there is any plan…

By Olatunbosun Oladimeji If he has any shame, Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice should by now have issued a statement apologizing for his wanton display of primordial sentiment on an issue which has become a matter of life and death to many across the nation. For there is no other motivation, I can deduce beyond that of primordial sentiments given his clearly illogical reaction to the decision of Southern Governors to ban open grazing of animals within their territories as they agreed to after their recent meeting of Tuesday, May 11th in Asaba,…

Full scale investigation of the immediate and remote causes of the Friday crash of the Nigerian Air Force Beachcraft 350 can now begin following the recovery of the plane’s black box. Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru and the 10 other victims died in the plane crash in Kaduna and have been laid to rest in Abuja on Saturday. The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria, confirmed yesterday that the box had been recovered. Spokesman for the AIB-N, Tunji Oketunbi said the NiAF had mandated the AIB-N to lead the investigation into the crash. Disquiet over frequent crashes of military aircraft…

There was disquiet in the aviation industry and the military as Nigeria took stock of its losses arising from Friday’s crash of the Nigerian Air Force owned Beachcraft 350 and what seems like frequent crashes of military aircraft. Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru and the 10 other victims of the Friday crash were laid to rest in Abuja on Saturday. Two other crashes earlier in the year had killed nine people, bringing to 20 the number of casualties of military plane accidents this year alone. Reviewing the situation yesterday, aviation experts asked the authorities to have a fresh…

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru was laid to rest in the capital Abuja on Saturday, a day after he and 10 other officers died when their plane crashed in bad weather. It was the third military air disaster this year and the army posted videos on social networks of the service attended by political and military leaders at the national mosque. Army chief of staff Attahiru was only appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari last January in a shakeup of the senior command to better fight surging violence and a more than decade-long jihadist insurgency. But the president,…

Angel Correa and Luis Suarez have fired Atletico Madrid to their second La Liga title under coach Diego Simeone. Atletico needed a win to win the Spanish League title but it looked like it was slipping away from them when relegation threatened Valladolid scored in the first half. YOUR 2020/21 LALIGA CHAMPIONS!!! ????⚪#CampeonesPartidoAPartido pic.twitter.com/MLFWK8X7am — Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) May 22, 2021 Oscar Plano opened the scoring for the home side in the 18th minute before Angel Correa equalised for Madrid in the 57th. Real Madrid also had an outside of winning the league if they beat Villareal and Atletico…

Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski scored in the last minute of the season to break Gerd Muller’s 49-year record of Bundesliga goals in a campaign. Lewandowski looked poised to be frustrated but pounced in the 90th minute for his 41st goal of the season. The Poland striker now has 53 goals in 46 games for club and country heading into Euro 2020. The home side scored four times in the first half against Augsburg with Manuel Neuer also saving a penalty. Bayern stars say farewell Bayern, who had already wrapped up their ninth consecutive Bundesliga title, said goodbye to their manager…

Agitators for a separate Yoruba nation under the auspices of Ilana Omo Oodua on Saturday stormed Akure, the Ondo State capital in continuation of its support rally in all the Southwest States. This is in defiance to warning by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, in March this year, that all agitators for Yoruba nation should stay away from the state. Governor Akeredolu said the people of the state have elected to stay in the Federal Republic of Nigeria as constituted at present. The Ondo Governor said no part of the entire state, known and delineated as Ondo State, would permit any gathering…

The Nigerian Army has announced the burial plans for late Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and six other officers who died in a plane crash in Kaduna state. The army in a statement issued by Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, director Army Public Relations, on Saturday explained that they will be laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery. “The Burial proceedings of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and 6 other senior officers who lost their lives in an air mishap in Kaduna is slated for today Saturday, 22 May 21,” he said…

To celebrate Africa Day on Tuesday, 25th May, MultiChoice is launching M-Net Movies Afro-Cinema, a pop-up movie channel dedicated to showcasing and celebrating contemporary African films. The Afro-Cinema Channel will be available from Friday, 21 May, to Sunday, 30 May 2021, on DStv channel 198 to customers on Premium, Compact Plus, Compact, Confam and Yanga packages and GOtv channel 29 to customers on Max and Jolli packages. The Afro-Cinema Channel is curated to celebrate Africa’s cultural diversity, aptly reflected and captured in the work that is being produced by filmmakers all over the continent. Through collaboration and turning challenges into…