Political Appointments

An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari has accused a former president, Olusegun Obasanjo and an ex-minister of education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, of influencing the recent corruption ranking of Nigeria by Transparency International.

Noting that asset declarations are designed to curb grand corruption, and weakens the public trust in the asset declaration regimes, SERAP said only two states - Lagos state and Niger state - have responded to its FoI requests.

The cleric while speaking with journalists in the wake of the killing of the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Michika local government area of Adamawa state, Reverend Lawan Andimi, by Boko Haram terrorist group.

Stating that he only endured Kwankwaso for all the years they were close despite being aware of all his political tricks and deceptiveness, Ganduje said, his predecessor was never appreciative of whatever one does for him.

A coalition of civil society organisation has called for a United States of America visa ban on all Supreme Court justices over the judgment delivered by the apex court on the Imo state governorship election appeal.

CALSER president, Princess Ajibola, said the centre believes the killing of the Christian cleric shows the radical sect's desperation to provoke sectarian strife that could ultimately birth crisis.