Robby Akeju, Author at Freedom Online

October 24, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Captain Musa Nuhu as the Director-General (D-G) of the Nigerian Civil Aviation...

PSC workers protest over recruitment of 10,000 officers by IGP

Some staff members of the Police Service Commission (PSC), on Wednesday, staged a protest at the Federal High Court, Abuja,...

NASS raises revised 2020 Budget from N10.509trn to N10.810trn

NASS to pass 2020 Appropriation Bill December

Chairman of the National Assembly, Senator Ahmad Lawan, said that the assembly would ensure the passage of the 2020 Appropriation...

DSS: Onumah was invited because he wore 'We Are All Biafrans' T-shirt and he might be a subject of mob attack

Chido Onumah seeks N150m damages from DSS over ‘illegal’ detention

Mr Chido Onumah, a journalist and rights activist, on Wednesday, demanded N150 million compensation from the Department of State Services...

Nigeria loses about $15bn to tax evasion annually, says Fowler

Dr Babatunde Fowler, the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says that Nigeria loses about $15 billion to tax...

Policemen driving against flow of traffic threaten to shoot FRSC officials

Recruitment: Court orders PSC, IGP to maintain status quo

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Inspector General (IGP) of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and the Police Service...

International Film Festival opens in Abuja

The 16th Abuja International Film Festival opened on Tuesday at the Silverbird Cinemas, Abuja. The festival, which is in its...

Masari to military: Use superior fire power to deal with bandits

Army adopts spiritual warfare to counter insurgents’ propaganda, says Buratai

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the Army has engaged in spiritual warfare to counter...

Why Nigeria is underdeveloped, by NIPR

Dr Tayo Haastrup, Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), FCT Chapter, says leadership failure is the major cause of...

NASS will support EFCC, ICPC in fight against corruption, says Lawan

Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, said that the National Assembly would provide necessary support to anti-graft agencies in...

$9.5m FIFA grant: Court fixes Dec 16 for AGF report

An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Tuesday, fixed December 16 for the office of the Attorney General of the Federation...

Oshiomhole: Buhari in a hurry to provide jobs to unemployed Nigerians, accelerate growth of the economy

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has expressed President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination to accelerate economic growth...

CJN’s verdict: Supreme Court Justices are fallible

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has said that Justices of the Supreme Court are not repository of...

10 posers for Customs Service, by woman whose items were seized at Abuja Airport, threatens to release audio, pictures of ordeal

Rather than thaw, the crisis between a top banker, Mrs. Adaeze Udenzi, whose items were seized at the Nnamdi Azikiwe...

Insurgency: Nigeria to procure additional fighter helicopters from Russia, says Presidency