Day: April 1, 2021

The Nigerian government has been accused by the United States of massive corruption and stifling of free speech in 2020. The US stated this in the ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices,’ released on Tuesday. In their separate reactions on Wednesday, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and a former President of the  Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Malachy Ugwumadu, berated the regime of Muhammadu Buhari. Expressing concern about corruption in Nigeria, the US, in the report, stated that it was widespread and pervasive at all levels of…

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Former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo was attacked by gunmen on Wednesday, killing three police orderlies attached to him. The incident reportedly happened in the professor’s home town, Isiofia, in the Aguata Local Government Area of  Anambra State. An eyetwitnes said, “A couple of minutes ago, some gunmen disrupted an interactive session between Isuofia youths and a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo at the town’s civic centre. “Three policemen were shot dead in meeting” A media aide to Soludo, who pleaded anonymity said.…

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