NIGERIAN law enforcement agencies may now be able to step up the apprehension and prosecution of heavily-armed bandits who have been terrorising the north of the country of late after an Abuja high court ruled that they should be regarded as terrorists.
Over recent years, these bandit have laid waste to large swathes of...
CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele is facing the prospect of a two year jail term for contempt of court after he failed to honour a judgement mandating the federal government to pay a N182bn ($475.66m) fine to the Ogoni people of Rivers State.
Like most of Nigeria's oil-producing communities, Ogoniland...
