Aminu Mohammed, a student at the Federal University in Dutse, Jigawa State, was detained by the police after posting on Twitter that she was "feeding fat on poor citizens' money," according to the office of the Economic Community of West African States Youth Ambassador, Richard Solomon. Solomon has called for Mohammed's immediate release.The youth ambassador for ECOWAS stated that citizens had the freedom to criticize the government without repercussions. "Citizens...

The Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai (rtd), has been deployed to Benin Republic and General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin (rtd), former Chief of Defence Staff, has been appointed the head of mission to Cameroon.This was made known at a brief ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, presented letters of credence to the ex-service chiefs.This was disclosed by Mr Kimiebi Ebienfa, information officer of the mi...

The two times Osun State Speaker of the House of Assembly and now the Nigerian ambassador to Mexico, Rt. Hon Adejare Bello, on Friday, assaulted an OSBC journalist in Osun State.Mr Adejare, unleashed an attack on Adeniyi Akinromade, a journalist working with Osun State Broadcasting Corporation, while the latter was rendering a social service during traffic gridlock.Mr Bello and the security personnel attached to him were on the route and witnesses said he alighted f...