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Ayo Akinfe

(1) We may be laughing about the investigative capacity of Detective Fashola but what if he uncovered some brilliant clues at the Lekki Toll Gate that could lead to the conviction of the murderers who shot our youths?

(2) Bear in mind that Detective Fashola is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, so will have some experience of criminal law and investigation

NIGERIA'S former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke got a temporary relief in her ongoing fight against corruption charges yesterday after an Abuja high court declined to order her arrest.

NIGERIA'S federal government plans to solicit the support of the National Assembly in formulating a national policy on the use of social media in what it describes as a war of the spread of fake mews and misinformation.

HUMAN rights body Amnesty International has published its report on the October 20 shootings at the Lekki Toll Gate confirming that Nigerian Army troops fired on unarmed protesters and has called on the authorities to stop trying to cover-up the incident.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman Femi Adesina has increased the political temperature in the country by alleging that looters of warehouses across Nigeria were not hungry or angry but are just criminals taking advantage of the collapse in law and order.

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala remains in pole position to be confirmed as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) despite opposition to her assuming office from the US.

NIGERIA has entered into negotiations with her north-eastern neighbour Chad about supplying the country with electricity under the terms of a bilateral agreement under the terms of a regional agreement.

MEMBERS of the Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development (CNEEPD) have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for adopting a civil approach in tackling the recent youth uprising across the country and not resorting to suppress it using force.

NIGERIA'S Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed Corps Assistant Illiya Ibrahim after he was filmed participating in the ongoing looting in Abuja carting away a box of essential food items.

NIGERIA'S former finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named as the new director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after winning the final selection round this morning with a landslide victory.