Tuesday, July 29,2025 will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 1975, when the Commander of the Brigade of Guards made the following announcement.“Fellow countrymen and women, I, Colonel Joseph Nanven Garba, in consultation with my colleagues, do hereby declare that in view of what has been happening in our country in the past few months, the Nigerian Armed Forces decided to effect a change of...
NiDCOM intervenes as Nigerians stranded in Central African Republic regain passportsJuly 24, 2025
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has responded swiftly to a distress call from a group of Nigerians stranded and allegedly maltreated in the Central African Republic (CAR), following the circulation of a viral video on social media. In a statement signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NiDCOM, the Commission stated that the affected Nigerians were deceived and abandoned by an unidentified agent after being lured into the country under false pretenses. They were reportedly made to work for 11 months without pay, with their passports confiscated, leaving them stranded and vulnerable. Upon receiving...
Nigeria Customs In Seme Intercepted Five Trucks Carrying Smuggled Foreign Rice, Valued At N919.5 Million In Duty.
Nigeria Customs in Seme have intercepted five trucks carrying 2,800 bags of smuggled foreign rice, valued at N919.5 million in duty. Source: Nairametric
Wrongfully Imprisoned Maryland Man Who Spent 32 Years Behind Bars Sues Former Authorities
A Maryland man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two killings he did not commit is suing former law enforcement officials in a lawsuit announced Thursday, though four of the five people named as defendants are deceased. John Huffington was pardoned by then-Gov. Larry Hogan in January 2023. Hogan cited prosecutorial misconduct in granting a full innocence pardon to Huffington in connection with a 1981 double slaying in Harford County. A Maryland board approved $2.9 million in compensation for Huffington later that year during Gov. Wes Moore’s administration. Huffington said in a...