By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Presidency Thursday rejected the report of Amnesty International alleging that the report on the Lekki shootings was skewed. The Presidency said the Amnesty International cannot have more facts about things happening in the country than the President. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari has given ministers one week ultimatum to submit …
….tasks youths to collaborate with govt By Ebunoluwa Sessou Lagos State House of Assembly has again called on the state government to ensure compensation for relations who lost their loved ones as well as those whose properties and businesses were vandalised by some miscreants who hijacked the peaceful ENDSARS protest across the state. The House reiterate …
President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday cautioned Nigerians to do all they can to help avoid a second wave of the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria President Buhari took to Twitter on his official handle, @MBuhari saying: “Looking at the trends in the other countries, we must do all we can to avert a second …
By Dennis Agbo Igbo leaders have since Thursday afternoon been locked in an indoor meeting at Enugu government house. The assumption is that their meeting may not be unconnected with the violent #EndSARS protests that witnessed Carnage in all parts of the zone. In the security meetings are the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief …
Femi Adesina By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Presidency, Thursday rejected the report of Amnesty International alleging that the report on the Lekki shootings was skewed. The Presidency said the Amnesty International cannot have more facts about things happening in the country than the President. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari has given ministers one-week …
By Juliet Ebirim Davido, Skales, Super Eagles Player-John Ogu and many Nigerians have reacted to the video of popular actor turned lawmaker, Desmond Elliot allegedly pushing for social media regulation. Recall that few days ago, Desmond Elliot was called out on Twitter over calling for an anti-social media bill. The actor turned politician however …
…As government relaxes curfew By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Some unidentified residents of Ilorin have begun to return the looted items from Shoprite, Kwara Agro Mall, and other shops to various locations in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. Meantime, the state government has reviewed the curfew in Ilorin metropolis to between 8 p.m to 6 a.m. …
Samuel Ortom By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue State Government in collaboration with the Federal Government is to build 500 units of two and three-bedroom flats in the state. The intervention is aimed at closing the gap in the housing deficits in the states. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mrs Ngunan Addingi made …
By Davies Iheamnachor The Rivers State Police Command has declared war against members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and moved to arrest and prosecute supporters of the group in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Joseph Mukan, during a meeting with DPOs/HODs of the Tactical Units in the Command, …
President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday cautioned Nigerians to do all they can to help avoid a second wave of the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria President Buhari took to Twitter on his official handle, @MBuhari saying: “Looking at the trends in the other countries, we must do all we can to avert a second …
By Evelyn Usman A tanker loaded with combustive substance exploded at the early hours of yesterday, at Mile 2, along the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, destroying at least 10 vehicles in the resultant inferno. Several persons sustained varying degrees of burns and injuries in the ensuing stampede, while goods worth several millions of naira were also destroyed by …
By Bashir Bello KANO – Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has on Thursday reappointed his sacked commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Mu’azu Magaji who allegedly mocked the death of late Abba Kyari, former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. Ganduje appointed Engr. Magaji as Chairman, Kano State Committee on Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation/ …
INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Wednesday, expressed divergent views over President Muhammadu Buhari’s reappointment of Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmud Yakubu, on Tuesday. The Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Ene Obi, said, “Prof Mahmud is a good person and I wish he is given …
..Says the affected people deserve emphathy By Olasunkanmi Akoni The All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos has flayed the challenge by the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state on estimated N1trillion required to restore the massive destruction of public properties, utilities and investments unleashed on state during the recent mayhem. Recall, PDP in Lagos, on Monday faulted Governor …
INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Wednesday, expressed divergent views over President Muhammadu Buhari’s reappointment of Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmud Yakubu, on Tuesday. The Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Ene Obi, said, “Prof Mahmud is a good person and I wish he is given …
A map of Nigeria By Michael Eboh A coalition of Civil Society Organisations, in a report published yesterday, lamented that a number of critical contracts in the Nigerian oil and gas industry are shrouded in secrecy and risk endangering the Nigerian economy and the welfare of citizens. The CSOs, in the report presented at a roundtable …
By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani, on Thursday, disclosed that no fewer than 800,000 babies die of poor breastfeeding yearly across the globe. Oyebanji stated that poor breastfeeding was largely responsible for high infant mortality in Nigeria, which he said was being gradually checkmated due to the advent of …
By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Founder and Leader of the Living Christ Mission, Most Reverend Daddy Hezekiah, held a solidarity march for President Donald Trump of the United States at the Living Christ mission in Onitsha, ahead of the November 3, 2020, US elections. Hezekiah spoke to newsmen in Owerri, where he said he would also …
Police in Adamawa said on Thursday in Yola that they have recovered additional 30 tractors, 107 bags of fertilisers, 28 hand tractors and 29 cartons of agro chemicals looted by some hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protest. . The police announced only on Wednesday that they arrested 238 suspects from whom 35 tractors, nine vehicles, …
By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja A pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerian Group, yesterday, kicked against National Broadcasting Commission’s N3 million fine on African Independent Television, Arise Television and Channels Television respectively over alleged unprofessional coverage of #EndSARS protest. Reacting in a statement signed by the Convener, CNG, Deji Adeyanju, the group described the sanction as draconian, unwarranted and …
