…condemns hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives PHOTO: AKEEM SALAU By Gabriel Ewepu Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, numbering 33, Monday, condemned use of live bullets on protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate last week Tuesday. This was contained in a statement signed by leaders of the CSOs which include Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD); Enough is Enough …

Taiwan’s government appreciated the United States on Tuesday for its plans to sell a coastal defence cruise missile system with 100 Harpoon anti-ship missiles for 2.37 billion dollars. Presidential spokesman Xavier Chang said Taipei expressed sincere gratitude to the U.S. after the official notification of the sale to Congress was issued by the U.S. State …

US President Donald Trump hailed a “momentous day” on Monday, shortly after the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as a justice on the Supreme Court in a narrow 52-48 vote. The confirmation gives the top court a six-to-three conservative majority and is a win for Trump, who nominated Barrett shortly after the death last month …

Top officials of the Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have visited various locations vandalised by hoodlums who hijacked the peaceful END SARS protests in the area of on-the-spot assessment. Mrs Morenike Williams, the Executive Chairman and the Secretary, Comrade Ayinde Lasisi led the executive on the inspection. According to a statement, signed by Mrs …

…Kuje affected too By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja Scores of armed hoodlums on Tuesday invaded the National Youth Service Corps NYSC Orientation Camp in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja, carting away mattresses, utensils, electronics and other items. While the warehouse at the camp is said to be empty, the hoodlums attacked …

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday waded in on a debate surrounding France’s defence of the right to show cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, calling the image of the prophet ‘offensive’. A foreign ministry official said in a statement that “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia rejects any attempt to link Islam with terrorism and denounces cartoons offensive to …

…Fury in Delta – Prince Okareme, OMPSTAFOR; Fregene, APPDIOGCOM …Twisted affair in Rivers – Deeyah, KAGOTE president …Muddle in Edo – Inwalomhe, Executive Director, JRC By Emma Amaize, Sam Oyadongha, Jimitota Onoyume, Festus Ahon, Egufe Yafugborhi, Davies Iheamnachor, Emem Idio, Ozioruva Aliu & Paul Olayemi HOST communities and stakeholders in the South-South zone are outraged at …

By James Ogunnaike Ogun State Governor, Prince  Dapo Abiodun said that the state government would launch youths empowerment programmes targeting about 5,000 youths across the state. Gov Abiodun said this while addressing newsmen in Abeokuta, explained that the empowerment programme would provide skills and capacity building as well as stipends for the beneficiaries, adding that the …

The Plateau Chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has condemned the vandalisation and looting of government properties and private businesses by hoodlums in Jos and environs. This is contained in a statement by Rev. Stephen Dangana and Rev. Fred Emeka, it’s Chairman and Secretary, respectively. The statement was issued on Monday in Jos. …

By Chancel Sunday, Bomadi A mother of five, Mrs Yalere Tebeka-emi, kicked out with other members of her family from their residence by ravaging flood at Kpakiama community, Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, has been stuck at a traditional delivery home in Bomadi town after giving birth to triplets. I appeal to Gov Okowa, others …

Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq A total of 282,529 pupils are currently being fed under the Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Zamfara, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Faruk, has said. The minister made the disclosure at a town hall meeting in Gusau on Monday. She said the scheme was …

By Samuel Oyadongha , Ikarama The federal regulatory agency, National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, has again waded into the lingering face-off between indigenes of oil-rich Ikarama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State and Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, over the oil spill. NDV recalls that the community and the oil giant have …

Hundreds of irate youths on Monday defied the 24-hour curfew imposed on Jalingo, invaded and vandalised the State Radio station. The state Commissioner of information and reorientation,Mr Danjuma Adamu, who visited the Taraba State Broadcasting Corporation (TSBS) premises to inspect the damage done to the station, condemned the action of the youths, saying the destruction had gone …

By Bose Adelaja Three is a fire outbreak, Tuesday involving a petrol station along Ajayi Road, Ogba, Lagos State. Eye witnesses’ account said emergency responders are at the scene. In a related development, a building in Isiu Town, in Ikorodu has reportedly collapsed but Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, are on their way to the scene. Details later… The …

A total of 282,529 pupils are currently being fed under the Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Zamfara, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,  Hajiya Sadiya-Umar Faruk, has said. The minister made the disclosure at a town hall meeting in Gusau on Monday. She said the scheme was being carried out in …

Prominent Democrats have condemned the confirmation and swearing in of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Barrett took the constitutional oath of office before President Donald Trump at a brief ceremony hosted by the White House on Monday night. Coming through a 53-48 vote along party lines, Barrett’s confirmation is …

By Gabriel Ewepu CIVIL Society Organisations, CSOs, Monday, reacted to the N3 million each the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, NBC, the sanction of African Independent Television, ARISE Television and Channels Television respectively, over alleged unprofessional coverage of the #EndSARS protests across the country. The Director-General, NBC, Prof Armstrong Idachaba, disclosed this at a media briefing on …

Sadiya Farouq Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, says she has forgiven those who accused her of hiding COVID-19 palliatives meant for the poor. She stated this while fielding questions from journalists in Gusau on Monday in Gusau. “I am aware many people have made various spurious allegations and …

As a way of supporting and lending his voice to the ongoing agitation against police brutality in the country, music act, Frank Victor, otherwise known as Vclef, has taken to the studio to release a song entitled ‘End SARS anthem’. More than taking to the streets, Vclef teams up with Blessedbwoy to join other entertainers in …

Like torrent of water, encomiums have been pouring on the commissioner for Health, Cross River State, Dr Betta Edu, as she marked yet another birthday anniversary. Relatives, friends and colleagues have continued to extol the amazon, whom have described as woman with milk of human kindness. From the testimonies and accolades her own life revolves …