University Don and Public Affairs Analyst, Peter Awunah, has knocked Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State for engaging in needless battles, making him to lose focus. According to him, Alia is on the verge of setting a new record as the governor who made more promises than any of his predecessors. He said this in…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State can’t stop the operation of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, in the state. IPOB said the deployment of soldiers to the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State was illegal and a waste of government resources. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of…
The Niger-Delta Women Professionals have called on the people involved in the killing of soldiers from 181 Amphibious Division in Okuama community in Delta to surrender to the military authorities without delay to restore peace to the troubled communities. This is according to a statement by the President and General Secretary of the group, Mrs…
The National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, says the Joe Ajaero-led Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and those they led to picket the party’s national secretariat stole money meant for payment of staff salaries, among other valuables during Wednesday’s attack. Speaking for the first time since the invasion of the party’s secretariat, Abure described the…
Two students have been arrested for allegedly faking their own kidnap. The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the arrest on Thursday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told NAN that the suspects also demanded $100,000 (about N150 million) ransom from their parents. He gave the names of the suspects as Ayodele Balogun, 21,…
President Bola Tinubu has been criticised over his alleged reluctance to tackle monumental corruption in Nigeria, especially in the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education, CHRICED, in a press conference addressed by its Executive Director, Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, in Abuja on Thursday, alerted Nigerians of the decadence and threats…
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said there is no longer election season in Nigeria. Yakubu said this at the first Quarterly Consultative Meeting with Media organizations in Abuja on Thursday. He also called on the Nigerian media to continue to be a bulwark against fake news and misleading narratives…
Women in Bauchi State have embraced Adult Education with the support from their husbands. Speaking to journalists at a one-day workshop held by the United Nations Children’s Education Funds, UNICEF, yesterday, in partnership with the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, some of the women expressed gratitude TO their husbands. According to DAILY POST, the…
A former Director of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mike Ejiofor, has demanded an independent probe of the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, stating that an objective inquiry will incriminate some very important personalities. Making the demands during an interview on…
More revelations have emerged over the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State by some alleged youths. The latest revelation by one of the youths who presumably fought with the military alleged that the soldiers were not on a peacekeeping mission in Okuama, adding that they were…
