By Johnson Okorogu This intervention won’t have been necessary if a couple of those who should know had not joined in the cheap criticism of the most decent Security Agency in Nigeria. In the past one month or so, the Department of State Services, DSS, has been on the negative side of the news for […]
Sam Onuigbo, the representative for the Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency, has called for immediate federal government intervention in the South East’s “ravaging erosion.” At Amawom, Oboro in the Ikwuano local government area of Abia State, Onuigbo made this statement while touring the site of the ongoing reconstruction of the Umuahia-Ikwuano-Ikot-Ekpene road and gully erosion recovery work/water […]
SAVE NIGERIA MOVEMENT TASKS INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION, SECURITY AGENCIES. The Save Nigeria Movement (SNM), a pro democracy and rights group committed to the protection of democracy and good governance has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Federal Government and security agencies in the country to respect the wishes of Adamawa State people […]
On Thursday, an auto accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway corridor in Ogun State left seven people completely burned beyond recognition. Additionally, the accident injured 18 people to various degrees. A Mazda bus with the registration number BDN18 LG and a Toyota Sienna bus with the registration number BWR762PV were involved in the collision. This was […]
The TIME magazine has named Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the incoming president of Nigeria, as one of the world’s top 100 most influential people in 2023. According to TIME, Tinubu has a history as a political power broker. In 1999, after battling military rule, he assisted Nigeria in reestablishing democracy. According to six categories—Artists, Icons, Leaders, […]
In an attack on the Atak’Njei community in Kaduna State’s Zango Kataf Local Government Area, bandits are said to have killed eight people. The attack, which happened on Wednesday at around 9pm, was reported to have injured a number of additional people. The Atyap people’s supreme leader, Agom Atyap, has his palace in the neighborhood […]
The misuse of firearms, abuse of authority, egregious indiscretion, and waste of live ammunition are all offenses for which the Nigeria Police Force has dismissed three policemen. On Friday, April 7, 2023, at Kahutu village in Katsina State, the three police officers—Inspector Dahiru Shuaibu, Sgt. Abdullahi Badamasi, and Sgt. Isah Danladi—were performing escort duties for […]
The gruesome murder of one of its Special Constabularies, Uwem Cletus, who was assigned to his community, Ikot Abasi Akpan, in the state’s Mkpat Enin local government area, is now being investigated by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command. The late special constabulary, who worked as a security liaison in the cult-infested Mkpat Enin communities […]
Members of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) Federal College of Education Technical Bichi have unanimously decided to resume the industrial action they suspended on August 23, 2022, following the emergency congress meeting held on April 6, 2023. The union claims that there will be a complete strike. The union’s chairman, Dr. Hussein […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state has asked the state election petition tribunal to annul the election of Abba Kabir Yusuf as the state’s next governor on the grounds that he was ineligible to run for office. In its petition, the party claimed that Yusuf, who was elected using the New Nigeria Peoples […]