SOME Nigerians on Friday took to the streets of London, United Kingdom, to protest against alleged killings and general insecurity in the South East region of the country. The protest which was reported by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was staged on a day President Muhammadu Buhari was supposed to arrive in London for a […]
Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader, says the south-east region is the most disadvantaged geopolitical zone in Nigeria. Clark spoke while addressing stakeholders at the south-south zonal conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, on Friday. The conference organised by Agape Birthrights, founded by the Ankio Brigs, in partnership with Savanna Centre, was themed “Restructuring: […]
Many suspected members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militia wing of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) group, were on Friday killed during raids on their camps in Imo State by police operatives. The raid, which took place at Atta, Izombe and Ideato North areas of the state, was said to have commenced […]
Derek Chauvin, former Minneapolis police officer, has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for the murder of George Floyd. Delivering judgement on Friday, Peter Cahill, the presiding judge, said the sentence was not based on public opinion. “The sentence is not based on is emotion or sympathy, but at the same […]
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has debunked reports that he was either quizzed or invited for questioning by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) over his remarks against the military. Speaking to Channels Television after presiding over a Jummat service at the Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna State on Friday, Sheikh Gumi said […]
Twenty-six days after the abduction of an unspecified number of pupils from an Islamiyya school in Tegina, Niger State, there is the silence of the graveyard in the agrarian community as parents, teachers and local authorities have been directed by the powers that be not to speak to the media. Anxious parents have been forced […]
Bandits have abducted the Vice Chairman of Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr James Bijimi and an unspecified number of travellers along the Kaduna-Kachia road. The incident comes two days after bandits killed a driver and kidnapped 33 other people in the Kachia metropolis. The Kaduna State Police command through its Spokesman, Mohammed […]
‘ President Muhammadu Buhari says the All Progressives Congress (APC) is back to life and has overcome the phase of litigations and intra-party strife. Advertisement The president said the party has been revived, energised, and repositioned for its national convention and future elections. Buhari spoke on Friday at a meeting with members of the national […]
Mrs. Olayemi Odetomi, who was the wife of a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters during the late governor Abiola Ajimobi’s tenure, Mr. Peter Odetomi, has been murdered by gunmen in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Mrs. Odetomi was killed in her Akobo home Friday morning. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Sheik Ahmad Gumi. The respected Islamic scholar was invited days after he said security operatives were conniving with bandits. When he featured on an ARISE Television programme earlier in the week, Gumi had said bandits would not have had access to weapons without the connivance of corrupt […]
