The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (INTERSOCIETY) has raised the alarm over an alleged unbridled spate of extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, hateful profiling and false labelling and incarceration of mostly innocent citizens of the South-East geopolitical region of the country. This was contained in a recent investigative report released by the […]
Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s attorney general and the minister of justice has denied asking president Muhammad Buhari to suspend the constitution. Reports on Wednesday evening claimed that Malami in a secret memo asked Buhari to suspend the constitution and declare marital law. Reacting through his media aide, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu said, “The attention of the […]
In this file photo taken on December 7, 2020 -ex-US President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Donald Trump has canceled his own blog, an advisor announced Wednesday, highlighting the ex-president and election […]
The Nigerian army says more than 50 insurgents have been killed in Borno, following an attack on Damboa area in the state. Mohammed Yerima, army spokesman who disclosed this on Wednesday, said the insurgents launched an attack on Damboa. He, however, noted that in an operation carried out in conjunction with the Nigerian air force […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Wednesday said only the land forces in the military can not contain enormous security challenges ravaging the country. The COAS stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to his counterpart at Air Force, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, at the […]
Two commercial banks and police stations were on Wednesday attacked by armed robbers in Apomu and Ikire towns in Osun state. During the attack, it was learnt many people were shot dead by the robbers, even though the state police command said the number of casualty was not available. The robbers were said to have […]
President u Buhari is in the process of declaring a state of emergency across the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Peoples Gazette can report based on a secret memo and official accounts, as the administration scrambles to waggle its way out of acute insecurity and the encumbrances of constitutional provisions. Attorney-General Abubakar Malami has already written […]
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to make a way for the Republic of Biafra so that there can be peace in the country. Armed gangs suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been wreaking havoc across the South East region. Daily Trust reports that […]
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has averred that the leaders of Nigeria have no blood in their hearts. Bishop Kukah said this in his homily at the burial of late Rev Fr. Alphosus Yasshim Bello at Our Lady of Apostles Catholic Church, Independence Way, Kaduna. Fr. Alphonsus Yashim Bello was kidnapped […]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the actions of Ahmed Gumi, popular Islamic cleric, cannot be compared to that of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). He stated this on Wednesday while speaking with state house correspondents in Abuja. Mohammed was responding to a question on why Gumi — who […]
