In view of the planned nation-wide protests scheduled to commence on Thursday, August 1, 2024, the International Press Centre, Lagos-Nigeria has tasked journalists and other media professionals who may be on duty to adopt necessary safety measures to avoid attacks. The protests, which according to the organisers, is scheduled to hold across the thirty-six […]
Economic and official activities quickly halted on Wednesday morning when suspected IPOB members invaded Owerri, the capital of Imo state and its environs. Unchallenged, the terrorists rented gunshots in parts of Owerri like the Imo State University junction in Owerri, Akwakuma, Amakohia, Ikenegbu, Douglas Road, Okigwe Road, Mbari street, Aba Road, Item street, Nekede, […]
Suspected Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members, on Tuesday killed a policeman, two others in separate attacks in various parts of Imo state. The development raised tensions in various parts of the state capital and its environs, as residents and business people fled. The policeman identified as JC Ireozor was killed alongside one Paulinus […]
A factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has claimed responsibility for the killing of four police operatives in Owerri, Imo State. Recall that on Monday, suspected IPOB members attacked and killed four police operatives along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway on Monday evening. The Biafra agitators also shot dead a […]
A Lagos High Court has restricted protesters in Lagos taking part in the proposed August 1 nationwide protest, to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and Peace Park, Ketu area of the state. The court presided over by Justice Emmanuel Ogundare gave the restriction on Tuesday following a preemptive exparte application filed the […]
The senator representing Borno South at the National Assembly, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has rejected a new office allocated to him by the Senate Services Committee. Ndume, in a letter addressed to the Chairman, Senate Services Committee on Tuesday, said the office given him does not reflect his seniority and high ranking posture at the […]
Organisers of the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide demonstrations slated for August have rejected the proposal by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun for confined protests. At a meeting with the organisers on Tuesday, the IGP suggested confined protests in identified locations and advised against street rallies. However, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), one of the […]
Libya repatriated Tuesday 369 irregular migrants to Nigeria and Mali, including more than one hundred women and children, an official told AFP. Mohammed Baredaa, head of the Libyan interior ministry organisation tasked with halting irregular migration, said two repatriation flights took place transporting 204 Nigerians and 165 Malians. Nine babies, 18 minors, and 108 […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday grilled the Chairman, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, over alleged mismanagement of the 2024 hajj exercise fund among others. Our correspondent gathered that Arabi arrived at the EFCC’s headquarters in Jabi, Abuja at about 10 am and was grilled for hours. A source […]
Fifteen lawmakers, under the aegis of The Economy Rescue Group, have called for the resignation of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari. The group claims that mismanagement under Kyari’s leadership at the NNPCL is responsible for the challenges faced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a […]
