The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has praised the courage and principled stand of The Punch newspapers following Wednesday’s trending editorial of the media outfit. Spokesman of the opposition coalition, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere in a press statement averred that the editorial was proof that not all voices of reason in Nigeria have been silenced. […]
The presidency has responded to a trending editorial piece by a national daily, which chronicled the alleged assaults of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration on the rule of law and press freedom. This according to the media outfit continues to shrink the civic space in Nigeria. But the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on […]
The House of Representatives has directed the relevant house committees to investigate the event surrounding the re-arrest of the founder of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore in the Federal High Court. The motion was moved by Minority Leader, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta) under Matters of Urgent Public Importance at the plenary presided over by the Speaker, […]
Spokesman to Senator Rochas Okorocha, the former governor of Imo state, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo has dismissed the reported permanent forfeiture of the N1.5billion ‘Due of Hope hospital’ as untrue. Onwuemeodo also stated that linking the hospital to Okorocha and his former Principal Secretary, Dr. Paschal Obi was cheap blackmail. In a press statement issued Tuesday, […]
.Says: ‘Eight crashes recorded between 2015 and 2019’ Worried by the incessant air crashes experienced by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) since 2015, the House of Representatives has committed to finding “lasting solutions” to the dangerous trend, the Speaker, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has said. Gbajabiamila spoke during a Investigative Hearing by the house Committee on the […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, and a Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT),Mr Abba Kyari, on Monday appealed against a court order directing them to produce an alleged dead suspect in court either “dead or alive”. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the duo also […]
SThe Imo Sate House of Assembly and correspondents in the state may be headed on a collision course, as the Assembly has commenced a restrictive policy that effectively bars correspondents from its activities within the chambers. About 33 correspondents comprising reporters for national newspapers, radio and television networks were barred by the new policy of […]
Like the case of the defunct Nigeria Security Organisation (NSO), preceding it a call has come for the immediate disbandment of the Department of State Services (DSS), for becoming a threat to democracy and human rights in Nigeria. The call is coming from Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, (CDHR), in the wake of […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has reacted to the palpable outrage among Nigerians who were treated to video clips that tended to the absurd, as men alleged to be operatives of the DSS invaded a Court house in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The Nigerian secret police has however called on Nigerians to discountenance […]
Esteban Giudici, Senior Analyst, Transnational Alliance has said that economic leakages from illicit trade creates an annual drain on the global economy of 2.2 trillion dollars, equivalent to three per cent of the world’s economy. Giudici said this during the 2019 Africa Security Forum (ASF) at Rabat, Morocco on Thursday. He said data on this […]
