Saturday, 23 November, 2024

Month: December 2020


The Alliance on Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond has again condemned the military onslaught against the #EndSARS protesters leading to the death of unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State on October 20.  The alliance noted that Read more…


Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has the heart of a lion. That is the summary of the latest gospel according to Mr Femi Adesina. Last Friday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity revealed in his Facebook series, Read more…


No fewer than 26 Generals and other senior officers have so far tested positive for COVID-19, the Nigerian Army has disclosed. It said that 417 officers have so far undergone testing for COVID-19 after the General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Read more…


President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, received more briefing on children kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, with an assurance from Governor Aminu Masari of steady progress to bring them out unharmed. “We are making progress Read more…


President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hit out at new US sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of an S-400 missile defense system from Russia, saying that he expected backing from his country’s NATO ally, not punishment. In a speech Read more…


The World Health Organization’s head should be probed over genocide, a claim filed with the ICC by a US Nobel Peace Prize nominee says, adding that the Ethiopian may be involved in many crimes at home. The current World Health Read more…


The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday announced its security outfit called Eastern Security Network (ESN). In a statement, the media and publicity secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, said: “We, the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Read more…


The North East Foundation for Good Governance in Nigeria (NEFGGlN) has appealed to Nigerians to support Igbo for 2023 presidential agenda. In a statement by the Zonal Coordinator, Ibrahim Balewa and Secretary General, John Akpevi, respectively,  the group described Igbo as development Read more…


leaders of Nigeria’s two leading political parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as well as the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), are to converge on Abuja on Tuesday for the public presentation Read more…


• NBA makes case for protest detainees The Anambra State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on Police Brutality, Extra-Judicial Killings and Other Related Offences has said it needs more time to attend to the 310 petitions filed before it. Its Chairman, Read more…


In the last two weeks or so, elders, leaders and other peacemakers have labored behind-the-scene to resolve feuding political leaders in Ebonyi State, especially Governor David Umahi, former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim and former Governor Sam Egwu. Associate Editor, Sam Read more…


Bringbackourboys protests rocked Katsina on Sunday morning following the abduction of secondary school students in Kankara on Friday night.  The protesters in their hundreds stormed the streets calling on the Federal Government to bring back their children without delay.  It Read more…