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Month: February 2021


A widow, Mrs Loveth Uloko, has prayed the independent investigative panel on violations of rights by defunct SARS and other police units set up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to order the police and the Federal Government to Read more…


The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has suggested how to address the challenge of insecurity, particularly the persistent herder-farmer crisis. Malami, who said the recent increase in cases of rape and other maladaptive Read more…


A counsel to embattled former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Tosin Ojaomo on Tuesday lamented that justice has not been served on Ibrahim Magu’s case. Ojaomo stated this during an interview on Channels TV – ‘Politics Read more…


Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has maintained that no amount of stories, falsehoods from the opposition will distract the governance of the state. He charged his party members to desist from attacking the opposition, stressing that he will use projects Read more…


Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president of Nigeria, has congratulated Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as the director-general of World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a statement he personally signed, Atiku said: “Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is a woman I know Read more…


Despite its growing military presence and war games in Eastern Europe, the question of whether NATO troops stationed in the region come as allies or enemies is really up to Russia, the head of the US-led bloc has insisted. Jens Read more…


Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has stated many of the killer herders perpetrating criminal activities speak common language according to the debriefing from those kidnapped. Akeredolu stated this on Monday night during an interview on Channels TV monitored by The Nation. He said most Read more…


The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno, has said that the new service chiefs would give the nation a new direction on how the security situation would be handled. He also said the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Read more…


Following the crisis at the Shasha market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Governor Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), on Monday, led Governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Abubakar Bello (Niger) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) into a meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde at Oyo Read more…


Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has advised Nigerian youths to use social media in propagating ventures and discourse that promote national unity. Ikpeazu said this on Sunday in Umuahia during the Abia Social Media Converge, an event organised by the Read more…


The Bariga Police Division of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested four members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) for allegedly beating up and stabbing one Tochukwu Chidi to death. This was contained in a statement signed on Sunday Read more…


The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the minority caucus in the House of Representatives have congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her emergence as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Gbajabiamila, in a statement issued on Monday by his Special Adviser on Read more…