Wednesday, 20 November, 2024

Month: August 2024


Russia warned Serbia about a potential coup attempt, President Aleksandar Vucic told journalists on Friday. His statement came a day before an expected protest in the nation’s capital. According to Vucic, Serbia’s Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) is already acting on Read more…


It is no longer news that Igbo, especially in the five Southeast states, did not participate in the End Bad Governance protest that started in other parts of the country on August 1. By Clifford Ndujihe & Chimaobi Nwaiwu It Read more…


Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, was a guest of President Bola Tinubu on Friday, where he and other leaders of thought went to sell the idea of a new Constitution for the country. The group under Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Unknown gunmen at about 9.20am struck again in the industrial town of Nnewi, Anambra State, killing one of the officers while another member of the team sustained serious injuries. The police team was attacked at Omata junction, Read more…


Dr. Sam Amadi, a renowned legal expert, delivered a scathing critique of the Nigerian judiciary and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the First Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) roundtable held on Thursday in Abuja. Commending his fellow speaker Senior Read more…


Ahead of Saturday’s planned one-million-man march to end the #EndBadGovernance protest, the Rivers State Police Command vowed to arrest anyone protesting outside the designated venues. The command said the two places approved for the protest remained the Isaac Bora Park Read more…


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo insisted on Friday that the country will not progress towards achieving its goals unless leaders and citizens embrace what he termed “moral rearmament.” He also warned that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder that Read more…


Iraq’s parliament has passed the first reading of proposed changes to a law which would reportedly allow girls to marry before the age of 15. Opponents have raised concerns that the legislation could deprive women and girls of basic rights. Read more…


By Uzo Ugwunze The Anambra State House of Assembly through its Committee on Commerce, Trade and Industry, and the umbrella body of traders in the state, Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders’ Association, ASMATA, Thursday, expressed satisfaction as they okayed the Read more…


The President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has stated that his $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery was built to use Nigerian crude and add value to it within the country. Dangote, who stated this in a statement Read more…


The Chairman and Editor-in Chief of the THISDAY-ARISE Media Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, has told the Tinubu administration that its actions fail to communicate to Nigerians the dire straits the country is in. Obaigbena said this while hosting the Minister Read more…


The Nasarawa Governor Abdullahi Sule wants the north to address its challenges, saying most of the protesters during the #EndBadGovernance demonstrations in the state were Almajiris who knew nothing about the rallies. The #EndBadGovernance demonstrations which started on August 1 Read more…