Wednesday, 15 January, 2025

Category: Politics


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…


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…


A top Russian official told Ukraine on Tuesday that the longer it waited to enter peace talks, the tougher the terms would be for its people. Moscow has said talks must be based on Ukraine ceding land amounting to a Read more…


Former local government chairmen in Rivers State, on Wednesday, accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of sponsoring the Tuesday attack by hunger protesters on the Port Harcourt house of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. While warning that Fubara did not have the monopoly Read more…


The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, said yesterday the Police have arrested some of the real sponsors of rioters who hoisted foreign flags and called for a change of government in the country in states such as Kano, Kaduna, and Zamfara, Read more…


The Presidency has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of enabling destructive protests that have swept across several states in the country in the past six days. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, criticised Atiku’s Read more…


Men from the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested Michael Lenin, said to be one of the leaders of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The activist, resident in Apo, was reportedly arrested in his Read more…


The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra has lashed out at the facilitators and purveyors of the “IgboMustGo” campaign in the South-Western part of the country, saying it was high time they convoked a referendum for the Igbo to Read more…


The Nigerian Defence on Monday issued stern warning to citizens agitating for military rule in the country. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Mustapha who gave the warning while addressing journalists shortly after an emergency meeting with President Bola Read more…


President Vladimir Putin strode along the red carpet between two rows of rifle-toting honor guards and warmly greeted intelligence operatives freed in the biggest prisoner swap with the West since the Cold War. “The Motherland hasn’t forgotten about you for a minute,” Putin Read more…


The founder of Stanbic-IBTC Bank, Atedo Peterside, has urged the youths to call off the #EndBadGovernance protest that commenced on August 1. Peterside made the appeal in an X post on Sunday. The economist and investment banker lauded peaceful protesters Read more…