The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa (APC, Kano), has called for firearms permits for Nigerians willing to defend themselves in the face of the failure of security agencies to protect lives and properties. Mr Doguwa made the call on Read more…
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has told residents of the state to defend themselves after the state government said that ‘several people’ were killed by suspected herders who attacked farming communities in three local governments in the state. Mr Read more…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has commended the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, and the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, over what he described as excellent approach in curbing crime in the state. Governor Wike Read more…
The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has reacted to the burning of the Nnewi South Local Government Area secretariat in Ukpor by some armed men in the early hours of Thursday, stating that “Ndị Anambra cannot be repressed by Read more…
Financial sanctions imposed on Russia threaten to gradually dilute the dominance of the U.S. dollar and could result in a more fragmented international monetary system, Gita Gopinath, IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director, told The Financial Times. Russia has been hit Read more…
Russian forces have almost completely destroyed the Ukrainian defense industry and are “finishing off” the civilian one, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Alexey Arestovich, claimed on Thursday. Commenting on the most recent round of the negotiations between Kiev and Read more…
The Indigenous People of Biafra are protesting the move to name the second River Niger Bridge after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The group, in a statement on Monday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said Read more…
Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities has condemned the recent protest and violence that erupted in the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, over the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adebayo Bamire. Indigenes of Read more…
In the aftermath of the Kaduna train terror bombing that has claimed eight lives, injured many and an unspecified number of victims kidnapped by the attackers, the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has said that insecurity is pushing Nigeria Read more…
Russia’s lead negotiator in peace talks with Ukraine, Vladimir Medinsky, said on Wednesday that Kiev has agreed in principle to officially become neutral. The country’s bid to join NATO was one of the reasons Moscow said it launched a military offensive last Read more…
There is an outpouring of grief and anger by Nigerians on Twitter over the death of a medical doctor, Chinelo Megafu, who was aboard the ill-fated train. Ms Megafu had tweeted during the attack that she had been shot in one of Read more…
Former Governor of Anambra State Peter Obi has described as shocking the recent terror attacks on Kaduna Airport and an Abuja-Kaduna bound train, with several persons reportedly abducted. Obi described the worsening level of insecurity across the country as depressing Read more…