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There are reports that Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers have forcibly detained more than 500 young men and women from four camps for displaced people in the town of Shire in Tigray. Sources including three aid workers and a doctor, citing witnesses’ accounts, told newsmen that the soldiers loaded hundreds of people onto trucks. The witnesses […]
The Accountant General of the Federation, AHMED IDRIS, has confirmed the return of the 4.2million pound to Delta State after the looted funds was recovered from former Governor, JAMES IBORI,. The money was recently repatriated from the United Kingdom to the Federal Government. Idris made this known in Abuja when he appeared before the House […]
The Senate Constitution Review Committee has postponed the South-South Public Hearing in Port Harcourt to Thursday, May 27th and Friday May 28th. The hearing was initially billed to hold today Wednesday 26th May. In a statement, one of the invited NGOs, the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre said the review is scheduled to hold at […]
Hundreds of residents of Gauraka Community in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State on Monday blocked the Abuja-Kaduna Highway to protest regular kidnapping and insecurity in the community. Most protesters, mainly youths, blocked the highway and roads while they burnt tyres. The protesters demanded that the state and Federal Government boost security in the […]
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has met with the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, Doctor KAYODE FAYEMI, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The president also met with the Chairman of the All-Progressives Congress, APC National Caretaker Committee and Yobe State Governor, MAI MALA BUNI, and the Niger State Governor, SANI BELLO. Some reports indicate that […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission says the attacks on its facilities are now a national emergency. The Commission said it came to the conclusion after an emergency session, hours after its office in Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu State was razed yesterday. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the […]
Ogoni people are still counting their losses some 27 years after the killing of some indigenous people of Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area during the 21st May Massacre 1994 otherwise known as Ogoni 4. Recall that Chief EDWARD KOBANI, Chief ALBERT BADEY and two others were reportedly lynched in Ogoniland nearly three decades ago. To […]
Traders and consumers at Mile One Market in Port Harcourt are lamenting over the high cost of perishable goods. Speaking to our correspondent who visited the market over the weekend, some of the traders lamented that price of perishable produce recorded an increase every day. Similarly, one of the traders ELIZABETH ONUOHA urged President MUHAMMADU […]
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Brazil-based suspected drug baron, EJIOFOR ENWEREAKU, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. The NDLEA operatives, who rejected a 24, 500-dollar bribe, had linked EJIOFOR to earlier seizure of cocaine worth 8billion naira on May 8th. In a statement, the NDLEA […]
Facebook’s Oversight Board has upheld DONALD TRUMP’S ban from Facebook and Instagram. But it criticised the permanent nature of the ban as beyond the scope of Facebook’s normal penalties. It has ordered Facebook to review the decision and “justify a proportionate response” that is applied to everyone, including ordinary users and must respond within six […]
