Sokoto State Government has announced that it has asked the Federal Government to suspend its telecoms blockade on 14 local government areas of the state. The blockade which was also imposed in Zamfara and Kaduna states, is part of the strategy employed to tackle banditry in North-West states. Sokoto State Government its appeal for a…
As Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB members continue in their struggle for the creation of Biafra, singer Speed Darlington has said that he doesn’t want to belong to a country of only Igbo people. The singer stated this during an exchange with an Instagram user who took to his page to warn him against speaking ill of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has told the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to always embrace dialogue instead of going on strikes. In his address during the 36th Convocation Ceremony of the University of Ilorin on Saturday October 23, the President who was represented by the Prof Ignatius Onimawo, said Nigerian universities can’t afford…
Rev. Fr. Mark Chimezie Godfrey, a Catholic priest who was abducted by gunmen in Umuahia, Abia State, has regained his freedom after 10 days in captivity. Fr Chimezie, a native of Enugu State, was ordained a priest early this year, was abducted at St Theresa’s Parish, along Enyiukwu Road, Ohokobe Afaraukwu Ibeku in Umuahia…
At least 888 people were killed in violent attacks carried out in various parts of Kaduna State in the last nine months. This was captured in a quarterly security report presented by the state government. From the report, a total number of 343 people were killed by bandits between July and September this year alone. 2,553 people…
Singer Folarin Falana aka Falz has taken to his IG page to comment on the first year anniversary of the October 20th #EndSARS protest. See his post below..
The police in Lagos state have reportedly arrested two persons at the Lekki tollgate as Nigerians plan to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the October 20 EndSARS protest that turned bloody. According to BBC, one of those arrested claimed he was a journalist while the other person stormed the tollgate with a placard with…
An official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Idowu Olamide has been convicted by the Ogun state high court over certificate forgery. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said Idowu was convicted for forging a National Diploma certificate to secure an upgrade in his office. The convict was accused of “knowingly making…
Human rights activist, Femi Falana has again countered the police over its prohibition of #EndSARSMemorial in some states across the country. Speaking at the commemorative lecture and public presentation titled, ‘One year after Endsars, 35 years after Dele Giwa and the quest to remake Nigeria’, Falana stated that Nigerians have the right to protest with or…
The Dodo of Wawa in Niger State, Dr Mahmoud Ahmed Aliyu, has been freed by his abductors after spending 45 days in their captivity. The monarch was said to have been released at about 7:30pm on Tuesday, October 19 after the payment of N10m ransom. The traditional ruler was abducted from his palace in Wawa,…
