Pan African Quality Infrastructure Elects Nigeria as Chairman
The Director General and Chief Executive of Nigeria National Accreditation System (NiNAS), Celestine Okanya has been elected as the Chairman of Pan African Quality Infrastructure (PAQI). Â PAQI is the African Union Joint Committee on Quality Infrastructure. Celestine will be assuming…
Reports on Insurgency: Amnesty International Not Human Rights Contractor – Intersociety Tells Nigerian Military
The authorities of the Defense Headquarters and the Nigerian Army (the Military) must be told in bold and clear terms that Amnesty International (AI) is not and shall never be one of the Human Rights Contractors Association of Nigeria that maintain permanent…
Detained Journalist Agba Jalingo Meets Bail Conditions, Regains Freedom
Detained journalist, Agba Jalingo, who is the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, has regained freedom after meeting his bail conditions. Jalingo had spent nearly six months in detention before a federal high court in Calabar, Cross River, granted him bail in the…
Bayelsa Governorship Tussle Not Over Yet as Timi Alaibe Battles Gov. Douye Diri
The governorship battle in Bayelsa State is not over yet as the tussle now shifts to intra party dispute between the newly sworn in governor of the state, Senator Douye Diri and former chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission…
Herdsmen Attack: Okowa calls for calm in Uwheru
Delta governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has condemned renewed herdsmen attacks on Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror and other communities of Uwheru Kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. According to reports from the communities, herdsmen accompanied by unidentified army…
Intersociety Releases Many Atrocities of Nigerian Govt. Against Afara-Ukwu Kingdom, Their Eze Israel Kanu
PRESS RELEASE: The human rights of members of the Human Family are fundamentally rested on: their rights to be born and identified or recognized as human persons in a particular cultural environment; exist, develop and live in secured or protected…
Heavy Security, Motley Crowd at Burial of Kanu’s Parents
The Abia police command on Friday deployed several detachments of its operatives in strategic locations in Umuahia, the Abia capital, to provide security at the burial of the parents of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of…
NDLEA Destroys 34,560 kg of Drugs, Substances in Ogun
NDLEA Destroys 34,182 kg of Cannabis Sativa, 0.0554 Kg of Cocaine, 0.0734 Kg of Heroin, 0.003 Kg of Amphetamine, 68.984 Kg of Tramadol, 271.115 Kg of Codeine, 22.108 Kg of Diazepam and 16.605 Kg of other psychotropic substances The National…
Bayelsa: INEC Presents Certificate of Return to Sen. Douye Diri
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificate of Return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate, Douye Diri, as winner of the Bayelsa 2019 governorship election, in compliance with the Supreme Court judgment. Diri was presented the certificate…
Eagles: Yakmut, Mohammed Laud Yobo’s Appointment
Yobo Would Learn on the Job Two sports administrators, Alhassan Yakmut and Adam Mohammed, have hailed the appointment of former Super Eagles skipper, Joseph Yobo, as assistant coach of the team. While Yakmut is a former Director General of the…
Hoodlums Attack: Bishop Alleges Threat to His Life, Priests and Church Members
The life of a Bishop, his priests and that of members of his congregation are under threat, an Anambra State based church leader has alleged. Following attack by hoodlums in one of the churches in his diocese, the Anglican Bishop…