A Year After My One Month Incarceration For “Contempt Of Court”: Justice Yet To Be Served
By Inibehe Effiong Exactly one year ago, precisely on July 27, 2022, I was remanded in the Correctional Centre (prison) for one month by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, His Lordship, Hon. Justice Ekaette Fabian-Obot, for alleged contempt…
Niger Coup: ECOWAS Leaders, AU Issue Ultimatums To Defiant Military Junta
Members of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, on Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerien military, headed by the new President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, to restore constitutional order…
On This Case of Cute Abiola’s Skit On “Police Uniform”, I Disagree Entirely with You the Force PRO
By Inibehe Effiong The case is not as simple as the Force PRO wants the public to believe. Skit is intended for entertainment. Entertainers use military and police uniforms globally for their art and craft. Using ‘police uniform’ in a…
Morocco’s Benzina Becomes First Player To Wear Hijab At Women’s World Cup
Twenty-five year-old Moroccan defender, Nouhaila Benzina, became the first football player to wear hijab at the ongoing Women’s World Cup in Australia. She made history when she sported the Muslim headscarf in Morocco’s match against South Korea on Sunday. The…
CJID and Changing the Face of Nigerian Journalism
“If only…” These two words paired together create one of the saddest phrases in the English language. In the end, more than anything else, we regret the small chances we didn’t take, the priceless opportunities we were too busy to…
Oyo Begins Public Health Law Review, Inaugurates 20-man Committee
The Oyo state government, on Friday, inaugurated a 20-man committee that will review its public health law, to meet current realities and solve health challenges in the state. The committee, drawn from relevant ministries, agencies, law enforcement agencies, health institutions,…
Gov Abiodun Moves To Convert 2000 Diesel/Petrol Buses To CNG, Create 25,000 Jobs For Youths At Cargo Airport Completion
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has given a hint on how the Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport project, when completed, would create jobs for about 25,000 unemployed youths in the state. This is even as the Governor revealed that the…
DSS Drills Kogi APC Governorship Candidate, Ododo
Alhaji Ododo Ahmed Usman, the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi State on Saturday was invited by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) to answer questions regarding a petition against him by some members of…
CSOs, Media Groups Demand Immediate Release of Imo Journalist Nonso Nkwa
About 15 civil society organisations and media bodies have called for the immediate release of a journalist and human rights activist, Theodore Chinonso Uba, also known as Nonso Nkwa by the Nigeria Police Force. In a statement on Friday, the…
Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Confirms Handwritten In Letter Ending Sit-At-Home
…Still Simon Ekpa Doubts Letter The family of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has confirmed that the handwritten letter displayed by Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, ending Sit-At-Home in the south East was actually written…
How We Can Attain Peace in Africa — Thabo Mbeki Reveals
Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, has revealed that to effectively address the challenge of conflict in Africa, it requires that leaders do not limit themselves to putting in place security arrangements on the basis of a wrong assumption that…
