The Police, Protests And A Good Sense Of History
By Citizen Agba Jalingo To my understanding, the goal of today’s #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest is to return global attention to the effrontery to reopen the toll gate where Nigerians were murdered for expressing their freedom to gather in disagreement with their…
Insecurity: Gov. Ugwuanyi Inaugurates 272 Special Constables for Community Policing
…Canvasses Residents’ Maximum Support, Co-operation Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, inaugurated the 272 Special Constables from the 17 local government areas, recently recruited and trained at Oji River Police College, for Community Policing in the state. It…
BREAKING: Coalition Drags Tukur Buratai, 20 Others To 31 Foreign MISSIONS Over Heinous Crimes Against Humanity
The Eastern Rights & Intelligentsia Coalition has dragged former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai (Rtd) and 20 others to 31 foreign missions in Nigeria over alleged heinous crimes Against humanity. In a statement on Thursday,…
Beko Ransome-Kuti: 15 Years After, Nation still Not at Peace – Says Group
Marking the 15th anniversary of the demise of Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, the Beko Ransome-Kuti memorial Committee has said the country he fought for to institute its democracy is still not at peace. Insisting that his…
Genocide on The Horizon – Yorubas Write UN
In a letter titled “Genocide on The Horizon…” which was addressed to the Secretary General of the United Nations and the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, Yoruba elders under the aegis of Yoruba Council…
EndSARS: Delta Rebuilds Burnt High Court Complex
Delta State Government on Tuesday unveiled the rebuilt High Court Complex in Asaba burnt down during the EndSARS protests in 2020. The State’s Chief Judge, Justice Marshall Umukoro, who unveiled the complex, announced that court processes would resume at the…
Nigerian Army Gets New Spokesperson, Yerima
Brigadier General Mohammed M. Yerima has been appointed as the new Spokesperson of the Nigerian Army. A member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and African Public Relations Association (APRA), Brigadier Yerima was Deputy Director Reserve Defence Headquarters…
How Gunmen Invaded Birnin Gwari, Killed 19, Sacked 30 Communities
No fewer than 19 persons were yesterday killed by armed bandits at Kutemeshi village of Kuyello District in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area, PRNigeria reports. The online news agency reported that the bandits invaded the community in Kaduna State, around 5pm…
IPC Appeals to Abductors of Journalist Okechukwu Nnodim to Free Him
The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos-Nigeria has called for the immediate release of The Punch journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, who was abducted by gunmen at about 11p.m on Wednesday February 3, 2021, at his residence in Abuja. The Punch on Thursday…
Dominic Ongwen: Former Lord’s Resistance Army Senior Commander Convicted of War Crimes
International Crimes Court (ICC) sitting at The Hague, Netherlands, has convicted Ugandan child soldier-turned-warlord Dominic Ongwen of war crimes. He was convicted for crimes against humanity including maiming, torturing, forced marriage, forced pregnancy, and leading an army of fighters in…
How Past Administration Squandered N59.6bn Bailout Funds – Gombe SSG, Prof. Abubakar Ibrahim Njodi Reveleals
The Secretary to the Gombe State Government (SSG), Prof Abubakar Ibrahim Njodi has revealed that immediate past administration in the state squandered N59.6 billion of bailout funds meant for the payment of pensions, gratuities and salaries. Prof Abubakar Ibrahim Njodi…
