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…
Army’s Denial of Secret Execution: Eastern Coalition Wants Nigerian Army to Answer 13 Questions
Following the Nigerian Army’s anonymous denial of allegation of “its involvement with its immediate past Chief of Staff (COAS), retired Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai in the secret and most horrendous execution of six Igbo Christian soldiers inside the Abacha…
DSS Alerts of Desperate Efforts to Cause Violence
Nigeria‘s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) has reminded the public of its earlier warnings about plans by persons and groups to exploit some fault lines to cause ethno-religious violence in parts of the country. In a statement…
Nigerian Army Denies Secret Execution of 6 Soldiers
The Nigerian Army has said it is not part of its tradition, nor a culture of the Nigerian military to secretly try erring personnel and officers, as a senior Army officer, has also debunked a report that six Igbo Christian…
Eastern Nigeria’s Rights and Intelligentsia Coalition Launches International Justice Campaigns Against Buratai, Over 20 Others
…Names 6 Soldiers Secretly Executed a Day Before Buratai’s Exit …Seeks their Declaration as Persona Non-gratae Anywhere in the World, Life Jail for Atrocities against Unarmed Igbos, Others The Eastern Nigeria’s Rights and Intelligentsia Coalition has launched International Justice Campaigns…
IGP Orders Full Enforcement of COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021
…Cautions officers to respect Rights of Citizens The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the Assistant Inspectors General of Police in the seventeen (17) zonal commands and their constituent Commissioners of Police in the thirty-six (36) States…
