BREAKING! After Terror Alerts, DSS Operatives Storm Abuja Estate, Arrest Suspected Terrorists
Unspecified number of persons have been arrested in an estate in Abuja after terror alerts were raised by both the United Kingdom and the United States embassies in Nigeria, reports say. One of the reports indicates the arrest was made…
AAC Presidential Candidate, Sowore Wants CBN Governor Emefiele Sacked Over Redesign Of N200, N500, and N1,000 N1000 Banknotes
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has called for the sacking of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele over the redesign of banknotes. The apex bank earlier said it would…
CBN Gives Reasons for Redesign of N200, N500 And N1,000 Notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday said it will redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this during a special press briefing in Abuja. The new design and issues will be effective from…
Still On Nigerian Army And Human Rights
By Emmanuel Onwubiko Exactly two years today being Monday October 26th 2020 in the wake of the controversy over the handling of the endsars protests by the armed forces of Nigeria and the role played by them at the peak…
Here Are 8 Reliefs Court Granted To Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Against FG Today
The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, and presided by Justice Evelyn Anyadike has ordered the Federal Government to return the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to Kenya from where he…
ABDUCTION: Court Orders FG To Return Kanu To Kenya, Awards Him N500m Damages
A Federal High Court has ordered the Federal Government to “restore Nnamdi Kanu to his status quo before 19th June 2021”, and by interpretation he should be returned to Kenya. On Wednesday, the court presided over by Justice Evelyn Anyadike…
Nnamdi Kanu Slams N100bn Damages Suit On FG Over Continued Violation Of His Human Rights, Court Order
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has commenced a Fundamental Right Action before the Federal High Court in Abuja, to demand payment of One Hundred Billion Naira (N100,000,000,000) as reparation for the gross…
Terror Alerts: You Lied, Nigeria Not Safer Than Before, HURIWA Slams Lai Mohammed
…Says FG Living in Self-denial of Insurgency Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Wednesday, scolded the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for labelling as unverified and misleading, the terror alerts by…
Nigeria, The Floods And The ‘We Never Ready Culture’
By Prince Charles Dickson Color TV transmission was introduced first at Benue Plateau Television, Jos, in July 1974 and in India it was introduced in 1979. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said over 1.5 million children in Nigeria…
The Scourge of Malaria in Nigeria And AYGF Perspective
In 2020 alone, malaria accounted for an estimated 199, 689 deaths, of which 1,811 were reported. This is besides the 206, 139, 584 people who were vulnerable. Malaria statistics by country shows that the deaths due to malaria in Nigeria constitute about 31.9 per cent of the global malaria deaths; this is approximately 200,000 deaths in 2021. Over 60 million people are infected yearly and an estimated US$1.1 billion is lost yearly due to malaria related absenteeism and productivity losses. Nigeria is among the top 6 countries that account for ½ half of all the malaria related deaths worldwide. This number cuts across classes, ages, statuses and genders.
Bode George Adds His Voice To Peter Obi’s Call, Urges Parties To Halt Campaigns Over Ravaging Floods
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bode George has added his voice to the call by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, that political parties should halt their campaigns following the floods ravaging several parts of…
