The outgoing Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has stoutly defended his administration’s construction of a 2,000-capacity ecumenical centre in Asaba for the Christian Association of Nigeria. Okowa, while speaking at the inauguration of the newly-constructed 2,000 seating capacity ecumenical centre in Asaba for the CAN on Friday, described the Delta State Christian Centre…
National Coordinator of Olive Tree Citizen’s Rights Initiative (OTCRI), Sunny Akanni, has accused the police of frustrating the prosecution of suspected murderers of Deborah Emmanuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was killed for alleged blasphemy by some Muslim students on May 12, 2022. Emmanuel was stoned to death and…
Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has revoked the right of occupancy (RO) of nine property belonging to Senator Ahmed Makarfi, a former governor of the state, barely 11 days to the end of his tenure of office. The affected property have also been slated for demolition. The notice of revocation and withdrawal of the…
Five persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of over 30 residents in Bwai, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokesman of the Plateau state police command, Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. On Tuesday, two communities in…
Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) has expressed deep concern over violation of press freedom and the harsh condition in which the media operates in Africa. In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, the foundation said the recent presentation by the President, Congress of African Journalists, Christopher Isiguzo, on the state of press freedom in Africa,…
The Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian army, and the police force have arrested five suspected terrorists during a raid on their hideouts in parts of Kaduna and Kano states. Spokesman of the DSS, Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the raids were simultaneously carried out in…
