By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Jolly Nyame, a former governor of Taraba state, has asked his kinsmen to shun the planned nationwide protest against hunger and economic hardship. Nyame made the call on Sunday in Jalingo while addressing Yorro community from Taraba and Adamawa states. The former governor warned that the outcome of the protest…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, has attributed the unending security challenges in the northern part of the country to complex border management. He stated this in a lecture titled “Assessing the present security situation in Northern Nigeria”, presented on Friday evening at the Institute for Development Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have asked the federal government to apologise to Nigerians for its ineptitude and failure to address the security and economic challenges facing the country. In a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, the religious body said, “Rather than trying…
President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union (SOKAPU), Samuel Tabara, has said that the union will not participate in the planned nationwide protest against hunger and economic hardship. In a statement in Kaduna, Tabara disassociated SOKAPU from the planned protest and condemned the motive behind it. He said, “a well intentioned protest cannot originate from people…
The President General of Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyawu is dead. He was aged 82. His son, Jide Nwuanyawu, announced his father’s death in a statement on Thursday, saying he passed on following a brief illness. “The Iwuanyanwu family of Umuohii Atta, in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo state, announces…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it had identified those behind the planned nationwide protest. Spokesperson of the service, Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the DSS is adopting a non-kinetic measure and conflict resolution to address the impending protest “against hunger and economic hardship”….
