Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna central senatorial district, has identified reasons for the increasing re-emergence of military takeover of governments in Africa, especially in the West African sub-region. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Sani frowned on what he considered the increasing re-emergence of juntas…
President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has decried the incessant killings in the south east. In a statement on Friday, he condemned the killing on Tuesday of some security operatives by gunmen in Oriagu, Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. The security operatives were on patrol along Aba-branch Oriagu in Ehime-Mbano road…
The news of the demise of Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, early on Wednesday, was devastating. He, his family members and close friends had hoped and prayed hard for healing. No matter how death comes, I have always thought, however expected, no matter the circumstances, it leaves behind pains. Na’Abba was born on September 27, 1958,…
Some Christians under the aegis of the Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSW-N), on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest demanding the immediate release of Leah Sharibu as she marks her 21st birthday in captivity. Sharibu was one of the 110 female students of the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, who were abducted…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, said it had arrested 17 suspected cultists. In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, spokesperson of the command, Mariam Yusuf said the suspects were arrested between April 5 and April 9, 2021, by police operatives from the Command’s Anti Cultism unit along Gwagwalada, Gwagwa, Lugbe and Kurudma axis…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing warning strike by eight weeks. The extension follows the failure of the federal government to address the issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action within the four-week warning strike. President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, announced the extension of the strike in a…
