The Panel on Human Rights Violations in Counter-Insurgency Operations in North-East Nigeria (SIIP North East) has so far heard 50 testimonies in its facts finding mission, following alleged reports by Reuters. Mr Hilary Obinna, the Panel Secretary, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola, at the ongoing...
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By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Director General Michael Imodu National Institute for labour Studies (MINILS) Ilorin Centre, Comrade Issa Aremu has called on those canvassing for an interim government to perish the thought as it is illegal, undemocratic and unacceptable. Comrade Aremu made the call while speaking with...
The Nigeria Customs Service says it adheres to standard operation procedure for auctioning of vehicles and other intercepted items. The Acting Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Abdullahi Maiwada said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said contrary to allegations...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Sunday endorsed the suspension of Prof. Gregory Akenzua, as the Enogie (Duke) of Evbuobanosa Dukedom in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo. Mr. Osaigbovo Iguobaro, Chief Press Secretary to Oba Ewuare 11, announced this in a statement...
Some Muslim clerics on Sunday said that the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, would write his name in gold if he focused on delivering his campaign promises to the people and did not derail. The clerics made the submission at the Companion’s 10th Annual Ramadan Lecture, organised by the Alimosho...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha has alerted Nigerians to the existence of a fake Twitter handle purportedly belonging to the Presidential Transition Council (PTC). Mustapha who is the chairman of the PTC stated this in a statement issued on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The 36 State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have resolved to meet with all the economic and financial agencies in the country to discuss issues surrounding their states’ security votes. The governors disclosed this in a statement issued on...
The Oodua Progressive Care Initiative (OPCI) have vowed not to allow any intruder, parasite, individual or group of people to dethrone democracy in the country. The President of OPCI, Chief Maruff Olarewaju, disclosed this on Sunday at a press conference held at the OPCI office, Geri-Alimi, Ilorin. Olarewaju said it...
The founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has denied campaigning for any politician or spoken on their behalf in the build-up to the 2023 General Elections in the country. Oyedepo said this on Sunday while speaking to the congregation at the church’s headquarters, Faith Tabernacle, Ota,...
Nigeria will on May 29, 2023 have a new leadership that will steer the affairs of the country in the next four years. The new administration will inherit some humongous challenges especially in the areas of national security which the country has been contending with for over a decade....
A political support group, Tinubu Vanguard, has urged the Federal Government and the government of Cross River to take over burial arrangements of late Senate President, Joseph Wayas. The Director-General of Tinubu Vanguard, Dr Johnny Benjamin, said this in a statement on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed no fewer than nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend its conduct of the February 25, 2023, presidential election. The team, according to City Lawyer, is to be led by former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud...
A former Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, says those protesting and kicking against the inauguration of the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on May 29, should not turn the country into a “banana republic”. Obanikoro, also a former Ambassador of Nigeria to Ghana, made the remark while...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the victory of Nigerian-born boxer, Anthony Joshua, over Jermaine Franklin, commending the triumph of the gifted pugilist over a formidable opponent. President Buhari in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, extoled the mentality of Joshua, who did...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A support group, Tinubu Vanguard, has endorsed Sen. Godswill Akpabio as the 10th Senate President of Nigeria. The Director-General of Tinubu Vanguard, Dr Johnny Benjamin, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According to Benjamin, a proper analysis of the current political...
The Kano State Governor-elect, Malam Abba Yusuf, has unveiled a 65-member 2023 Transition Committee to pave the way for smooth transition in the state. The Governor-elect, while inaugurating the Gubernatorial Transition Committee (GTC) on Saturday in Kano, reiterated the determination of the incoming administration to introduce policy and programmes...
Osun State Governor, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has assured in Abuja on Saturday that the MKO Abiola Airport in Ido- Osun, would be completed speedily as all hurdles impeding its completion would soon be removed. Adeleke gave the assurance when he visited the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. “I’m...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In the bid to strengthen public confidence in the media as a credible barometer of public opinion, the Nigerian media will. on Monday, inaugurate the nine-member board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), otherwise known as the National Ombudsman. Members of the commission...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has directed all government agencies involved in the implementation of the work of the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East to harmonise items needed and their prices in all procurements to...