By Monday Diamond A. Says his nexus with Gov Peter Mbah in war against insecurity is producing historical results. In a recent Courtesy Visit to the Enugu State Police Commissioner CP KANAYO UZUEGBU the Executive Director of Monday Diamond Foundation and the DG of Peace and Good Governance Group (P3G) Hon Monday Diamond Ani JP,…
By Chijindu Emeruwa The Engr. Chidi Ibeh-led faction of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has called for the arrest and prosecution of popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi over his recent outburst on Christians in Nigeria. Gumi was quoted as saying it was dangerous to entrust Nigeria’s national security in the hands of Christians and southerners. He…
Thirty-seven years after the death of the founder of Newswatch, a public affairs analyst and public relations consultant, Mr. Deyemi Saka, yesterday, refuted claims that the veteran journalist, late Dele Giwa, died from a letter bomb. Saka, who spoke on a breakfast show, a Television Continental, TVC, programme, said no investigation or forensic analysis was…
The Abia government says it cleared out the Lokpanta cattle market and condemned Hausa community leaders for condoning criminals and peddling untruths about the state government. The special adviser to the governor on security matters, Macdonald Ubah Rtd, said during a press briefing at the Government House, Umuahia, that Governor Alex Otti’s administration would make…
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said that the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, won the February 25 presidential election and not Bola Tinubu as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Lawal made the declaration in a statement recently. According to him, available…
By Law Mefor At the risk of sounding harsh, Africans’ main problem is the lack of civilisation. They choose to remain rooted in the most primitive stages of human development rather than progress and embrace modernity. This came into play once more with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association’s rejection of the Minister of Abuja’s…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered that all Group Life Assurance payments owing to the families of deceased officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army who gave their lives defending the nation against terrorists, bandits, and other criminal elements be paid out immediately. Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, announced this recently…
Zamfara’s Governor Dauda Lawal has banned illegal mining in the state and also ordered security agents to shoot violators at sight. The Governor’s media aide, Malam Suleiman Idris, quoted Lawal as saying in Gusau that the order was part of measures to restore law and order. The governor noted that illegal mining had fuelled banditry…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike presented 10 vehicles to third-class chiefs in the federal capital on Friday and promised improved welfare for traditional leaders. NAN reports that the third-class chiefs were from Gomani, Yaba, Bwari, Pai, Garki, Jiwa, Wako, Rubochi, Gwagwalada, and Zuba chiefdoms. Wike explained, while handing over the…
President Ibrahim Traoré has claimed that terrorism is a new form of violent and barbaric colonization that has been articulated on the disintegration of African armies and bad governance, encouraged by imperialists. The head of the Burkinabe state was speaking in an interview recorded on August 31, 2023 and broadcast on Wednesday evening by Burkina’s…
