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…
Officials of the Department of State Service, on Thursday, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, allegedly denied human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, access to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, despite granting him a formal invitation. This was made known in a statement shared on his X (formerly Twitter) account…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has warned President Bola Tinubu of the dangers ahead and cautioned him that the recent coup waves in Francophone African countries are warnings over the continuous declarations of fraudulent election results in Africa, bad governments, lack of respect to the Constitution by political elites and the West imposition…
In light of the increasing occurrence of coups in Africa, particularly in the West African subregion, the Federal Government of Nigeria has dismissed any concerns of a coup taking place within its borders. The government asserts that Nigeria has moved beyond the era of forcible government takeovers, emphasizing that Nigerians have wholeheartedly embraced democracy and…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has directed the compulsory retirement of four deputy inspectors-general of police (DIGs), marking a pivotal change in the top ranks of the Nigerian Police Force. The affected DIGs are Dan-Mallam Mohammed, Moses Ambakina Jitiboh, Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa, and Adeleke Adeyinka Bode. The decision, announced by Ikechukwu Ani, the spokesperson of…
By Udume Chibueze Under the direction of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, almost 1,200 hunters from all Local Government Areas in Osun State have finished a 4-day course in information collection. Additionally, the trainees were included in the inter-agencies interactions component of the exercise at the Ataoja School of Science in Osogbo to…
By SKC Ogbonnia, Houston, TX. August 21, 2023 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.President of the United StatesThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20500. Dear President Biden, Let me begin by commending your tireless interest in African affairs, which dates to the time immemorial. We remember your enduring track record on civil rights, as…
The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has officially welcomed its 28th Commissioner of Police, CP Kanayo V. Uzuegbu, psc(+), who has assumed duty, succeeding CP Ahmed Ammani, fdc. CP Ammani has been redeployed to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. Hailing from the Umuaka Community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State,…
