Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, has alleged that most of the weapons used by Boko Haram insurgents and other terrorists in the country are supplied by security operatives. Duke also called on the Federal Government to investigate the security forces and flush out the bad eggs within their ranks. Speaking on a Channels […]
Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education in Nigeria, has called for an assessment of the physical and mental capabilities of President Muhammadu Buhari over his handling of the nation’s affairs. Ezekweili who was reacting to the killing of 43 Nigerian farmers by Boko Haram on her Twitter handle on Sunday, demanded that a medical panel […]
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has lambasted Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for saying the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will set Nigeria on fire if he doesn’t implement the demands of the South-South people. South-South leaders including Wike had demanded the restructuring of the country in line with the principle of true […]
CORPS Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has said the corps will introduce the National Identity Number (NIN) information by first quarter of 2021 for vehicles registration. Oyeyemi disclosed this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Friday. He said the essence of the NIN […]
The police arrested the Nigerian in the Bengaluru area after he duped the 34-year-old woman of Rs 25 lakh through a matrimonial site. The police in India have arrested a Nigerian national, identified only as Brieght, for allegedly defrauding a woman who is from Bengaluru and diverting the money into 68 bank accounts. The police […]
Mixed reactions have continued to trail plans by the private sector Coalition Against COVID -19 (CACOVID), to spend N100 billion in rehabilitating all the 44 damaged and destroyed police stations nationwide, during the End SARS protests. Some respondents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday, commended the initiative, while […]
Ahead of the December 7 general elections in Ghana, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigeria president, has urged the two major political parties in Ghana, National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) to ensure peaceful, credible and transparent polls. Obasanjo, in a letter dated November 20 and addressed to the leaders of the parties, and […]
By 2021, total money paid as rent for Aso Rock residential quarters will exceed N400 million as questions remain on who the mystery landlord is. The 2021 State House budget, as in previous years, has earmarked N66.6 million as payment for ‘residential rent’, a provision that many Nigerians have described as ‘suspicious’ with questions on […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed “to probe false posting on the Ministry’s official Twitter handle of court proceedings in a lawsuit against him and the National Broadcasting Commission [NBC]”. The suit is asking the court to declare arbitrary, illegal, and unconstitutional the N9m […]
Association for Public Policy Analysis (APPA), yesterday, in Abuja, raised concern over the poor treatment of electricity consumers in the country, especially rural communities. They stressed that the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) may be adding to the frustration and exploitation of consumers. e consumers. Okorie stated that he had been walked out over two […]