Nigerian award-winning film actress Hilda Dokubo and her colleague, Lizzy Gold Onuwaje have both reacted to the kidnap of their colleagues. On Thursday 28th of July, Nollywood thespians Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel were kidnapped in Ozalla town, Enugu while returning from a movie set. It was learnt that the abductors of the film stars … [Read more…]
The killing, on Friday, of a Nigerian street vendor, Alika Ogorchukwu, in a beach town in Italy has elicited outrage. A video footage, widely circulated on Italian news websites and social media, showed how an aggressive man beat and strangled Ogorchukwu, a physically challenged, to death. Italian police said they had arrested the murderer. The … [Read more…]
Following the lingering insecurity in the country cum the recent attacks in Abuja, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned South-East politicians to jettison the idea of returning to the region without its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The residents of Abuja have been gripped with fear, following incessant attacks by terrorists last week. Many … [Read more…]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the ongoing strike by another four weeks. ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed the union’s decision in a press statement on Monday. He said the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Union took the decision after extensive deliberations on government’s past failures to abide by its … [Read more…]
THE Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has committed over N500 million to Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions across the country to facilitate research and innovations to promote developments in the Nigerian telecommunications industry. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this at a two-day Regional Roundtable with Academia, Industry … [Read more…]
Anxiety enveloped some parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Sunday, following the reported arrest of a suspected Boko Haram leader. A private radio in Abeokuta broke the news on Sunday afternoon which created panic among the residents of the state. The suspect was reportedly arrested on Saturday night by the operatives of the … [Read more…]
Family of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nmamdi Kanu, has flayed the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) over its statement on the recent United Nations (UN) Rights Group’s call for the unconditional release of Kanu, describing their position as meaningless. CNG had, in a press conference, in Abuja at the weekend, … [Read more…]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to withdraw the threat to sanction the BBC and Daily Trust over their documentaries on terrorism in the country, whether through the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) or any other agency of government. Mohammed had, … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), yesterday, expressed worries over theft and vandalisation of telecommunication infrastructures across the nation. NCC said security agencies can not be at all sites of the telecommunication infrastructures, hence, the need for stakeholders and consumers to protect them. Speaking in Ibadan at the Village Square Dialogue, a telecom consumer outreach programme … [Read more…]
The Police Command in Enugu State says it has launched an investigation to unravel and locate the missing Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke. The command said this in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Enugu. Ndukwe said, “the current … [Read more…]
Two months after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar emerged as the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he has yet to set up his campaign organisation and structure. He was elected the presidential candidate of the PDP on May 29-30th, 2022, after defeating his closest rival, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and … [Read more…]
Kwankwaso to Lawmakers: Thread softly on Buhari’s impeachment Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has cautioned some members of the National Assembly to thread softly over the call for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking with newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State shortly after paying a courtesy call on … [Read more…]