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Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday accused the Federal Government of cover-up in the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate and Alausa, Ikeja, in Lagos on October 20, 2020. The global human right watchdog stated this on the 100 days of the incident. But the Federal Government accused AI of disinformation … [Read more…]
The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria on Thursday urged the South-West governors to consider the creation of ranches before banning open grazing. The group also said asking Fulani herdsmen to stop grazing their animal without providing alternative in ranches would be disastrous. Addressing newsmen in Osogbo, the Vice President of the … [Read more…]
Some farmers in Obasooto community in the Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday cried out over the alleged invasion of their farms by some herdsmen. The incident happened three days after the national leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria agreed to the terms of the Ondo … [Read more…]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced that its downstream subsidiary, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), recorded a total of ₦158.04 billion from the sales of white products in the month of October 2020. The Corporation disclosed this on its October Monthly and Financial Operation Report (MFOR) in Abuja, on Thursday. … [Read more…]
Nigeria has recorded her worst global rating on Corruption Perception Index since 2015. In the 2020 index released yesterday by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the country’s chapter of TI, Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points, dropping to 149 out of the 183 countries surveyed, taking the nation three steps down … [Read more…]
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday urged the National Assembly to listen to the calls for the restructuring of Nigeria and take responsibility towards the effect. His call is in consonance with the Presidency which had repeatedly asked agitators for restructuring to channel their clamour to the National Assembly, being the representatives of the … [Read more…]
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, said it will resist attempts to make the Igbo victims of circumstances or violence in Nigeria. It noted with agony the recent disturbances in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State which resulted in loss of lives and properties as well as caused immense hardship to the citizens of Orlu Senatorial … [Read more…]
Following the agreement reached by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association and other stakeholders on vacation order issued to the herdsmen to leave the forest reserves in Ondo State, the government has said the herders have been moving out of the forest. The governors and the MACBAN in the … [Read more…]
The Maize Growers Processing Marketer Association of Nigeria on Tuesday accused some herdsmen of grazing their cattle indiscriminately, thereby destroying a multi-million naira maize farm alongAdo-Ijan Road in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. MAGPAMAN Secretary in Ekiti, Mr Tope Emmanuel, lamented that the farmers sourced N60.8m from the Central Bank of … [Read more…]
A former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu, says he’s making consultations on a second run for the presidency in 2023. As a candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), the former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) contested in the 2019 presidential election but won less than 22,000 votes. … [Read more…]
The Police Command in Edo has confirmed the release of abducted spokeswoman of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Edo Command, Mrs Bridget Esene. The Police Public Relations Officer in Edo, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed her release to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone in Benin on Tuesday. The NIS spokeswoman, … [Read more…]
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing new service chiefs to oversee the security of the country. The chairman of the organisation in Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, gave the commendation in Enugu. Ezekwueme noted that the appointments of new service chiefs were overdue but they were “a … [Read more…]