These are confused and confusing times for our nation. Nothing seems to add up. Our political leaders are torn between what would swell their swollen bank accounts and what would make for a united, peaceful nation in which everyone enjoys the basic human and legal rights guaranteed them by the Nigerian constitution and cynically abused by the same leaders. At Read More
The Director General of the Cross River Migration and Control Agency, Prince Mike Abuo, has said that within the last four years, the state has been burdened by no fewer than two hundred thousand refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons. Abuo, who spoke in Calabar, Tuesday, shortly after a paper presentation in a workshop organised by Children of Rural Africa- Read More
A Sierra Leonean Judge, Justice Tonia Barnett has said war is a reaction to jeopardised rights, even as she stated that it is only those who have not witnessed war that call for it. Barnett was in Nigeria, weekend, to seek the support of ambassadors from the West African sub-region for a position at the African Commission on Human and Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the grace of God had kept Nigeria together as a country in spite of differences that led to a 30 months’ civil war. He also urged businessmen and contractors that benefit from the government’s patronage to give back to the society by engaging in Corporate Social Responsibility. “We don’t want cheques from anyone or organisation Read More
ThOgun state Governor Dapo Abiodun has said Nigeria as a nation will neither experience any civil war nor break up, declaring that the socio-economic challenges confronting the country will be eventually surmounted. Abiodun made this declaration when he hosted the League of Imams and Alfas in the state at his Iperu country home, as part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. According Read More
An elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Thursday, canvassed the indivisibility of Nigeria as a nation. Iwuanyanwu’s call is coming as the federal government extradited to the country on Tuesday, the separatist leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Iwuanyanwu who spoke in Abuja when the National Association of University Students (NAUS) conferred on him, the ‘Ambassador Read More
About four years after jumping the bail granted him by Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja; leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu was extradited to Nigeria Sunday to face trial. Kanu was accused by the federal government of instigating violence, especially in the South-east Nigeria, resulting in the loss of Read More
The Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami, SAN, has revealed that the federal government has arrested the leader of the proscribed Indegeniuos People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu. Malami who made the disclosure to journalists on Tuesday, revealed that Kanu was arrested and brought back to Nigeria on Sunday. He said the arrest followed a collaborative effort between security agencies Read More
The National Consultative Front, (NCFront) has appeal to former heads of state, former Presidents and other stakeholders to take a break from their rest and work together to rescue Nigeria from imminent civil war. The group which gathered in Abuja to discuss what they described as “pervasive killings, kidnappings, wanton destructions of public assets and general insecurity in Nigeria” said Read More
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said that the Igbo can secede from Nigeria if only it will prevent the breakout of another civil war in the country.Addressing selected journalists in Abuja Monday at the end of its meeting, NEF’s Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said that South East political leaders are even afraid of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Read More
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