As Christians join their counterparts across the globe to mark the Easter celebration, some clerics, yesterday, came down hard on the country’s political leaders. Not only did they accuse them of gross incompetence in handling the nation’s affairs, but they also frowned at the crass assumption that the sustained bloodletting occasioned by unabating kidnappings, armed […]
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Buhari, Tinubu, Governors, Others Mourn Many socio-cultural and human rights organisations across the country were left in deep mourning yesterday over the sudden passage of Mr. Yinka Odumakin, who until his death was the National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere and one of the spokesmen of Southern and Middle Belt Leadership Forum (SMBLF). According to a […]
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says the grave security situation raises a “collective fear as to whether Nigeria’s glory is about to depart!” The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has again hit at the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government over the grave security situation in Nigeria. Kukah, a vocal critic of the administration, delivered the new criticisms […]
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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has explained why his administration is negotiating with bandits, declaring that the option remains the only solution to the insecurity in the North-West region. He said that at least there are almost 30,000 bandits in 100 camps in the state and five other neighbouring states. The neighbouring states are […]
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Sanwo-Olu visits an #EndSARS protester injured at the Lekki Toll Gate on the night of October 20, 2020. Photo: @jidesanwoolu/Twitter Images of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, visiting victims of Lekki shootings at different hospitals on Lagos Island on the night of October 20, 2020, have resurfaced online. The photos resurfaced following a report by […]
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Former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has narrated how he narrowly escaped death when gunmen unleashed terror on him and his security aides on Wednesday evening. He also described the killing of three of his police orderlies as senseless while praying for the repose of their souls. The ex-CBN governor was attacked in his […]
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A human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has faulted a report by the US Department of State on Lekki shootings. The US report released on Tuesday had claimed that there was no accurate information on the Lekki shootings that happened on October 20, 2020. The report also claimed that though soldiers fired live ammunition “to […]
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An oil spillage in Bayelsa State has pitted an oil major, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), with its host community over the cause and alleged delayed visit to site following the incident. SPDC on Friday confirmed an oil leak incident from its facility at Agbura-Otuokpoti in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state just as […]
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30,000 vulnerable residents to benefit monthly Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has inaugurated Osun Food Support Scheme to mitigate the excruciating impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable citizens. The governor said the initiative is another way of keeping faith with government’s promise to prioritise the welfare and general well-being of the people. He said […]
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Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri and some Nigerians staged a protest at the Nigeria House in London against President Muhammadu Buhari. The President is currently in London where he would be spending two weeks to enable him to undergo a medical checkup. To express their displeasure at the medical trip, Omokri and a group of […]
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