Perhaps in a bid to avert the backlash of #ENDSARS protest in 2020, the Delta State Police Command has placed a restriction on any form of peaceful, placard-carrying gathering in the state ahead of June 12, Democracy Day. This is coming in spite of the rights to peaceful assembly and association and the right to […]

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has broken his silence on suspension of micro blogging and social network platform Twitter by the Federal Government. He said Nigeria and Twitter need each other. He called for amicable resolution of the feud with Twitter. Lawan bared his mind at a briefing in Abuja to mark the second anniversary of […]

Elder statesmen and many other eminent Nigerians on Thursday in Abuja, held a crucial meeting on the state of the nation, under the aegis of the Committee for the Goodness of Nigeria, (CGN). The CGN, a coalition of the Interface Initiative for Peace led by Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and His Eminence, […]

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has asked the National Assembly to remove from the 1999 Constitution all references to Sharia Islamic Law. This is just as the bishops urged the lawmakers to project the secularity of Nigeria pursuant to Sections 10 and 38 of the Constitution as no other religion is recognised by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s reference to Lagos while speaking on the future of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nothing to do with party stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Presidency said last night. During his interview with Arise TV, when the President was asked on his desire for the APC after his tenure, he said: “The […]

IPOB members The Igbo Elders Council has added a new twist to the insecurity in the South East, with an allegation that more than 5000 Igbo youths have been killed and over 10,000 others, thrown into detention camps in the ongoing special security operation in the region The IEC which comprised eminent leaders from the […]

Says: “We do not bear firearms” The Indigenous People of Biafra has accused security operatives of house-to-house abduction and killing of youths in the South-East. While denying any involvement in the killing of 128 security personnel in Imo State as alleged, the secessionist group said neither IPOB nor its security outfit, Eastern Security Network, had […]

Ohanaeze President General, Prof. George Obiozor President Muhammadu Buhari has described the Indigenous People of Biafra clamouring for secession as a dot in a circle that has nowhere to go. He spoke during a rare interview with Arise Television aired on Thursday. He said, “I was encouraged about what I heard. Nobody told me this, two […]

Activist and Convener of civil society organisation, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, says there is no going back on the planned June 12 protest by his group. According to him, protest is the language understood by President Muhammadu Buhari. He spoke on Friday morning, when he featured on AIT ‘Kakaaki’ programme. Adeyanju flayed the President for […]