[OPINION] APO6 and The Re-instatement of DCP Danjuma: The Shame of a Country
By Charles Ogbu. DCP Danjuma Ibrahim is the Deputy commissioner of police who initiated, supervised and actively participated in the killing of 6 auto-spare parts dealers in APO, a satellite town in Abuja, in 2005. The murdered 5 young men and a lady were all Igbos doing business in APO auto-spare parts market. They were […]
Fayose: Falana Has Disgraced Himself by Secretly Aquiring Property Recovered from Looters
By Ndubuisi Michaels Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has blasted human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) over the allegations by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) linking the lawyer to a N1Bn property located at 43 Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja, saying it was embarrassing, shameful, disgraceful that a man of his […]
Open Grazing Law: Benue NUJ lauds Gov. Ortom
The Benue State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has lauded the Benue government on the open grazing prohibition law, enacted recently by the government. Samuel OrtomGovernor of Benue State Gov. Samuel Ortom recently signed a law prohibiting open rearing and grazing of livestock and establishment of ranches and livestock administration. He said that […]
Fayose to Maina: Name the thieves in Buhari’s govt, insists “EFCC has become Falana’s meal ticket”
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has challenged the former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr Abdullahi Maina, to go ahead and tell Nigerians those thieves that he alleged were surrounding President Muhammadu Buhari in his government and answer the corruption allegations against him as well as his fraudulent reinstatement. Governor […]
PDP will work for Nigeria’s unity – Dokpesi
Former Chairman of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, on Monday said if voted as the national chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he will ensure the party works for greater unity of the country. Dokpesi stated this in Minna while soliciting for votes from delegates of Niger to the Dec. 9 National Convention of the […]
Pope Stresses “Unity in Diversity” as He Meets Religious Leaders in Myanmar
Pope Francis met leaders of several faiths in majority-Buddhist Myanmar on Tuesday, stressing the importance of “unity in diversity”. Pope Francis made no mention the Muslim Rohingya who have fled en masse to Bangladesh after a military crackdown. The pope held private talks with Myanmar’s military chief in Yangon on Monday, the first day […]
Melbourne man planned New Year’s Eve terror attack, police say
Australian police have arrested a man they allege was planning to carry out a terror attack during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Melbourne. The 20-year-old man will be charged with terrorism offences that carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, authorities said. Police allege the man had planned to shoot people with an automatic […]
Oba of Benin urges traditional institutions to support FG
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto THE Oba of Benin Kingdom, HRM, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II has called on the traditional institutions to support the Federal Government in harnessing the benefits of cultural ethos to keep Nigeria as one indivisible entity. He said Nigeria was a great country with unlimited potentials for growth which all must join […]