2023: Tinubu, Igbo will never be Nigeria President – Miyetti Allah declares
John Owen Nwachukwu National President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Abdullahi Bodejo, has declared that a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will never succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Bodejo also stated why it would be difficult for Igbo to become President in Nigeria. He said he does not believe in the rotation […]
Gov Sani-Bello urges FG to provide tree seedlings for communities to curb environmental degradation
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, has called for Federal Government’s quick intervention in curbing the incessant and indiscriminate felling of economic trees across the country, altering of imminent environmental disaster that awaits the country. Governor Sani-Bello made the call when he paid a visit to the Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh, […]
Police arrest Adeleke’s school principal, registrar’s wife, 9-month baby – PDP alleges
By Nnenna Ibeh The Nigeria Police on Wednesday, April 24, allegedly arrested the principal of Ede Muslim Grammar School, Ede in Osun state. Abbas Adejare – principal to the school which produced Senator Ademola Adeleke’s WAEC certificate – was said to have been arrested alongside the wife of the registrar of the schools, Rofiyat Oladepo and her […]
How a Cross-Border Reporting Team Exposed Venezuela’s $28 Billion, Oil-for-Allies Scheme
By: Sara Olstad | 04/22/19 As Venezuela’s citizens suffer from rampant food shortages, the government is spending billions to bolster political allies in Latin America, a team of pioneering reporters recently revealed in an unprecedented expose. CONNECTAS, a cross-border investigative journalism organization in Latin America, directed the project, called Petrofraude. Adding heft to CONNECTAS, ICFJ Knight Fellow Fabiola Torres […]
World Bank Tasks Kaduna State on Open Contracting
World Bank and other development partners have put the Kaduna state government to task on the urgent need for the state to effectively implement Open Contracting towards accelerated provision of the people’s basic needs in both the rural and urban areas of the state. Architect Suleiman Ibrahim of Kaduna State Public Procurement Authority (KADPPA), who […]
USE OF OFFICIAL SECURITY UNIFORMS FOR PROVOCATIVE ACTS AND OUTRIGHT CRIMINALITY IS A RED ALERT FOR NIGERIA.
By Daniel S. ISMAILA [OON] Recent reports emanating from Gombe and Numan in the North East region of Nigeria indicate the involvement of either criminal impersonators or government security officials in provocative actions and outright criminality leading to loss of many precious lives. https://thenationonlineng.net/breaking-10-boys-killed-in-gombe-during-easter-procession/ And because these two devastating incidents happened simultaneously on Easter Sunday, […]
Victims of ‘human sacrifice’ found by engineers laying water pipes
By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN)Dozens of Neolithic skeletons, including those of people who may have been victims of human sacrifice, have been discovered in an almost 3,000-year-old settlement in Britain.The remains of 26 people from the Iron Age and Roman periods were found, including a woman with her feet cut off and her arms bound […]
ROLAC, FOICN Train Anambra, Adamawa Permanent Secretaries on FOI
By Destiny Ugorji No fewer than forty Permanent Secretaries and Directors in Anambra and Adamawa states respectively, have been trained on the provisions and application of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011. Lead Consultant to the Rule of Law and Anti Corruption-ROLAC Programme of the British Council on FOI and Chairman, Board of Governors, […]
Olamaboro interested in truth, not ethnic agenda – Traditional Ruler
Rather than some divisive ethnic interests under the veil of Igala Agenda, the people of Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State, their traditional ruler, HRH Simeon Ujah says, are more interested in the development of their community, the truth and reciprocity. The traditional ruler, made the point at the weekend while addressing the Chief […]
SOCIAL MEDIA “ACTIVITISTS” AND FALSE FOLLOWERSHIP…
By James Kanyip The trend today in the social media in Nigeria is that, anybody whose stock-in-trade is to insult the government of the day, the political leaders and elders in his updates and posts is seen as an “activitist”; and thereby attracts to himself a sizable number of followers. Unlike in the past, social […]