The United Nations Security Council has been alerted to the United States of America’s (USA) alleged role in escalating and encouraging the spread of conflict and crisis across the globe. This notice was sent to the UN by the International Centre for Global Crisis and Conflict Management (ICGCCM) in a detailed report highlighting factors fuelling […]
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Why Buhari Can’t Appoint New Service Chiefs – Ndume
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has given reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari cannot afford to change or appoint new service chiefs for now. He told the media in an interview that Buhari could not afford to change the military leadership because Nigeria was in a complete state of war. […]
Watchlist: Go after Boko Haram, IMN over extremism, group urges US
The Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism has faulted the recent report by the United States, which placed Nigeria under a special watch list of countries. A statement by US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, explained that Nigeria was placed on the list for engaging in or tolerating “severe violations of religious freedom.” However, the Coalition […]
US Watchlist: Centre writes Trump to reverse religious right violations tag on Nigeria
The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has requested that President Donald Trump counters the religious right violation tag placed on Nigeria by the United States authorities. The Centre made this known in an open letter addressed to the American President titled “Religious Intolerance and Extremism: The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Boko Haram, […]
Group tackles HURIWA over statement on Buhari’s commitment to peace
The National Democratic Force (NDF) has lashed out at Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) over what it called derogatory statement on President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to the nation’s peace and tranquility. The National Security Adviser had proposed a convocation of a dialogue session amongst ethnic nationalities in order to promote national harmony and […]
Boko Haram: Stop sponsoring terrorism in Africa, protesters tell Macron
The Movement Against Slavery and Terrorism (MAST) has alleged that France President, Emmanuel Macron is sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria and other African nations. The group asked him to stop. The Pan-African group made their voices heard on Wednesday at the end of a one-day walk to the French embassy in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital city. […]
Sowore: Invasion of Court by DSS #NextLevel of dictatorship, impunity- Frank
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, Sunday, described the invasion of the Federal High Court Abuja, by agents of the Department of State Services (DSS) to re-arrest the #RevolutionNow Convener, Omoyele Sowore, as the implementation of General Muhammadu Buhari’s #NextLevel of dictatorship and […]
Missing Persons: Group accuses Red Cross of promoting terrorists’ propaganda
The International Centre for Disaster Management (ICDM) has lashed out at the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) for attempting to pursue terrorists’ agenda with its “fabricated” report on missing persons in the North-East. ICDM, a renowned stakeholder in humanitarian crisis management, believes this is a deliberate move to destabilize the remarkable momentum garnered by […]
FOOD SECURITY: SIRIKA INAUGURATES COMMITTEE TO REVIEW IMPACT OF SEASONAL RAINFALL PREDICTION
Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee, charged with the responsibility of reviewing the impact of seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP) by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) on the nation’s food security from 2015-2018. According to the minister, “the prediction which is very scientific and exact, are extremely important and beneficial to […]
#RevolutionNow: Group protest at AGF’s office, demands investigation of foreign associates
The last seems not to have been heard on the embattled publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore as a group of civil rights activists today in Abuja took to the street to demand the investigation of his foreign counterparts in the RevolutionNow protest which authorities have claimed is targeted at destabilizing the country. The protesters, […]