By Idoko Ainoko Every system and in all political dispensations, there are enough spoilers and destroyers. The professional sabs stop at nothing to rock the boat even where the circumstances resist. There are people who hate progress and invent all antics to ensure progress is interrupted. Their only joy is when they cause confusion. Nigeria […]
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Growing Confidence in War Against Insurgency
By Sunday Attah There is no such thing as crisis of confidence in the current war against insurgency in Nigeria. If there is, it wouldn’t have been confined to the hush tones of conspirators but would have been evident in reports of the operations of troops. When Nigerian troops suffered defeat in the […]
APC Crisis: Nabena announces self Acting National Publicity Secretary
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Yekini Nabena, said he has taken over the office of Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu on acting capacity pending the time the later will vacate a Court order retranning him from duty. A Sokoto High Court last week had restrained the party from appointing or […]
Is NEMA making progress on her mandate?
By Bridget Agada The management of disasters in Nigeria has come under public scrutiny in recent times. This is especially so in the light of the various humanitarian crisis that has been experienced in Nigeria, and worthy of mention is the Boko Haram crisis in North-East Nigeria. As a start, this subject would not be […]
Nigeria 2019 Polls: Group claims US lied against DSS, Army
The Centre for Democracy and Developmental Research (CDCR) has criticised a US report which alleged voter intimidation by security agents during last year’s general elections. According to CDCR, the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Nigeria released by the US Department of State was fabricated and full of lies. Speaking at a press conference […]
Armed Forces Service Commission Bill: Will the Senate Bow to Pressure?
By Lawrence Audu There was an interesting topic that dominated public discourse recently. It raged with some putting in arguments to support their positions and some against also putting up arguments to support their views. The contentious issue is the bill seeking for the establishment of the Armed Forces Service Commission (Est.) Bill 2020 (SB […]
Why Buratai’s strategy against terrorism is being studied abroad
By Deborah Obeweh In the history of terrorism and the fight against insurgency the world over, few countries are able to beat their chests to say they have succeeded in crushing terrorists in record time like Nigeria has done under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Since President Buhari promised during the inauguration […]
CALSER praises Buratai over troops’ coordinated offensive against terrorists
The Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has hailed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai for sustaining the momentum and intensity in the fight against terrorism. CALSER paid special tribute to the Army Chief at a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja. The Nigerian Army recently announced remarkable success in […]
NEMA and How Maihaja is Fulfilling a Spiritual Mandate
By Evangelist Sunday Attah A larger percentage of the world’s population lives below the poverty line. As nations grapple with how to overcome this, they are not spared from the further debilitating and catastrophic effects of other disasters that aggravate the pitiable conditions of the poor and even increasing their number. Due to this, there […]
Group chides AI, lawyers over unproven allegations against military
The Coalition for Truth and Justice (CTJ) has aimed jibes at Amnesty International for failing to prove allegations of human rights abuses against the Nigerian Military before the presidential panel despite hiring a team of international lawyers. The humanitarian group had claimed it “received credible evidence that as the military regained control, more than 600 […]