Nabena Hails Appeal Court Judgement Reversing Disqualification Of Bayelsa Deputy Governor-ElectThe Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Yekini Nabena has hailed the Appeal Court judgement reversing an earlier Federal Hight Court ruling which disqualified the Deputy-Governorship-elect, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo from participating in the Bayelsa State governorship election on November 16.Speaking […]
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Christmas: Savouring the joy under PMB
By Nkechi Odoma Christmas is here again. It is a season that brings people from far and near together in joy and celebration. It has been so for decades in Nigeria until some evil minded persons saw the assemblage of people occasioned by the conviviality of the season to perpetrate their wicked plots. In doing so, […]
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 […]
TY Danjuma’s Appalling, Effeminate Musings
By Philip Agbese Military officers are men and women whose hearts are supposedly walled with hardness akin to rocks. They are usually thick and impenetrable! Like King Pharaoh, soldiers are brave, courageous and superbly, very daring specie of professionals, who flinch at nothing. This truism is even more of the badge of retired Army […]
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, […]
2019 Election: N90bn diverted from FIRS, Frank says not N40bn
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has distanced himself from the report of PRNigeria claiming that only N40 billion were stolen from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to prosecute 2019 election by the ruling party. The outspoken activist said his earlier position […]
SHAC asks the world to sanction France over death of aide workers, others
The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) has reacted to the recent killing of UN aid workers by members of the Boko Haram sect in Borno State. The ISWAP faction of Boko Haram on Friday shared a gory video recording that detailed the execution of four out of the five abductees that remained in their captivity. […]
General Buratai and the return of military innovations
By David Onmeje “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”- Steve Jobs– Famous American businessman and management theorist. From time immemorial, the military institution of the Army has been ensconced in the norms of self-reliance, self-dependence and self-preservation in all corollaries. A typical Army formation anywhere in the world, exists as an embodiment of […]
Is France the true face of Boko Haram?
By Anthony Kolawole I have followed the war against terrorism in Nigeria with keen attention and conclude that indeed, there is a grand conspiracy against Nigeria. I say this for various reasons, chiefly amongst them is how the Boko Haram group now ISWAP have continued to wage a war despite the fact that they have […]
Igbo group alleges IPOB, France behind video targeted at rubbishing Nigerian Armed Forces
The Igbos in Nigeria Movement (INM) has fingered an alliance between the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and France to be behind a video aimed at tarnishing the image of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The group believe this was part of the pact between the proscribed sect and the European nation after the former joined […]