The Centre for International and Strategic Studies (CISS) has warned the House of Lords in the United Kingdom against attaching religion to Nigeria’s security challenges, as any sanction would do the country more harm than good. The centre, which gave the warning in a press conference on Wednesday, in Abuja, also advised the British parliamentarians to […]
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2021: As Nigerian military conducts mass burial for wailers
By Philip Agbese All the media aides of President Muhammadu Buhari occupy a special place in my heart. It is not easy to discharge the arduous obligation of defending a leader who is deliberately and nastily persecuted. Of all the presidential aides, Mr. Femi Adesina and Malam Garba Shehu have caught my endless admiration. Each […]
Call for Sanction on Nigeria: UK parliamentarians should be careful!
By Sharon Pande It is obvious that members of United Kingdom House of Lords who called on the UK Government to apply sanctions on Nigeria due to their shallow understanding of what constitutes the security problems in the country are, were not looking at the big picture. From all indication, their conclusion is projected on […]
The Double Standards of Katch Ononuju
By: Stanley Nwanekezie Equality they say is the cornerstone of most value systems, but we have yet to reap all of its rewards. Sure, our society has tremendously evolved for the better during the last, say, 100 years, but a long journey is still ahead, and the vast array of double standards that still divide […]
Group raises concern over Niger Delta pipeline security contracts
A civil society group on the platform of Conduct and Due Process Group has raised an alarm that the peace and tranquility enjoyed by the residents of areas where oil production facilities are situated may soon come to an abrupt end if the conflict between the two directors of a pipeline security surveillance company are […]
Don’t use sanctions against Nigeria, UK House of Lords told
The Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has warned the House of Lords in the United Kingdom against promoting terrorism with its call for sanctions on Nigeria. According to the centre, such sanction would truncate Nigeria’s democracy and ultimately enhance terrorism. The CALSER made its stance known at a press conference on Sunday in Abuja in […]
2023: Zoning won’t count in Ebonyi, AESID insists
Ahead of 2023 governorship election in Ebonyi state, some indigenes of the state under the platform of Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) have said that competence and credibility will determine who emerge the next governor and not zoning. The association implored Ebonyi people to continue to study the records in and […]
Capitol Hill and a salute to Nigerian Military
By Philip Agbese Quite incredible! In a twinkle of an eye, four persons kissed death during and in the aftermath of the invasion/desecration of Capitol Hill by pro-Trump extremist supporters. Capitol Hill, America’s most powerful symbol of democracy and civil authority, transmuted into an artefact of sorrows, wails, death and blood. It is an understatement […]
FCMB’s MD Not Father of My Kids, Moyo Thomas recants
Mrs Moyo Thomas, the lady at the centre of the infidelity and paternity allegation against Adam Nuru, the Managing Director of First City Monument Bank, who is now on leave, yesterday broke her silence, saying on no occasion did she tell her deceased husband, Tunde that he was not the father of her two children. […]
US Congress Siege: Global Amnesty Watch says act despicable, calls for retrospection
The Global Amnesty Watch (GAW) has condemned Wednesday’s siege on the U.S. Congress, describing it as “despicable” and an “assault on democracy”. In a statement signed by its Director, John Tom Lever, on Thursday, the group said President Donald Trump showed lack of respect for democratic ideals by instigating and urging his supporters to assault the Capitol. […]