The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has cried out that the state government under Engr. David Nweze Umahi, was perfecting plans to jail those who refused to join him in the All Progressives Congress (APC).The group said the recent comments made in various functions by the governor were disturbing, hence leaders across […]
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Cleric Curses Buhari’s Saboteurs
By Subomi Adejare Foremost Islamic cleric Sheik Abdullahi Isah has placed curses on those conspiring to undermine the Muhammadu Buhari led government, while hinting that there is a grand campaign to undermine the Muhammadu Buhari administration by some politicians across the country. He stated this at a media parley with select journalists in Minna, Niger […]
Group seeks Shettima’s arrest over ‘plots to overthrow Buhari’
The Coalition of Buhari Supporters and Friends (CBSF) has called on security operatives to investigate, arrest and prosecute Senator Kashim Shettima over what it described as plots to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the group, the Borno Central Senator has crossed into treasonable territory with his latest utterances on national security and must be immediately […]
CSO writes ICC Prosecutor, alleges misguided view on Nigerian security agencies
Some international civil society organisations have cautioned the International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensou over misguided utterances against the Nigerian military and sister agencies . The International Human Rights Protection Forum (IHRPF) gave this warning in a letter to the Office of the Chief Prosecutor on Tuesday. In the letter signed by its Director of Communication, Zakari […]
EndSARS and Our Missing Conscience
By Idoko Ainoko Nigeria is a country where citizens delight in unrewarding drudgery. As a nation, some persons believe Nigeria has no existential codes or laws, which confers on citizens the obligation of compliance. Disorderliness has deeply entrenched its roots in the country. That’s the vignettes of the bleakness of life in Nigeria. It depicts […]
What else does Falana want?
By Mohammed Jega Lagos based lawyer, Femi Falana lives in a cage. He has like the character, Malone, in Arthur Conan Doyle’s science fiction, The Lost World, who realising he had lost his fiancee to another man, gave up on trying to make meaning out of civilisation and chose to go back to the jungle. Like […]
Group accuses CNG of plotting to undermine Buhari, Armed forces
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has been found at the centre of a fresh plot to blackmail and undermine President Muhammadu Buhari and the Armed Forces of Nigeria across the north. According to the Northern Patriots (NP), in disguise of fighting for the security of the region, the CNG secretly sponsors banditry. Speaking at […]
ICC Investigation: Group accuses AI, others of sponsoring fictitious evidence
Amnesty International, Transparency International and other acclaimed international NGOs have conspired with several Civil Society Organisations in the country to fabricate and present false evidence against the Armed Forces of Nigeria to the International Criminal Court, a rights group has said. According to the Civil Rights Advocates of Nigeria (CRAN), both foreign groups have already paid […]
Katsina Boys: Group prayers for safe return, armed forces leadership
The National Inter-Faith and Religious Organizations for Peace (NIFROP), on Tuesday, held a one-day national prayer session for the safe return of abducted Katsina students and the leadership of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. According to the group, the best way to get the nation out of the clutches of agents of darkness hell-bent on bringing […]
GICN criticises ICC over allegations against Nigeria security forces
A Nigerian based pro-democracy, human rights and justice sector group, Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN), has condemned in strongest possible terms what it described as the attempt by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to blackmail the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security forces presently fighting the war against terrorism in some parts of Northern Nigeria. […]