BBC and vindication of Nigerian Army on Lekki

By Abubakar Gana Echoes of EndSARS protests in Nigeria will continue to reverberate. It is because an amazing blitzkrieg of fake news trailed it. The masterminds skillfully crafted it to divert attention from actualities. The killers and sponsors of the riotous mayhem in the guise of expressing public grievances were bent on compromising national security […]

PGF boss, Lukman warns against complacency in APC

…Says party better than PDP, APGA, others Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Moh. Lukman, has warned leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against complacency, saying the party should be ideally encouraged to consider testing political proposals meant to deepen democracy. The APC chieftain said the governing party needs to take […]

Internal cohesion will determine National Convention, 2023 elections – APC

… Urges members to support caretaker c’ttee The All Progressives Congress (APC) said unfortunate internal party crisis that rocked it before the emergence of the National Caretaker Committee distracted public attention from appreciating monumental strides that President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has recorded. The party said the current administration was delivering on APC’s three critical electoral […]

APC threatens Ogenyi with expulsion, gives 24hrs to withdraw allegations

The Benue state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has given one Okpoku Ogenyi up till 24 hours to withdraw some allegations he made against Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) or be sanctioned. The said Ogenyi who is a member of the party from Benue state had addressed a press […]

Group blames EndSARS chaos on Covid-19 Alliance, crisis merchants, absolves Army

A special report by the Centre for Human Rights and Crisis Management (CHRCM) has blamed Femi Falana-led Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond for the escalation of violence in the aftermath of the shooting at Lekki toll gate in Lagos State.  In the report signed by its special rapporteur, Dr Thomas Uzah, on Friday, the centre exonerated the […]

Understanding Amnesty International and Nigeria’s Divorce

By Philip Agbese Amnesty International, the all-knowing international non-governmental organization, is apparently experiencing the human equivalent of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) going by the way it is suffering an increase in hallucinating things that do not exist. It suddenly struck on the idea of accusing the Nigerian Army of sponsoring other NGOs against it instead […]

Northern group describes South West ministers as shamefully disloyal

The Coalition of Northern Patriots (CNP) says South-West ministers have displayed gross disloyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari with their demands in the aftermath of the Lekki toll gate shooting in Lagos State.  Describing the act as a “show of shame”, the coalition advised the ministers to apologise honourably else have seven days to quit their […]

Group seeks probe of Tinubu’s Alpha Beta over Lagos #EndSARS mayhem

The Coalition of Concerned Citizens (CCC) has called for a probe over a possible sponsored attack on a Lagos court and properties belonging to All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu during the EndSARS protest.  According to the group, it is likely that the ex-Lagos State governor may be behind the vandalism of the Igbosere High Court as […]