August 15, 2022

Call Your Supporters To Order, Police Warn Tinubu, Obi, Others

August 15, 2022 4:01 am

The Nigeria Police Force has sent a serious warning to all politicians in the race for the Presidency of Nigeria to eschew violence and caution their supporters against sending threats to voices of dissent and people not supporting them in the run-up to the poll.

According to the police, any threat to life is a criminal offence, while also adding that the Electoral Act as amended is also clear on the appropriate punishment prescribed for election-related crimes.

The Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in an interview with reporters against the backdrop of online bullying and violent social media …

41 Killed As Fire Breaks Out In Egyptian Church

August 15, 2022 3:54 am

No fewer than 41 people have been confirmed dead and 14 others injured following a fire that broke out at a church in the city of Giza, near Cairo, Egypt’s Coptic Church disclosed on Sunday, citing the health ministry.

The health ministry in Egypt had earlier disclosed that ‘several’ people were killed in the fire at the Abu Sifin Coptic church in the Imbaba neighbourhood yesterday and that ambulances transferred at least 55 injured people to local hospitals.

According to a police statement which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Monday, an initial investigation pointed to an …

Why We Want To Break Away From Nigeria – Yoruba Group

August 15, 2022 3:45 am

An organisation identified as the Yoruba Self-Determined (YSDM), has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari asking for a ‘peaceful break away’ of the Yoruba tribe from the country Nigeria.

Mr. Akintoye who is a History professor revealed that Yoruba leaders bade for the infusion of a secession clause in the Nigerian Constitution in the 1950s, however, the request was revoked by colonial masters of the time.

The organisation’s chairperson, Banji Akintoye, in the message pointed out that the number of Yorubas eager to break away from Nigeria due to the “worsening and painful plight” the country is currently experiencing,

…