While decrying the rising spate of insecurity in his State, the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has openly called on the international community to come to Nigeria’s aid in the fight against terrorism.
The Governor had also raised an alarm that a majority of the forests across the nation have been taken over by terrorists.
Akeredolu’s comments came on a day that President Muhammadu Buhari directed the increased kinetic and non-kinetic efforts to trace and bring back over 51 passengers who were unfortunately kidnapped on a Abuja-Kaduna train.
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The embattled Yoruba secessionist leader, Sunday Adeyemi who is popularly known as Igboho, has refuted and debunked the claims that he abandoned the agitation for Yoruba nation.
Igboho had reiterated that there is no going back on the issue of seceding and the actualisation of the Yoruba nation.
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In his latest video, the agitator urged Yoruba monarchs to mobilize and support the agitation for Oduduwa Republic.
…According to Igboho: “I, Sunday Adeyemo and all those who are following me on the issue of Yoruba Nation, there is no going
Reacting to the strike action that has spanned for so many months, the Nigerian Trade Union Congress (TUC) has made open appeals to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to shift ground and reconsider some of their demands by making some concessions so that the Nigerian university students can return to school after being forced to stay at home since February.
Mr Monday Ogbodum who is the Chairman of the Cross River State chapter of the Union had also made the appeal on Tuesday in an interview in Calabar, the state capital.
…Ogbodum said ASUU had “clearly” made their
As the swearing in ceremony kicks off for the new batch of prospective corps members, Brigadier General Mohammed Fadah who is the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has openly warned some corps members make sure that they avoid using social media to spread fake news in the Country.
The DG, Fadah had given the warning on Tuesday while declaring open the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream I Orientation Course in Asaya camp, Kogi State.
The DG, who had been represented by the Kogi State Coordinator of NYSC, …
The Government of Lagos State has put out an open warning against some of the indiscriminate excavations which are being carried out in the Magodo wetlands, while reiterating that it portends danger to lives and property.
Mr Mukaila Sanusi who is the spokesman of the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development made this statement on Tuesday.
Sanusi has opined that the Commissioner in the ministry, Dr Idris Salako, gave the warning when he visited the area on Monday.
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Salako said the action was “unwarranted, provocative and contrary to
A leaked letter which was obtained by HURIWA have shown that some of the justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria were urged to form a trade union in response to some of their complaints of budget allocation and allowances.
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) had earlier recalled a media leak of a letter by the justices. In the leaked letter, some of the members of Nigeria’s judiciary had expressed their concerns over their budgetary allocations that have not been increased in the last four years.
The HURIWA had also made note of the fact that some …
The federal government on Tuesday revealed said the country has been able to fully vaccinate 21,236,404 of its eligible population with COVID-19 vaccine.
Speaking at a ministerial press briefing organised by the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja, yesterday, the Executive Director of the National Primary HealthCare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib said: ‘As at 10pm yesterday, the 19th of June 202, of the 111,776,503 eligible Nigerian residents target for the entire vaccination cycle, a total of 21,236,404 people were fully vaccinated with different mix of COVID-19 vaccines while 28,426,564 people were partially vaccinated, indicating 19.05 per cent and …
While Finland and Sweden will meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss their delayed NATO bids with Turkey, experts say the chances of a resolution before the alliance gathering next week are dwindling.
Officials from the three nations were scheduled to meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the Nordic countries’ membership applications, which have been stalled by Ankara.
‘I think it is possible but it would be very difficult,’ Paul Levin, director of the Institute for Turkey Studies at Stockholm University, told AFP, adding it would require both parties to compromise.
NATO and the two Nordic countries had …
Ayuba Wabba who is the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in a bid to bring to the fore some of the ills of Nigeria has continued to criticise the privatisation policy of the Federal Government, especially in the power sector while he insists that Nigerians are being forced to pay for darkness.
The NLC leader had put out the statement on Monday at the maiden edition of Nigeria Employers Summit 2022 organised by the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) in Abuja.
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Wabba who was represented by …
Former Kaduna lawmaker, Shehu Sani in a new allegation has revealed that there is a targeted attack on worship places by terrorists in some parts of Kaduna State while decrying the fact that worship places are now part of the new targets for terrorists in the State.
Shehu Sani had made this statement on Monday following attack on two churches in Rubu village, under Kajuru Local Government on Sunday.
Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the Kaduna State Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwa had made the confirmation that over three worshippers were killed and …
In a fresh decree, the Federal High Court in Abuja has completely barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which is the country’s electoral umpire from ending the process of voter registration on June 30, 2022.
Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday had openly granted an order of interim injunction which was following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).
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SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, had made this disclosure in a statement today.
…SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has in an interview published Sunday by the German daily newspaper Bild, warned that the ongoing war in Ukraine could last ‘for years’, while reiterating calls for Western countries to provide long-term support to Kyiv.
‘We must be prepared for this to last for years,’ the secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said.
‘We must not weaken in our support of Ukraine, even if the costs are high — not only in terms of military support but also because of rising energy and food prices.’
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