Two killed, 10 missing as fresh communal clash rocks Arochukwu LG (Graphics Photos)
No fewer than two persons were killed, while 10 others declared missing on Monday at Isu community in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State over a boundary clash with their Utuma neighbours in Biase Local Government Area and Ukwa Odukpani LGA of Cross River State. For some years now, the Isu clan have been locked in a bloody land...
Abia Assembly seeks FG’s intervention on deplorable condition of Muri Bridge, communal crisis in Arochukwu
The Abia State House of Assembly has called on the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to come to the rescue of the people of Abia North over the deplorable state of Muri Bridge linking Abam in Arochukwu Local Government Area to Ohafia in Ohafia Local Government Area. The Deputy Speaker Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu who during the House plenary...
Nigeria Is Safest Country To Live In The World – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described Nigeria as the freest country to live in the world. The Minister stated this when he received the Finland Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Jyrki Pulkkimen and his team, who were on a courtesy visit in his office on Monday. He also said that the President Muhammadu Buhari government had not...
Lai Mohammed shocks the world, says he’s not aware of Protection From Internet Falsehood Bill [VIDEO]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said he is not aware that there is a Bill called "Protection From Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill". The Minister also insisted that there is no such Bill before the National Assembly. He made this known in an interview with DW a global media organization. A non-governmental organization, Reporters Without Borders has alleged...
Lesbian group sues CAC for denying it registration
A non-profit organisation, Lesbian Equality and Empowerment Initiative, has dragged the Corporate Affairs Commission before the Court of Appeal over the refusal of the CAC to register it. Recall that LGBT activist, Pamela Adie, had in 2018 sued the CAC for refusing to register the organisation, but lost the case. The activist said on Twitter that she had filed a notice...
Lesbian group sues CAC for denying it registration
A non-profit organisation, Lesbian Equality and Empowerment Initiative, has dragged the Corporate Affairs Commission before the Court of Appeal over the refusal of the CAC to register it. Recall that LGBT activist, Pamela Adie, had in 2018 sued the CAC for refusing to register the organisation, but lost the case. The activist said on Twitter that she had filed a notice...
Nigeria Declared 3rd Most Dangerous Country In The World
Nigeria has been ranked as the third most dangerous place in the world according to Expat Insider Survey of 2019 by InterNations. Over 245 persons were killed in violent attacks across the country in the first month of the new year alone according to various newspaper reports and available records. Nigeria’s federal government has come under intense criticism with a senator...
Nigeria Declared 3rd Most Dangerous Country In The World
Nigeria has been ranked as the third most dangerous place in the world according to Expat Insider Survey of 2019 by InterNations. Over 245 persons were killed in violent attacks across the country in the first month of the new year alone according to various newspaper reports and available records. Nigeria’s federal government has come under intense criticism with a senator...
Former NYSC Member Rejects Offer To Be Freed, Joins Boko Haram Terrorists
An ex-member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Abraham Amuta, yesterday allegedly turned down an offer by the Boko Haram insurgents to be freed and go home. Instead, the ex-corps member reportedly told those who went to the Sambisa forest to secure his release to go back home, saying he had renounced his Christian faith. Amuta, a native of Benue...
Senate plans public hearing on Buhari’s $29bn loan request
The Senate has said it will seek the opinion of stakeholders on the foreign loan borrowing plans of President Muhammadu Buhari The 8th National Assembly had rejected the President’s proposed borrowing of $29.96bn because the proposal was not accompanied by expenditure details. Buhari presented the request again to the 9th National Assembly for its consideration and approval in November 2019. The President...
