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BREAKING: US Seal Team Rescue Abducted American In Nigeria
The United States forces say they have rescued an American citizen who is being held hostage in northern Nigeria. In a statement, Jonathan Hoffman, the Pentagon spokesman, said the rescue operation was conducted on Saturday morning. The American was reportedly abducted in the Niger Republic on Tuesday and subsequently moved to Nigeria. “U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early...
#EndSARS: Go For Confession, Submit To Security Agents Now – Abia Revenue Consultant Tells Looters
A Revenue Consultant to Abia state government, Ubah Chiemezuo has called on individuals who took advantage of the #EndSARS protests to loot public and private property to go for confession and submit themselves to security agencies. While expressing appreciation to organizers of the #EndSARS movement for their doggedness and resilience, he urged them to observe gradually the action of the...
Adamawa Governor Threatens To Demolish Houses Of COVID-19 Palliative Looters
Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa, has given all those who looted COVID-19 relief items in the state 12 hours to return them. In a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday, Fintiri threatened to demolish any building that houses the stolen items. On Sunday, a mob hit a warehouse in Yola, the state capital, carting away food items such as spaghetti, groundnut oil and cartons of...
We’ve Identified The Barracks Of Soldiers Who Shot Protesters In Lekki – Falana
Femi Falana, the human rights lawyer, says the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) has identified the barracks of the soldiers who opened fire on protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos. On Tuesday, soldiers opened fire on the protesters who blocked the toll gate while demanding an end to police brutality. The issue sparked outrage across the globe. Speaking when...
Fish Out IPOB Members – Wike Tells Council Chairmen, Youths
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has charged the 23 council chairmen, and youths in the state to fish members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organisation of Biafra (IPOB) in the State. Governor has also warned that any council chairman that allows IPOB to hold processions and hoist its flag within their jurisdiction in Rivers State, risk sack. He made this...
Fuel Scarcity May Last For Two Weeks – IPMAN
National Vice President of The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Alhaji Abubakar Maigandi, has said the scarcity of petroleum products that hit some States may last for up to two weeks. Most of the retail stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were on Monday under lock and key. Those that were opened to customers, ceased vending before dusk. The...
Politicians Must Preach & Practise Youth Empowerment, Says Abia Speaker
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, has admonished the political class to begin to not only preach youth empowerment and inclusion but to also practise it. ABN TV reports that the Speaker stated this at the Special Town Hall meeting for stakeholders convoked by the Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, at the Dr...
Ohanaeze Youths Warn Nnamdi Kanu Against Inciting Tribal Violence
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has cautioned Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against inciting violence in the south-eastern region. Kanu was reported to have asked #EndSARS protesters in the region to destroy the properties belonging to the Yoruba — an allegation he has denied. The youth council, in a statement by Okwu Nnabuike, its secretary-general, said...
Why I Didn’t Request Security To Prevent Burning Of TVC & The Nation – Tinubu
Former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says he didn’t request security operatives to stop “attackers” that razed The Nation Newspaper and Television Continental to avoid bloodshed. He made this known in a statement on Sunday titled, ‘The #EndSARS protests; a fundamental lesson in democratic governance’. Hoodlums had massively looted shops and...
Yes, No One Should Condemn A Homosexual — Nigerian Catholic Priest Advises
A Nigerian Catholic priest, Fr Kelvin Ugwu has called on society not to condemn homosexuals but accord them the dignity they deserve as humans. In his verified Facebook page on Saturday, the clergy while maintaining the Catholic Church has not changed its teachings on homosexuality, insisted that it is still regarded as an act that is INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED He said they...
