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World Press Day: Mind How You Use Your Freedom, Buhari Tells Journalists
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the media to be sensitive to the prevailing situation in the country and avoid applying its freedom to highlighting contents that can worsen its fragile mood. President Buhari spoke on Sunday in his goodwill message to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day, admonishing that while it continues to carry out its traditional duties, the...
No Sense Hunting ESN While Bandits Sack Communities In North — Sen. Ohuabunwa
Former Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has queried the reasonability of the security agencies hunting for suspected members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN in South East while bandits and terrorists are sacking communities in the North and taking over their ancestral land almost unchallenged. Senator Ohuabunwa who spoke on the heels of media reports and confirmations by some...
Concerned Igbo Group Moves To Reconcile Warring Ohanaeze Factions
Some concerned members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo have initiated moves to reconcile the warring factions in the organisation following the January 10, 2021 election in Owerri, Imo State that produced Prof. George Obiozor as President-General. Certain persons, who purchased forms to contest various positions in the organisation, had earlier withdrawn from the race, alleging a plot by the former leader of...
Okorocha Knocks Buhari Government Over Growing Poverty, Injustice
The Senator representing Imo West, Rochas Okorocha, has said injustice and pervasive poverty were responsible for the anger and frustration with the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Okorocha, who is also a member of the governing All Progressives Congress, stated this while hosting less privileged Nigerian Muslims at his private office in Abuja, on Tuesday. The former...
Pray Against Kidnapping, Banditry, Buhari Charges Muslims, Christians
President Muhammadu Buhari in his Eid-el-Fitr message to Nigerians asked both Christians and Muslims to unite and jointly pray against tragic incidents of kidnapping and banditry. He also called for practices that promote brotherhood and forgiveness noting that unity and solidarity among all citizens is imperative especially at this time when Nigeria is faced with multiple challenges. This was disclosed in...
Ban On Open Grazing: No Going Back, Ikpeazu Vows
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Saturday reiterated the state’s commitment to enforce the ban on open grazing of cattle in Abia. Ikpeazu said this during a zoom meeting with newsmen of Abia extraction under the aegis of Abia Media Forum. The governor said that a bill was already in place to enforce the ban and to check the activities of...
After Destruction Of Its Office In Gaza, Al-Jazeera Says It’ll Not Be Silenced
Al Jazeera said Saturday it would not be silenced, after an Israeli air strike on Gaza demolished the building housing the Qatar-based broadcaster as well as US news agency The Associated Press. ”It is clear that those who are waging this war do not only want to spread destruction and death in Gaza, but also to silence media that are...
Garba Shehu Agent Provocateur, Southern Governors Berate Buhari’s Aide
The 17 Southern Governors in the country have lambasted the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, for saying that “their announcement on open grazing is of questionable legality”. Reacting on their behalf, the Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, accused Garba Shehu of creating confusion in the polity by his...
Let’s Not Deceive Ourselves, Things Are Not Alright, Sultan Abubakar Laments
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on Wednesday, said Nigerians should not deceive themselves that things are alright. He made the comment during a National Security Summit in Abuja. “Let us not deceive ourselves that things are alright, things are not alright,” the revered traditional ruler said. “We know it and we see it. For some of us, we have...
Ahmed Gulak: Conduct Your Investigation, Don’t Blackmail IPOB, Ohanaeze Youths Tell Police
The apex youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, has urged the Nigeria Police Force to properly conduct investigation on the circumstances that led to the death of APC chieftain, Dr. Ahmed Gulak in Owerri on Sunday, wondering why Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB was hurriedly fingered for his death. In a statement on Tuesday, Mr....
