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ISWAP Exploiting WhatsApp, Telegram And Others To Destabilise Nigeria
A report by the Institute for Security Studies has revealed that the Boko Haram terrorists’ breakaway group, the Islamic State of West Africa Province, are skillfully exploiting digital platforms, particularly, WhatsApp and Telegram, to organise and carry out their criminal activities in the West African region. This is as the institute urged governments across the African continent to pressure tech...
Nnamdi Kanu’s Health Worsening In DSS Detention, Lawyer Cries Out
The lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Monday said that the detained leader of, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu’s health condition has continued to deteriorate in the detention facility of the Director of State Services, DSS. Ejiofor stated this to newsmen in Owerri, after they visited Kanu, at the DSS, detention centre, in Abuja. He alleged that...
Arbitrary Harassment, Brutalisation Of Lawyers, Citizens By Security Agencies Unacceptable — NBA-SPIDEL
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA- SPIDEL) has decried the disturbing harassment of lawyers in the course of discharging their professional assignments to their clients by security agencies, saying it is unacceptable and cannot be condoned. NBA- SPIDEL says the maltreatment ranges from brutalization of lawyers to denial of the use of their communication...
Inflation: We May Consider Increasing Minimum Wage From N30,000 — FG
The Federal Government has revealed plans to increase the minimum wage of workers from the current N30,000. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stated this in Abuja on Monday while addressing members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at a public presentation of a publication titled, “Contemporary History of Working Class Struggles.” Ngige stated that the increment in the...
INEC Denies Disenfranchising About Seven Million Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied playing any adverse roles in the failure of about seven million potential voters to complete their registration to vote in next year’s election. Its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, refuted the claim in Abuja on Monday. Okoye said that INEC’s attention was drawn to media reports...
Amidst Prayers, FCT Minister’s Mum Laid To Rest In Abuja
The remains of the late Hajiya Zainab Ali, mother of the FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, were interred on Wednesday at Gudu Cemetery, Abuja, amid tears and prayers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late Hajiya Ali succumbed on Tuesday evening while suffering from an undisclosed ailment. Speaking shortly after the burial prayer, Gov. Yahaya Bello...
Over 500 Abians Benefit From Rep Onuigbo Entrepreneurship Development Program As First Batch Graduates (Photos, Video)
No fewer than 500 persons have benefitted from the federal government's empowerment scheme attracted by the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, Rep. Sam Onuigbo. This comes as he urged the benefitting constituents to make effective use of the empowerment opportunity to enhance the lives of their family members and their communities. Speaking at the graduation ceremony at the end of a...
Islamic Group Hails Soludo Over Ban On Mini-Skirts By School Girls
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has hailed Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State over a ban on the use of mini-skirts by school girls in public and private schools. ABN TV reports that as schools resumed last Tuesday, the Anambra State government said it has banned the wearing of short skirts by female students in schools. The State commissioner for education, Prof. Ngozi...
How 20 Surrendered Boko Haram Members Died Of Cholera In Borno
No fewer than 25 persons including 20 surrendered Boko Haram fighters have died due to a cholera outbreak in the Hajj camp where about 12,000 surrenders are currently kept in Maiduguri, Borno State. It was learnt that at least seven persons died on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered that 14 other causalities were recorded in the Hajj camp on Wednesday. According to a...
Police Begin Documentation Of Successful Candidates For Recruitment Exercise
The Niger State Police Command has urged successful candidates in the ongoing ninth regular course intake to the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil Kano, to prepare for screenings. The command said in a statement issued in Minna on Thursday that physical and credential screening would begin from September 26 to October 1 at Police Secondary School, Minna by 8 a.m daily. The...
