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Native Doctors Rally Against Soludo’s Alleged Witch-Hunt
Native doctors and traditional medicine practitioners, including Ndi Dibia and Ezenwanyi, in Anambra State have protested against what they claim is selective justice by the state government. They claimed that the use of Agunaechemba security operatives was a witch-hunt, anti-traditional faith, and a violation of their constitutionally-backed fundamental rights to practice the religion of their choice. The native doctors, who gathered...
Massive Tragedy In Abia: 30 Lifeless Bodies Found In Chilling Discovery
The discovery of 30 bodies from suspected ritual killings in the Oriendu community of Imo River prompted the Abia State Police Command to announce that it had opened an investigation. This is coming on the heels of the alarm by the traditional ruler of the community, HRH Eze Philip Ajomuiwe, that over 30 bodies had been dumped into the river...
“USAID-donated Drugs Found In Lagos, Abia Markets” — NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said on Wednesday it seized 87 truckloads of banned, expired, and substandard medicinal products, including USAID and UNFPA-donated antiretroviral drugs and male and female condoms, among others. NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who revealed this on Wednesday, added that counterfeiters were after her life and those of her workers. Adeyeye, who...
Lagos Assembly Workers Remanded Over Alleged Assault On DSS Officers
Three employees of the Lagos State House of Assembly were remanded in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday by a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting its officers. Recall that the DSS, last Friday, arrested three Assembly staff for interrogation over the incident that happened penultimate Monday, when the DSS stormed the House and...
Osun Crisis: Adeleke Denies Changing LG Accounts Signatories
The Osun State Government denied on Wednesday that it was requiring career officers in local governments to switch signatories to council accounts amid inter party opposition. The Chairman of the Allied Peoples Movement in Osun, Mr. Adewale Adebayo, had alleged that Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration was coercing Finance Directors and Heads of Local Administration to alter council account signatories. “We reliably...
Lawyers Call For Babangida’s Prosecution Over June 12 Poll Annulment
More than three decades after the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the wounds of that historic event remain fresh. The election, widely regarded as Nigeria’s freest and fairest, was abruptly annulled by then-military ruler General Ibrahim Babangida, triggering nationwide unrest and paving the way for years of military rule. Despite the passage of time, the demand for...
“Niger, Others’ Exit From ECOWAS Affecting Counter-Insurgency War” – Air chief
According to Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff, Nigeria's military is now facing a much greater security burden as a result of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali's recent exit from the Economic Community of West African States. Speaking at the first-quarter meeting with branch chiefs, air officers commanding, and commanders on Wednesday in Abuja, Abubakar noted that the...
“Unstable Electricity Hindering Industrialisation In Nigeria” – Dangote
The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has hinged Nigeria’s industrialisation challenges on unstable electricity. Dangote said running a business abroad is 30 per cent cheaper than running the same business in Nigeria and other African countries due to stable electricity supply in developed countries. Africa’s richest man stated this recently while hosting the Zambian Minister of Energy, Makozo...
US To Excuse Transgender Soldiers From Military
In a memo released on Wednesday, the Pentagon stated that unless they receive a waiver on an individual basis, the United States will start removing transgender troops from the military within 30 days. The memo became public as part of a court filing in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s late January executive order that was aimed at barring military...
Pressure Mounts On President Tinubu As American Igbo Veterans Demand Nnamdi Kanu’s Freedom
The American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID) have issued a strongly worded open letter to the Nigerian government, urging President Bola Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group, made up of military veterans of Igbo heritage living in the United States, described Kanu’s continued detention as unlawful and a...
