•What Nigerians are saying Jude Johnson The Police Reform Bill, 2019, codenamed ‘Senate Bill 683’ was passed on Wednesday by the Nigerian Senate after the third reading on the floor of the Red Chamber. The bill was passed after a report presented by Senator Tijjanj Kaura (APC-Zamfara North), which was seconded by
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From The Archives: When Gov Yari was a ‘born again’ he said it all
Senator Iroegbu Thank God for the archives! Going through the two exclusive interviews I had with the Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar revealed alot. First as an Honorable Member representing Anka/Talata Mafara Federal Constituency of Zamfara state in the Federal House of Representatives who was then the Governorship Candidate of
APC used our daughters’ abduction to gain power–Chibok Parents
•Says govt has used and abandoned them Mukaila Ola The parents of abducted Chibok schoolgirls have condemned the All Progressives Congress (APC) for climbing the back of the abduction of their daughters to office but never doing enough to free them all from Boko Haram captivity. Speaking to journalists in Maiduguri on Monday,
Atiku’s Citizenship: Why Jonathan, PDP should be blamed – Ajulo
•Warns against attacks on APC counsel Senator Iroegbu A legal practitioner and human rights activist, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has added a new twist to the controversy the citizenship of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections. According to him, the PDP and former President Goodluck
Breaking: Nigeria’s embattled Chief Justice Onnoghen resigns
Jude Johnson The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, has resigned from his position with immediate effect. Onnoghen tendered his resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening. The National Judicial Council (NJC) had on Wednesday recommended that the suspended CJN proceed on compulsorily retirement. Onnoghen is currently facing
Buhari jets out to Senegal for President Sall’s inauguration
Senator Iroegbu Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, departed Abuja for Dakar, Senegal to attend the inauguration of Senegalese President, Macky Sall, following his re-election for a second term. On the invitation of his host, President Buhari, who is ECOWAS Chairman, will be Special Guest of Honour at the ceremonies to be
Photospeak: Buhari, Security Chiefs meet in Aso Rock
Jude Johnson President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with service chiefs and security heads at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Although the agenda of the meeting was not made public, it may not be unconnected with the security situation in the country as the security heads were expected
CAN to Buhari: Be inclusive in cabinet selection, fair to all
•Congratulates president on his electoral victory Godsgift Onyedinefu The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged Nigeria's Pesident Muhammadu Buhari, to ensure inclusiveness and fairness in selecting his ministers and leadership of the National Assembly. This is just as the association urged the president to appoint "worthy" Nigerians to the headship and membership
Nigeria vs AI: Consequences of ignoring credible reports on rights violations–Intersociety
Emeka Umeagbalasi, Uju Joy Igboeli and Chidinma Udegbunam Combination of Government insincerity and dishonesty, falsehood and propaganda, ethnic chauvinism and religious extremism, tribalism and nepotism, militarization and failed intelligence, incorrigibility and entrenched impunity and intolerance and censorship are the fundamental drawbacks inherent in the central Administration of Retired Major Gen Muhammadu
