Category: Politics
Soludo demolishes the home of a rights activist in Awka
09 Dec 2022
Mr Osita Obi, a human rights activist, had his newly built house demolished by the Anambra State Government. The duplex, which was built in Awka’s Executive Business District near the abandoned government house, was demolished on Wednesday. Obi, who raised the alarm about the destruction, expressed his disappointment because he was not even informed of […]
Continue ReadingHow top government officials infuse 70,000 ghost names into the N-Power scheme
09 Dec 2022
In June 2021, SaharaReporters reported that 14,000 beneficiaries of the N-Power program were being owed for five months. Some top government officials introduced over 70,000 ghost workers into the N-Power Programme and fraudulently diverted billions of naira into their pockets, SaharaReporters has gathered. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Tuesday detained […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Military chief denies report of forced abortions on thousand of women
09 Dec 2022
The head of Nigeria’s military Thursday described as false a Reuters story that the military forced about 10,000 women to have abortions over a 10-year period. Lucky Irabor, an army general, spoke at the weekly media briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr Irabor gave no indication that the […]
Continue ReadingINEC knocks Tinubu over comments on E-transmission
08 Dec 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission has knocked the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for expressing doubts over the credibility of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and Results Viewing Portal which will be deployed for the 2023 election. The commission expressed shock that the APC candidate could question the efficiency of […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party plans to increase minimum wage from #80,000 to #100,000
08 Dec 2022
The Labour Party has said it would implement a minimum wage of N80,000 to N100,000 if the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, wins the 2023 election. Recall that the Labour Party had, a few days ago, unveiled its manifesto after a long wait with its candidate Peter Obi touting the payment of hourly wages against […]
Continue ReadingJoe Biden Invites Buhari And 48 Others To US-Africa Leaders Summit
08 Dec 2022
Joe Biden Invites Buhari and 48 Others to US-Africa Leaders Summit US Vice President Joe Biden and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has invited Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and forty-eight other country leaders to a three-day US-Africa Leaders Summit. The event, which is scheduled for December 13-15, […]
Continue ReadingHURIWA criticizes the CBN’s new withdrawal limits, claiming that the new policy will fail
07 Dec 2022
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) slammed the Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday for imposing weekly cash withdrawal limits, claiming that the measure will exacerbate the naira’s depreciation. According to HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, is chasing shadows after crippling Nigeria’s economy with poor fiscal policies during […]
Continue ReadingThe Kaduna government confirms that the Airforce bombarded the bandits’ enclave
07 Dec 2022
The Kaduna State Government confirmed the Nigeria Airforce’s bombardment of the terrorists’ enclave on Wednesday. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, confirmed this. According to him, feedback from the Air Force commander indicated that the Nigerian Air Force had continued with assaults on […]
Continue ReadingBribe seeking policemen raid community
07 Dec 2022
Landlords and residents of Isheri-Idimu in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State have lamented what they described as the arbitrary arrest and assault on people in the community by men of the Idimu Police Division. Officers of the division were also accused of extorting money from motorcycle riders over the failure of their […]
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