Southeast: Residents Ignore Govt Directive, Obey IPOB’s Sit-At-Home Order

Streets and marketplaces in the South-East states were deserted on Monday owing to the “Sit at Home” order issued by IPOB leaders in commemoration of the anniversary of the Biafra war. The different southeast governors and the police had issued different statements, assuring the residents to go about their lawful businesses and promised maximum security for the people. But the residents of Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, and Abia States, comprising the southeast, however, ignored the assurance of both the government and the security agents and decided to stay at homes in strict compliance with the instructions cascaded by the IPOB

Breaking: Omoyele Sowore shot by Police in Abuja

Ex-Presidential Candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has been reportedly shot by a female police officer in Abuja on Monday morning. Photo: Omoyele Sowore The publisher who was shot on a live Facebook video is currently being rushed to the hospital. Starnews Nigeria reports that the incident took place at the Unity Fountain, Abuja. Details Later…

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Breaking news…. Former presidential aide Ahmed Gulak has been killed in Owerri, Imo state

  He was reportedly ambushed and shot early hours of Sunday morning enroute the Sam Mbakwe airport after concluding a visit to the state Sources who preferred not to be named said he was scheduled to board the 8:30am flight to Abuja when the incident happened Gulak was a special adviser on political matters to president Goodluck Jonathan prior to his defection to the All Progressives Congress APC in 2014 He was also the chairman of the Imo state APC governorship primary in which Hope Uzodinma emerged the party’s candidate

Constitution Review: Uproar in Akure as Senators clash

There was uproar on Thursday at the South West Zonal Public Hearing of the review of the 1999 Constitution in Akure, the Ondo State Capital as Senator Opeyemi Bamidele described comments by his colleague, Senator Nicholas Tofowomo as ‘views of a member of the opposition party’. Starnews Nigeria reports that Senator Tofowomo had lamented the high level of inequality in the allocation of funds to various uses in Nigeria between the North and the South. Tofowomo had alleged that any money added to any budget presented by the President usually went to the Northern part of the country while the

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Troops in North-east jubilate as Yahaya emerges new army Chief

The announcement of Maj. Gen. Faruk Yahaya as the new chief of army staff (COAS) yesterday drew pulsating jubilations at the headquarters of Operations Hadin Kai in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Troops of the theatre command of the war against the insurgency in the North-east jumped for joy as they were told of the rise of their commander to the top job of the service. “The excitement is not surprising,” a top military officer told THISDAY last night, explaining: “Yahaya has a reputation for taking care of his troops.” But for several senior officers, particularly Yahaya’s superiors, they have

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INEC Recounts losses over serial attacks on offices

*Continuous attacks will undermine democracy and destabilise the country - INEC Chair *Says 11 offices, 13 vehicles, 429 generators, others have been lost to attacks Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, warned that a disruption to the electoral process would undermine Nigerian democracy and destabilise the country. Yakubu made this known at an emergency meeting with security agencies, under the auspices of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, in Abuja on Thursday over the serial attacks on the commission’s offices and facilities especially in the south-eastern part of the country. The Federal government has, however, vowed to

By |May 27th, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: |0 Comments

I will flog hell out of you, Wike replies Babangida Aliyu

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to "flog" former Governor of Niger state, Babangida Aliyu for calling him a dictator. Aliyu had in an interview last weekend, allegedly said a certain “dictator in Rivers State” was behind the travails of the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, because of a “personal ambition to either become Vice President or a political godfather.” In a video which has now gone viral, Wike stated that "no PDP congress has been held in Niger State because of Aliyu’s dictatorial tendencies." The Rivers state governor was also heard threatening to "flog" Aliyu who he said

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Buhari appoints Farouk Yahaya new Chief of Army Staff

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by the military spokesperson, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu. In April 2020, he was named theatre commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, the military’s campaign in the North-East, recently renamed Operation Hadin Kai. “President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. “Prior to his appointment Major-General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism Counter

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Gov Masari says open grazing should be discontinued

*Faults Presidency, says open grazing is unIslamic *Declares total support for devolution of power Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has opposed open grazing of cattle, saying it should be discontinued. Masari, in an interview with journalists in Katsina on Tuesday evening, described open grazing as un-Islamic. Open grazing has been generating controversy in the country since May 11 when the Southern governors at their meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, banned the practice in a move aimed at addressing insecurity in the region. On Thursday last week, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami,

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Remi Tinubu under fire for calling woman thug at public hearing

The Senator representing Lagos Central, Remi Tinubu, has come under fire for reportedly calling a woman a thug during the public hearing of the constitutional review on Wednesday. According to The Cable, the lawmaker was involved in a shouting match with some Nigerians who attended the event at the Marriot Hotel in Lagos. Tinubu is leading the Senate Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution in the South-West. It was reported that residents queued to register before they were allowed into the venue of the event. However, when the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, came in through the back door, the

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