Nigeria: Torture and Impunity still widespread 4 years after passage of Anti-Torture Act -AI
June 26, 2022 … Says those who testified at #EndSars judicial panels yet to receive the justice they deserve Four years after the passage of the 2017 Anti-Torture Act, Amnesty…
Troops clear IPOB/ESN camps in Anambra, Enugu, recover weapons
June 26, 2022 The Nigerian Army says its troops of 302 Regiment and security agencies have dislodged camps belonging to Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN)…
Mass testing: Taraba confirms 77 persons HIV positive
June 26, 2022 The Taraba Government on Sunday said 77 persons tested HIV-positive out of 2,156 tested during the ongoing mass testing and treatment to ensure HIV-free society by 2030….
Alleged organ harvesting: Ebonyi govt. reaches out to family of touted kidney donor
June 26, 2022 The Ebonyi Government says it is reaching out to the family of the individual contacted by Sen. Ike Ekweremmadu (PDP -Enugu West) to donate his kidney to…
Brazilian returnee arrested with cocaine in private part as NDLEA seizes London-bound Meth consignments at Lagos airport, Imo
June 26, 2022 …Two wanted drug kingpins behind seized Tincan port shipments nabbed A Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Uche Benson has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
Nigeria to issue marginal oilfield licences next week – NUPRC
June 26, 2022 Nigeria will issue prospecting licences on Tuesday to companies that won rights to develop marginal oilfields, the petroleum industry regulator said on Saturday, some two years after…
Well run by Nigeria’s Eroton spills oil and gas for over a week
June 26, 2022 A well at a site operated by local Nigerian firm Eroton Exploration and Production Limited has been spilling oil and gas into the Niger Delta for more…
Police arrests suspected ritualist in Delta
June 26, 2022 The Police Command in Delta has apprehended a 33-year-old suspected ritualist in the state. The state command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday…
Banditry: Zamfara govt sets up special committee to receive intelligence on activities of informants, directs residents to obtain guns for self-defenseÂ
June 26, 2022 The Zamfara State Government has directed the formation of a special committee to receive intelligence on the activities of informants, while also directing residents to obtain guns…
Peter Obi and the inconvenient truth
BY KEN UGBECHIE Gradually but steadily, Peter Obi is re-enacting a French political revolution. Not the revolution deep in history. The decade-long revolution of May 5, 1789 to November 9,…