Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has condemned the killings of policemen and burning of INEC offices by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, militants in the Southeast, describing them as soulmates of Boko Haram terrorists. He gave the description in a statement he issued in the wake of federal government’s suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. According to him, “I hold no brief for those who resort to burning down police stations, slaughter their occupants simply for the crime of earning a measly monthly pittance, torch electoral offices, assassinate politicians in calculated effort to set sections of the country against…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says more governors elected under other political parties platforms have expressed willingness to defect to All Progressives Congress (APC). Ganduje said this when he received members of APC membership registration/revalidation appeals committee, led by Faruk Aliyu on a courtesy visit at Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Abba Anwar on Sunday in Kano. Ganduje said that the party was making arrangements to receive the governors who would defeat to APC for a greater Nigeria. He said the APC membership registration/ revalidation…
Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late military head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, Hamza Al-Mustapha says he decided to join politics in 2019 to create opportunities for Nigerian youths to actualise their potential. Al Mustapha said this when he spoke in Abuja on Sunday. “I created the Green Party for the youth, women, the poor and people living with disabilities, it is a party that has to do with the future of Nigeria. “Having criss-cross from the North to the South and after meeting this class of Nigerians who are mostly neglected, I decided to form a party that…
A Legal Practitioner, Dr Kayode Ajulo has said that the planned prosecution of users of the suspended twitter microblogging platform by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, is unknown to the county’s laws. Ajulo, also a Constitutional Lawyer, stated this on Sunday, while speaking in Abuja. He said that the statement from the AGF should have been directed at those who abused social media and not all twitter users, stressing that having carefully studied Nigeria’s various penal laws, nowhere was a citizen of the country prohibited from receiving or disseminating information. This, according to him, was…
At least 100 people were killed in a “barbaric attack” by gunmen targeting a village in north-eastern Burkina Faso, said the West African country’s president, Roch Kabore, on Saturday. Kabore said he had ordered three days of national mourning over the attack on the village of Solhan in the conflict-ridden Sahel region. Security forces were already en route to track down the perpetrators behind the “shameful” act, he added in the statement on Facebook. There was no information about the attackers’ motive or identity. It was the deadliest attack in Burkina Faso in years, and according to the AIB state…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will prioritise measures aimed at preventing corruption in order to save the huge cost of prosecuting corruption cases. Executive Chairman of EFCC, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, said other measures undertaken by the agency included the re-launch of the inter-faith dialogue and instilling the culture of integrity in young people. Bawa said in New York on Sunday that one of the best means to fight corruption in the country was for Nigerians to have attitudinal change. He said that the anti-corruption agency was exploring Nigeria’s religious strength, pointing out that Nigeria is unarguably the most…
Maj. Hamza Al Mustapha, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late military head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, says the current effort to amend the 1999 Constitution might not work, as it is being done in a rush. Al Mustapha said this when he spoke in Abuja on Sunday. “Constitutional amendments are done to carry everybody along, but I can see a Constitutional amendment carrying a few elites in a hurry. “Constitutional amendments should be given time and should not be seen carrying the opinions of a few elites abandoning the majority. “Most Nigerians especially the downtrodden in rural communities are…
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has reacted to the recent remark by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo against the Igbo secession bid, describing it as hypocritical attempt to fool the nation. A statement by CNG’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, reminded Ohanaeze and the Igbo that they can only fool some people sometimes, but cannot fool all the people all the time. “It is no longer in doubt that the current violent agitations and disturbances over Biafra is clearly an agenda with a wholesome backing from every component of the Igbo community in Nigeria and in the Diaspora including Ohanaeze. The CNG reminded…
Founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN, prophet T. B. Joshua is dead. A statement by the church confirmed that the death of the popular pastor occurred on Saturday at 57. “Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” – Amos 3:7 On Saturday 5th June 2021, Prophet TB Joshua spoke during the Emmanuel TV Partners Meeting: “Time for everything – time to come here for prayer and time to return home after the service.” “God has taken His servant Prophet TB Joshua home – as it should be by divine…
Senator Aliyu Wamakko has called on Southern leaders to speak up against attacks on northern traders traveling to that region, by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. According to the senator, in a statement he personally signed and obtained by ASHENEWS on Saturday, “If leaders from the South-East feel they can allow their own people to do what they wanted, we may have no choice than to stop dousing the increasing tension among our own followers.” Wamakko observed that the silence by Southern leaders, indicates “Their tacit approval for the activities of the murderous IPOB gangs,” adding that…