Dr Chukwuemeke Ezeife, a former Governor of old Anambra, has said that the people of the eastern region were already projecting some persons for the actualisation of an Igbo president in 2023. He said this at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja while speaking on the need to have an Igbo president in 2023 which he said was long overdue. The conference was organised by the Global Movement for Igbo President in 2023. Ezeife said it was not true that having an Igbo president might remain a mirage because the people were not united as was being speculated. He…
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The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, has advised President Mohammadu Buhari to urgently enter into constructive dialogue with #EndSARS protesters. Adams, in a statement by his Media Assistant, Mr Kehinde Aderemi, made this appeal in a letter to the President on Sunday. According to him, the President must not use soldiers to forcefully stop the #EndSARS protests rocking more than 20 states. “I can’t imagine soldiers being sent to stop protests. Soldiers are trained to fight external aggression and we are dealing with peaceful protesters. “It is wrong to give the impression that Nigeria is at war with…
The Nigerian Army has said the newly-launched Exercise Crocodile Smile VI has nothing to do with the ongoing ENDSARS protests across the country. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, indicated this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Musa emphasised that the exercise is a yearly event set out to train officers and men in its efforts to ensure safety and security of Nigeria and its citizens. “It is a yearly exercise in the Army Calendar/Forecast of Events which traditionally holds from October to December of each year. According to Musa, this year’s exercise is scheduled to…
The National Examination Council (NECO) has rescheduled its Oct. 19, Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) following #EndSARS protest. Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division, NECO said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. “This is to inform the general public and especially candidates that the NECO has been constrained to reschedule the Paper one Computer Studies Practicals earlier scheduled to take place on Oct. 19, to Nov. 16. ”This unforeseen incident has been caused by the #EndSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin. “The NECO delivery truck…
Former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside says the ongoing #EndSARS protest across Nigeria provides an opportunity for the government to embark on a comprehensive reform of the Nigeria Police and not just the SARS. Dr. Peterside stated this at the weekend in Port Harcourt on the sidelines of this year’s edition of Arise Walk-For-Life, an initiative of Pastor Siji Iluyomade of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). He stressed that it would be difficult for the police to reform itself without direct involvement of the government and critical stakeholders. According to…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger has confirmed the death of three persons in an accident that occurred on Mokwa-Jebba road on Sunday. Mr Joel Dagwa, the state’s FRSC Commander, said in Minna on Sunday that 19 other persons got various degrees of injuries. He said that the accident, which occurred at about 3.00 pm at Tsafa village, involved a Mazda bus and an articulated vehicle. He said that the victims were rescued to General hospital, Mokwa, where the doctor confirmed three dead and the corpses deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Bida, morgue. He explained that the…
Amid nationwide #ENDSARs protests, angry tanker drivers in Adamawa have on Sunday shutdown Yola-Jalingo highway in to protest alleged police brutality against a tanker driver, near Mayo Belwa town. An eyewitness Muhammad Ali said that the incident occurred when police officers from Karewa area command in Yola accosted a tanker driver who was transferring fuel from his reserve tank to the main tank and demanded bribe. “A tanker driver whose fuel got exhausted was trying to transfer fuel to the main tank from his reservoir. ” Some policemen from Karewa area command who are notorious for extorting motorists accosted the…
The Nigeria Diaspora Network (NDN) has begin collation of names of its members who have fallen victims of alleged brutality of the officers of disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad Unit of Nigerian police. NDN, an association of Nigerians living abroad, stated this in a statement in Abuja by its International Coordinator, Mr Samuel Atolaiye. Atolaiye also hinted that the group would make strong representations for the victims in their various states as state governments began setting up commissions of enquiry to probe all the cases. “Imagine a police service unit that is originally put together to protect the citizens from…
The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday’s council polls in the state. Chairman, Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC), Alhaji Dahiru Tata, announced this on Sunday in Bauchi while issuing Certificates of Return to the newly elected chairmen. “The election has been largely successful and peaceful and PDP won all the 20 local government chairmanship and the 323 councillorship posts in the state. ” The results are as officially declared by Returning Officers at the various levels as I am only here to issue certificates to the winners,” he…
Workers at Dangote Savannah Sugar in Numan, Adamawa state have shut down the company in protest over alleged non-payment of workers’ gratuities and improved condition of service since 2003. TGNews reports that the workers union, National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employees, NUFBTE, said the company failed to pay staff gratuities, as well as improved condition of service since 2003. “We want our gratuities and condition of service that will guide our operations and this affected all cadres; no one has the condition of service,” one of its leaders, Mr David Simon said. According to him, no agreement with…