*Urges Edo electorate to be vigilant and defend their votes. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council Chairman, Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Edo governorship election will be won convincingly by Governor Godwin Obaseki. The PDP National Campaign chairman who is also the Governor of... Read more
USCIRF Welcomes Import Ban Against Xinjiang Firms
FeaturedPress Releases September 15, 2020
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today welcomed the decision by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to issue five new Withhold Release Orders (WRO) due to concerns about forced labor and religious freedom violations in the region aimed towards Uyghur and other Muslims.... Read more
The Secretary to the Rivers Government (SSG) , Dr. Tammy Danagogo, has appealed to medical doctors and health professionals in the state to extend more of their services to the rural areas. A statement on Tuesday by Danagogo’s media aide, Juliana Masi, stated that he made the appeal when... Read more
The Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) on Tuesday cautioned pro-Biafran groups against predicting a date for the restoration of the Republic of Biafra, saying it would amount to a great fraud in Igbo history if the predictions fail to materialize. In a statement entitled ‘On Biafran Restoration Timeline,’ which was... Read more
The United States Government has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerian politicians involved in electoral violence and malpractices in some states. The measure coming in the run up to the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states, pointedly targets individuals it accused of working to undermine the November 2019... Read more
Earlier this week, the Director Centre for Climate Change and Development at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, Professor Chukwumerije Okereke was a special guest at an enriching tweet chat on “the role of young people in achieving the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)” organised by International Climate Change... Read more
The Benue State Government and stakeholders in the Sankera area of the state on Friday urged military authorities to release the 35 repentant militiamen arrested alongside Terwase Akwaza aka Gana. Gana, a notorious criminal who embraced the state government’s amnesty programme, was killed in a controversial circumstance on Tuesday... Read more
The political quagmire between the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari and Senator Kabiru Marafa has taken a new twist as the latter has taken a swipe at the former, saying that Yari was misleading the All Progressives Congress, APC Caretaker Committee chaired by the Yobe State governor,... Read more
The Nigeria Football Federation has given its word to provide necessary support within its capacity to the African Beach Soccer Union (ABSU) – a body created to channel and develop the game of beach soccer in the continent. General Secretary of the NFF, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi gave... Read more
By Precious Elekima The Book, “The Nigeria Police Force and the Dynamics of Election Security Management System” is more of a discharge of burden of responsibility for a people in “Political Captivity” than a mere book by a fine gentleman and patriotic Police Officer who rather than dying with... Read more
