… Commends Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State The just-ended 2020 Synod of the Diocese of Evo, Anglican Communion, Rivers State, presided over by the Bishop, Rt. Rev. Innocent U. Ordu, JP, has strongly condemned corruption in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the mindless killings in Southern Kaduna... Read more
The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Dr. Obadiah Mailafiya, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for questioning again. Yakubu Bawa, Mailafiya’s lawyer confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos. According to him, Mailafiya is expected to... Read more
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report: Turkmenistan Policy Update – This update describes the brutal conditions that religious prisoners face in Turkmenistan, including detention or disappearance in the country’s vast prison system. Muslims, whom the government has vaguely or... Read more
The Department of State Services has invited a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, to its Jos office. Mailafia confirmed the development to our correspondent in Jos on Tuesday. He said, “Yes, it true. The DSS invited me to appear in their Jos... Read more
… Iran Factsheet Highlights Senior Sanctioned Officials Responsible for Egregious Religious Freedom Violations The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has condemned the death sentence announced on August 10 of 22-year-old Nigerian singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a song he circulated on the... Read more
Pandemonium and panic broke out at the popular Ophoke-Abba market, Kpiri-Kpiri in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital on Monday evening following the discovery of a substance suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the market. The discovery of the substance at the saw traders, buyers and passers-by in... Read more
The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation met via video conference on Monday, 10th August 2020 to deliberate on important issues in Nigerian Football and resolved as follows: 1) The Executive Committee applauded the efforts of the Federal Government in combating the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that continues to be... Read more
*Takes steps to restore foremost academic institutions Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has decried the encroachment of government land in the State. He described as unfortunate the excuse by residents to encroach on the land owned by Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Borikiri, Port Harcourt. The Governor made the observation... Read more
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised an alarm that Nigeria’s Federal Government through its security agencies have continued to arbitrarily arrest its members on flimsy excuses while restasting that it remains a non violent group. The IPOB position followed the arrest of about 67 of its members... Read more
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has stated it is only interested in the 2023 presidency and pursuit of sovereign State by any group in the zone. The group maintained that it is a right to the Southeast zone, not a privilege to get the presidency in 2023.... Read more
