A panel has issued a warrant of arrest against the Commissioner of Police, Legal Services, Force Headquarters, CP Igbeh Ochogwu, in respect of the alleged unlawful arrest and disappearance of John Alozie since June 25, 2017. The Independent Investigation Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery... Read more
The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for its various interventions in the development of the Niger Delta region. Senator Uzodinma, who spoke at the Imo State Government House, Owerri, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the... Read more
Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may become extinct if it fails to present electable candidate to win the 2023 presidential election. Governor Wike, who is a PDP presidential aspirant, made this assertion while wooing Anambra State PDP leaders and delegates... Read more
The 2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former DG/CEO of NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside has once again berated Governor Nyesom Wike for failing to pay retirees after several appeals from well meaning members of the society. On Wednesday, retirees protested to the Government House... Read more
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today welcomed Iran’s temporary furlough of religious prisoner of conscience Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and called on the government to permanently release him. Iranian security officials arrested Nadarkhani in July 2018 on charges of “acting against national security” and “promoting Zionist Christianity.”... Read more
By Chuks Iloegbunam Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citadel Global Community Church recently spoke through his hat while preaching a sermon. He told his congregation that, during the January 15, 1966 military action that toppled the First Republic, the soldiers that took Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa removed... Read more
President of the Nigeria Football Federation and Member of the FIFA Council, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick has been appointed into a new role within the world football –governing body’s working group. In a letter dated 11th April and signed by Véron Mosengo-Omba, General Secretary of the Confederation of African... Read more
*As Olympic champions Canada draw 2-2 With Super Falcons in Victoria City The Nigeria Football Federation says it will consciously invest even more in the women’s game as the three women National Teams continue to churn out impressive results internationally. General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi on Tuesday... Read more
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State looks unstoppable in its goal of winning the presidential, governorship and all other elective positions in the state in 2023. Chieftain and leading aspirant for the governorship ticket of the party, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, made the declaration on Saturday,... Read more
By Obi Nwakanma Mr Tunde Bakare, Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly (now also known as the Citadel Global Community Church) a Nigerian fundamentalist Christian church, is a man with a large following. His words are consequential. His pulpit is large. As a self-proclaimed Christian pastor, many Christians have... Read more