The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) on Wednesday said inadequate satellite and other facilities affect monitoring of bandits and other criminal elements operating in the country. The newly appointed Director-General of the Agency, Halilu Shaba disclosed this to journalists in Abuja after an interactive meeting with staff... Read more
Wives of returning soldiers and police officers who served in conflict zones under the aegis of Defence and Police Officers Wives Association (DEPOWA), have lamented behavioural changes in their spouses. DEPOWA President, Mrs Victoria Irabor, who led her members on courtesy call to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS),... Read more
Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka has disclosed that his 24 hours ‘disappearance’ was an incarceration by the Enugu Catholic Bishop, Most Rev Callistus Onaga, whom he accused of conniving with others (names not mentioned) to detain him because he spoke favourably about the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra,... Read more
Lawmakers have been notified of a possible attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the National Assembly complex and other public buildings in Abuja, The PUNCH has learnt. Several members of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, confirmed to our correspondent that they had been notified of the imminent attack by the... Read more
President of the Nigeria Football Federation and Member of the CAF Emergency Committee, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick, was the pivot of a crucial meeting in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan on Tuesday as the Confederation of African Football set into action the push for a $1billion lifeline for wholesale revamp... Read more
USCIRF Releases New Report On Violent Islamist Groups In The Central Sahel
FeaturedPress Releases May 5, 2021
May 5, 2021 Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom violations committed by violent Islamist groups in the central Sahel region of west Africa: Central Sahel Factsheet – Over the past half decade, violent Islamist groups... Read more
Governors of southern Nigerian states under the aegis of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum met on Tuesday evening to discuss the state of the nation. The meeting held virtually at the instance of Governors Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) and David Umahi (Ebonyi) to solutions to end the... Read more
Nigerians have taken to Twitter to kick against Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s plea to the federal government to pay the ransom demanded by abductors of students from Greenfield University. Gumi voiced backing for payment of ransom in an interview with the news outlet Punch. “The money they are asking for... Read more
The Katsina State Government has accused a cross section of security personnel of aiding bandits in perpetuating banditry and other criminal activities in the area. ‘There are informants in the security agencies because some security personnel give these criminals all the assistance they require in terms of information and... Read more
If you live in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt, or you reside in any of the other state capitals, you probably take for granted that you actually live in the better of the two worlds that make up Nigeria when it comes to banking. Take Lagos, for example, you... Read more
