Over 400 Igbos Abducted From Obigbo, Sent To Detention Facilities In The North, Says Rights Group
FeaturedSpecial Reports December 22, 2020
A Human rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law (InterSociety) which carries out forensic studies and catalogues rights abuses, extra-judicial arrests, detentions and killings by agents of the Nigerian state, has raised an alarm that more than 400 people of Igbo extraction have been... Read more
Former leader of Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), Beijing chapter, Onyekwulunne Malvinho Chuka, is said to be presently on the run. He was declared wanted by Department of State Security (DSS) in Anambra State over alleged complicity during #EndSARS protest. According to a reliable source, Chuka, who hailed from Oraukwu... Read more
Governors of the 36 states under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have expressed worries over the deteriorating security challenges bedeviling the country, particularly the North-west region. The Chairman of the Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in... Read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that without the discovery of fresh hydrocarbons in some parts of the country, the current 37 billion barrels in reserves will dry up in 30 years, given a projection of 2.3 million barrels per day by 2023. The corporation which recently... Read more
Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, says he finds it insulting for the ruling All Progressives Congress to accuse him of sponsoring bandits in his state. The Zamfara State governor, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019, said the state was “a colony of... Read more
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, expressed anger over what he described as the routine attacks of travellers and villagers by Boko Haram along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway. The governor, who visited Jakana, one of the major towns along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, on Monday, faulted the army for Friday’s abduction of over 30... Read more
Notable Igbo sons and daughters have begun moves to elicit the support of other regional blocs for the realization of South east presidency project in 2023. They therefore called on every Nigerian to key into the project, saying time has come for the country to produce its next president... Read more
The Presidency has called on Nigerians to be thankful that bombings no longer take place in the country daily. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ programme on Sunday. Adesina, who is the President’s most senior media... Read more
Some of the abducted 344 students of Government Science Secondary School who regained freedom on Thursday night from their abductors, have vowed not to return to school until adequate security measures are put in place by the state government. The students, who spoke in an exclusive interview with THISDAY... Read more
Bandits have attacked the convoy of the Emir of Kaura Namoda, HRH Sanusi Muhammad Asha, along Zaria-Funtua road, killing three policemen and five others. Relatives of the Emir told Channels Television on Friday that the incident happened on Thursday night when the monarch was on his way back to... Read more
