•Pa Ayo Adebanjo The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has vowed to mobilise and join forces with Nigerians against the practices of unitarianism in Nigerian politics. Afenifere stated this in a communique issued after its monthly meeting held at Isanya Ogbo Ogun State, the residence of its Leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo. The commun...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to firmly resist the plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to smuggle in unaccredited polling and collation agents. This is coming on the heel of failure by the APC to meet the deadline stipulated by the Electoral Act, 2022 and INEC [&hellip...
The Nigeria Police has vowed to resist violence during the planned nationwide protest slated for August 1. A statement by Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh in Abuja today, said the FCT Command has also deployed a total of 4,200 police officers to curb any form of violence that might arise during the protest. […]
•Troops The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said intelligence has revealed that some “unscrupulous elements are bent on hijacking the planned protest for violent purposes.” It said, “unscrupulous elements” have targeted to attack persons with things as basic as a smartphone, car, house, shop, or even use air conditioners in their houses. The Direct...
•Tinubu The Academic Staff Union of Universities in the Niger Delta University, Amassoma in Bayelsa State, has urged Nigerians to resist plans of the federal government to use pension funds for developmental programmes. Addressing a press conference yesterday, ASUU chairperson, Lucky Bebeteidoh, said, “Of recent, we have watched the Minister o...
•Fulani herdsman A group, Middle Belt Patriots, has urged state governors not to succumb to pressure from the federal government to cede lands to Fulani herdsmen for grazing. The group said yielding to such demands would worsen the security situation in the middle belt and other parts of the country, reports Saturday PUNCH. President Bola [&he...
•Akpata Ahead of the September 21 gubernatorial election in Edo, Olumide Akpata, the flag-bearer of the Labour Party (LP), has vowed to resist any attempt to rig the poll. He gave this assurance during an interactive session with OBIdients on X space titled “Vawulence Space: One-on-one with Olumide Akpata”, reports Nigerian Tribune. “I will do...
The omnipresence of social media is a validation of Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy. The professor and media guru had predicted in the 1960s that the media would become so pervasive and intrusive that it would shrink the world into a “global village”. Not only has his prophecy come to pass, but in our time, social media […]
Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, today, accused the police of shooting at him on his way to inspect the State House of Assembly Complex that was gutted by fire last night. Fubara named a senior officer in the Rivers State Police Command as the leader of the team that was deployed to obstruct his access […]