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Alleged Police extrajudicial killing: widow demands justice

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Thursday, February 13th, 2020

By Ijendu Iheaka Mrs Goodluck Ogbuji, wife of late Nwamaka Ogbuji, an Ugwuatti Community Youth Leader in Ukwa, Abia State, has appealed to the Federal and Abia Governments for justice. Ogbuji was an alleged victim of extra-judicial killing by Police Mobile Force men. Goodluck made the call while speaking to newsmen in Aba on Wednesday. The […]

2023: Niger Delta group seeks legislation on power rotation

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Thursday, February 13th, 2020

Ikuru Lizzy A political pressure group, Niger Delta Youth Coalition (NDYC), has called for legislation that would enthrone political zoning systems and power rotation as part of the county’s law. National Coordinator of the group, Mr Emmanuel Ogba, made the call on Saturday in Port Harcourt. He urged the National Assembly to strive towards making […]

FG, U.S. sign $1.1m grant for electricity development

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, February 11th, 2020

By Edith Ike-Eboh The Federal Government and United State Trade and Development Agency have signed a 1.1million dollar grant to support electricity infrastructure development in Nigeria. The agreement was signed at the ongoing Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja, on Tuesday. The theme of the summit is :Widening the integration Circle :Technology, Knowledge, Sustainability Partnership. […]

Kenyan police arrest four Chinese workers after a video went viral showing one of them caning a Kenyan worker

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, February 9th, 2020

Kenya police say four Chinese migrant workers have been arrested following a widely circulated video appearing to show one of them caning a Kenyan worker for arriving late at a restaurant they all work in. The video has led to outrage by many Kenyans on social media who likened it to the treatment of Kenyans […]

African Leaders inaugurate security committee headquarters in Addis Ababa

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, February 9th, 2020

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday joined other African leaders to inaugurate the headquarters of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services (CISSA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with a pledge to intensify security cooperation. President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea and Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed […]

What women with mutilated genitals undergo during sex – Expert

Posted by admin Headlines, Women Politics Sunday, February 9th, 2020

By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu Dr Esther Somefun, a Gender and Reproductive Health Analyst, on Sunday, says that women who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) find it difficult to enjoy sex. Somefun, work with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that it was difficult for circumcised women to enjoy sexual […]

China coronavirus deaths reach 811

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, February 9th, 2020

The number of deaths from the new coronavirus has risen to 811 in mainland China, the country’s National Health Commission said on Sunday. The death toll thereby surpassed that of SARS, a respiratory disease which caused a global health scare in the early 2000, and which also began in China. Across China, 89 new deaths […]

ECOWAS mobilising own resources to combat terrorism -Buhari

Posted by admin ECOWAS, Headlines Sunday, February 9th, 2020

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, commended the renewed vigour by ECOWAS member countries to mobilise their own resources to combat terrorism. Malam Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said the President spoke at the High Level meeting of the African Union Peace […]

Press Release: Much More Needs to be Done on Ogoni Cleanup – MOSOP

Posted by admin Headlines, Press Releases Sunday, February 9th, 2020

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) wishes to express its concerns over the Ogoni cleanup. This is necessary following the recent media briefing by Mr. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in which he stated that “since the Ogoni Cleanup commenced in January 2019, with […]

Ken Saro-Wiwa’s Exoneration Top MOSOPs List of Demands

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, February 9th, 2020

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has listed four conditions as necessary for the resolution of the Ogoni problem. Top amongst them is the exoneration of the 9 innocent Ogoni activists including Ken Saro-Wiwa who were murdered on November 10, 1995 by the Nigerian state. This was part of the resolutions […]