The Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Abutu Yaro, on Wednesday, explained why security operatives were embarking on indiscriminate arrests in the state. Speaking when the Orlu branch of the Nigerian Bar Association visited him in his office at the Police Command headquarters in Owerri, the CP disclosed that security …
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Tension, Anger In Police Academy As Nigeria Police Refuse To Pass Out 418 Cadets Enrolled Since 2015 There is anger at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, as the police authorities led by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, failed to pass out 418 cadet Assistant Superintendents of Police …
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When on October 14, 2020, I saw Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s tweet “Donate via #Bitcoin to help #EndSARS”, I knew that he would eventually run into trouble with the Nigerian authorities. No government in the world would have offered him a pat on the back for inviting donations to a …
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has commended the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) for calling off its two months’ strike in the State. He has, however, directed the Accountant General of the State not to pay judiciary workers for the first week of June in which the ‘no work-no …
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We, Will, Keep Tweeting! “The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny:” – Wole Soyinka We are leaders of civil society organisations that work on governance, corruption, elections, digital rights & inclusion, women’s rights and journalism in Nigeria. We strongly support statements released by various …
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Tomorrow in Lagos, President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the 156km Lagos—Ibadan standard gauge railway line, the first double-track standard gauge rail in West Africa, and the first Nigerian railway line to be started AND completed by the SAME administration, since 1960. Construction started in March 2017, and test-running commenced in …
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“NIGERIA: Consolidating Democracy and National Unity,” a one-hour documentary about the recognition of June 12, 1993, elections will debut simultaneously on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Channels TV networks this Saturday. The documentary is to commemorate the third anniversary of the landmark decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to officially …
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World Bank worries about power deficit Businesses, households groan The slide in electricity supply to homes and factories have become worrisome to Nigerians and business owners. In the last few months, power supply has dipped, a survey conducted by The Nation showed. At the best of times, during the last …
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#100DAYSINOFFICE: GOV AKEREDOLU COMMISSIONS AMOTEKUN’S ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS, CONTROL CENTRE •Says Security Outfit Not For Battle Against Any Ethnic Nationality Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has declared that efforts to empower and strengthen the State Security Network, Amotekun Corps, was not a battle against any ethnic nationality in the …
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The ban on Twitter is not only illegal but it is also an ill-advised move to divert the attention of Nigerians from the FG’s failure to tackle insecurity in parts of the country. It amounts to suppression of fundamental human rights and gagging of social media.
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