Nigeria

Reno Omokri has written on how feels about the inauguration of new security outfit in the SouthWest region of Nigeria, Amotekun. According to him, the eventual impact of Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn will be to equate the Southwest with the Southeast in the eye of the average Northerner. Reno believes Amotekun is a ...

The Imo General Assembly has said that the Supreme Court judgment that chased Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha out of office and named Senator Hope Uzodinma the governor of Imo State will only cause problems in Imo State and the South East. In a recent statement by the President of the ...

2nd Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed has blasted the people behind new security outfit, Amotekun, saying it is just the South West’s way of transforming into another country via the backdoor. Junaid feels the people responsible for its formation are against the country’s interest and should be prosecuted. According to ...

Ex Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has begged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to not contemplate on outlawing the newly launched South-West security outfit, Amotekun because it was established to protect the lives and property of the people. He revealed this in his Abuja residence at a media parley with ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the reason why APC governors are backing last week’s Supreme Court judgment for Imo State election is because so many of them are products of big electoral manipulations. According to PDP, the cheap blackmail by APC governors will not prevent them and several ...

Ex-Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi, has reacted to the death of a foremost agronomist, businessman, philanthropist, and Chairman of University Press Plc, Dr. Lekan Are. Dr. Lekan died in the early hours of Saturday, at the University College Hospital (UCH), in Ibadan, after a brief illness. According to Ajimobi, ...

Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu has said his male colleagues sleep with sugar mummies to live large. According to the movie star, there is no money in the Nollywood and everybody is just packaging. He added that he knows one particular movie star who had sex with his girlfriend’s mum for ...

Kogi State government has said it plans to strengthen its own borders to prevent invasion from external forces. After the launch of Amotekun, Special Adviser to the state Governor on Security, Commandant Jerry Omodara (Rtd) believes Kogi must be prepared to protect its area from runaway criminals from the South ...

The Executive Director of Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Sunday Oduntan has urged Nigerians to stop referring to its members as “NEPA.” if they want electricity. ANED is the umbrella body of electricity distribution companies in Nigeria (DisCos). According to Mr. Sunday, calling their people NEPA ...

PDP chairman, Uche Secondus has come out to say that APC has taken electoral manipulation to the next level. This is coming after the opposition party raised an alarm over the alleged plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency to pressurize the Supreme Court to reclaim ...

Nasarawa State Government wants a stronger synergy with the state’s chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) towards improving and promoting opportunities in the sports sector. Commissioner of Youth and Sports Development, Othman Bala-Adam revealed this on Friday, during a courtesy visit to the ministry by members of ...

Ex-Finance Minister, Chief Olu Falae has come out to talk about the new minimum wage. According to him, he believes it would only be effective for some years before we all go back to the way things used to be. Falae thinks if we can reduce the minimum wage and ...

The Nigeria military has promised to not allow any individual or group to jeopardize the sovereignty and stability of the country’s territorial integrity. The military urged important stakeholders to unite with the armed forces and intelligence agencies to make sure Nigeria is protected, begging them to search for other ways ...

Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia South has warned against an imminent weakening of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and other democratic agencies in the country. According to him, if the Supreme Court keeps ruling out election results, a democratic agency like INEC will ...

Ex Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, has said Amotekun should not be used as an agenda to push Nigeria to war, even if it has to be supported. According to him, Amotekun has to be accepted and not blasted by some Northern groups. ...

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in the Bwari area of Abuja, has sacked Ifeanyi Ubah as the senator representing Anambra South. With this latest ruling, Justice Bello Kawu turned down Ifeanyi’s request to wave the order issued in a judgment delivered by the court on April 11, ...

Ex Borno state governor, Sen. Kashim Shettima has said he is ready to be one of the cabals in Abuja. He revealed this as a guest speaker at the 17th Edition of the Daily Trust Dialogue held in Abuja entitled: 20 Years of Democracy in Nigeria: Strengths, Weakness and opportunities. ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has come out to say that the Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun, organized by the six Southwest States to battle crimes in the region, is here to stay. According to NANS, any move by the Federal Government to scrap it will not ...

Leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has backed Operation Amotekun, the new regional security outfit of Nigeria’s Southwest geopolitical region. According to the Biafra clamourer, IPOB is ready to work with the incumbent leadership of the Yorubas to make it happen. Nnamdi believes the outfit is ...

Reverend Mbaka has come out to say that his Imo governorship prediction success is only the beginning and there are more to come. According to the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, he has 39 more prophecies that will come to pass this year. He said Nigerians must know ...