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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday, said the insecurity situation in the country has reached its peak with the threat by bandits to kidnap the President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that there was no government in the country and those surrounding the presidents were criminals. Ortom, who was reacting to a video trending on social media where bandits were flogging Kaduna-bound train attack victims and their threat to kidnap the president and the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said Nigerians were now exposed to the Afghanistan treatment. The governor, who briefed journalists at the new banquet hall of the government…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Dauda Biu as the Acting Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), following the retirement of Mr Boboye Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi said this when he handed over the affairs of the Corps to Biu at the FRSC headquarters on Monday in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem on Monday in Abuja. Oyeyemi said that Biu’s appointment took effect from July 24 and wished him a successful tenure as he assumed office. The FRSC Board Chairman, Malam…

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, to subject himself to an hour long Television interview. Reacting to the allegation of Tinubu Campaign Organisation that he was not prepared to lead the country because of some of the issues discussed during his last Television interview, the former vice president dared Tinubu to take up the challenge. “‘We would like to challenge Bola Tinubu to subject himself to an hour long interview, like the Waziri did, and if he is…

THE Senator representing Abia North, Orji Kalu, has said he was a very wealthy man before venturing into politics and could quit his position in the Nigerian Senate anytime. Kalu said that by 1982, only the late President Shehu Shagari had the latest Mercedez Benz car as him in Nigeria. In a post on his verified Facebook page today, the former Abia State governor said he spent the money he earned from his private businesses on politics. Kalu, who governed Abia State between 1999 and 2007 and is currently the Senate Chief Whip, revealed that he gifted the Peoples Democratic…

The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, has called for the arrest of clerics who attended the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the running mate of Bola Tinubu. Shettima was on Wednesday unveiled as the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress at an event in Abuja. The presence of some bishops and pastors at the event had raised claims of them being fakes, especially as the Christian Association of Nigeria also disowned the clerics. In a video on his Facebook page on Friday, Enenche bashed the clerics and those who brought them to he…

Press Release One Love Foundation is an NGO commited to the promotion, defence of human rights, equality of all citizens and justice for everyone all over the world. As a group we are deeply concerned about different narrative and stories going about on social media and online platforms about the hardworking and press friendly Nigeria Police Force’s Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, who has and being accused of abuse of power by different news medium platform,with the most prominent one of them being fij online news report recently. The report has it that certain Commuters,with name as Samuel Oluwatosin…

Former Anambra State Governor and Presidential Candidate of the Labor Party, Mr Peter Obi was at the Country Home of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu at Umuobiakwa, Obingwa LGA early this morning for a courtesy visit. Mr Obi arrived Umuobiakwa quite early this morning and was received by his host, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Former Governor Obi informed Governor Ikpeazu that he was in Abja State to attend an event at the Mater Dei Catholic Cathedral Umuahia and in line with official courtesies and protocols, he had to come to see the Governor before proceeding to the event. They discussed a wide range…

The United Nations, UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has indicted both Nigeria and Kenya Governments for the arrest and extraordinary rendition, torture and continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, without due process. UN therefore, asked Nigerian Government to, “immediate release Kanu unconditionally” and pay him adequate compensations for the arbitrary violation of his fundamental human rights. It also recommended that Government officials responsible for the torture meted to the IPOB Leader be investigated and punished. The UN body further directed Nigeria to report back within six months…

Uncertainty now surrounds the ambition of Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal to contest next year’s senatorial election following Tuesday’s pronouncement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it is a violation of the electoral act for anyone to obtain multiple nomination forms. Tambuwal was handed People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) senatorial ticket for Sokoto South last month soon after pulling out of the party’s presidential primary. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Mike Igini, speaking on Channels Television, had described procurement of more than one nomination form by anyone as an offence under Section 115 (D)…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State, on Friday, recognised Princess Ann Agom-Eze, as the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, for Ebonyi South Zone. Governor Umahi through his Counsel, Roy Nweze Umahi, had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, to the Federal High Court in Abakaliki, to compel the commission to recognise the governor as the authentic senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South senatorial District. But Princess Agom-Eze, on Tuesday, approached the court and urged it not to recognise Governor Umahi’s Senatorial bid. Umahi’s Counsel argued that the governor’s name should be recognised by INEC, hence…