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By Press Release The African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has expressed deep concern over the attempt by officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja, to abduct a whistleblower, Yisa Usman, from his residence on Wednesday, July 16 2025. According to a press statement signed by Dr. Chido Onumah, Coordinator of AFRICMIL, “It’s shocking that the police exhibited this shameful behaviour despite several ongoing lawsuits related to the whistleblower’s dismissal and prosecution by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).” The statement noted that Usman, who made disclosures concerning procurement and administrative irregularities within the…
Our Reporter, Abuja The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his administration’s continued delay in appointing ambassadors to Nigeria’s foreign missions, calling it a “diplomatic disaster” that threatens the country’s global standing and the welfare of its citizens abroad. In a statement released on Sunday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC described the prolonged absence of ambassadors as “unprecedented and damaging,” noting that it has been two years since President Tinubu recalled all 109 Nigerian envoys without naming replacements. “This is the longest Nigeria has gone without accredited ambassadors,” the…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), alongside four concerned Nigerians, has filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Bola Tinubu at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja, accusing the government of withholding a forensic audit report that allegedly documents the disappearance of N6 trillion from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2001 and 2019. The suit, filed last Friday and marked ECW/CCJ/APP/35/25, seeks to compel the government to publish the report and address transparency issues in the NDDC’s operations. The forensic audit, commissioned in 2019 by the late former President Muhammadu Buhari,…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Electoral Reform Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has submitted a set of far-reaching proposals to the House of Representatives, seeking critical amendments to the Electoral Act 2022 ahead of the 2027 general elections. Led by its Chairman, Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, SAN, the NBA delegation presented a comprehensive memorandum to the House Committee on Electoral Matters in Abuja on Thursday. The lawmakers, led by Hon. Balogun, received the delegation, along with clerks of both the House and the Senate. Although the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters was absent, the NBA is…
Our Reporter, Abuja Former Governor of Anambra State and former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed profound gratitude to Nigerians and well-wishers around the world for the overwhelming birthday wishes he received as he turned 64 on Saturday. In a heartfelt statement on his X account titled “Thank You All,” Obi acknowledged the outpouring of goodwill, especially from Nigerian youths, members of the Obidient Movement, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, known for their apostolic work among the poor. However, Obi emphasized that he does not personally celebrate birthdays, reiterating a long-held tradition…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu When a story is stranger than the strangest fiction, it lasts from one lifetime to the end of time. There was this musician whose life and death shook up Nigeria before the country’s arrival at independence. Lets introduce the musician by name: Israel Nwoba Njemanze. He was a compelling composer and vocalist in 1950s Lagos, the city by the lagoon, but he was born in Owerri in present-day Imo State. I think I first got wind of the name of the man via the Onitsha Market literature title The Strange Death of Israel Njemanze by Okenwa…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The South-East Renewed Hope Agenda (SERHA), a non-political organisation, has empowered over 1,000 individuals in Anambra State as part of its efforts to enhance economic well-being and mobilize support for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 reelection bid. The empowerment programme, held Saturday in Awka, featured the distribution of various items, including mini buses, motorcycles, grinding machines, sewing machines, and hairdressing kits. In addition to the equipment, SERHA disbursed financial support to beneficiaries: 100 individuals received ₦200,000 each; 200 received ₦100,000; 300 received ₦50,000; and 500 indigent families received ₦20,000 each. Speaking during the event, SERHA National Coordinator, Hon.…
Agency Report Governors Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and Alex Otti of Abia State on Saturday expressed divergent views on the creation of new states during a public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution. The hearing, organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review, took place in Owerri and covered both Imo and Abia states. While Governor Uzodimma advocated for additional states in the South-East to address what he described as long-standing marginalisation, Governor Otti, represented by his deputy, Mr. Ikechukwu Emetu, raised concerns over the economic implications of creating more states. Uzodimma argued that the…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.” Article 21(3), Universal Declaration of Human Rights In April 2017, Maina Kiai changed the face of presidential elections in Kenya. He is neither a politician nor was he a candidate or aspirant seeking political office. Maina trained as a lawyer. For five years, from 2003 he Chaired Kenya’s National Human Rights Commission.…
Our Reporter, Abuja The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s latest wave of political appointments, describing them as a “desperate and cynical” attempt to regain lost support in Northern Nigeria. In a statement issued on Saturday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, accused the president of engaging in “political panic management” after more than two years of what he termed “neglect, arrogance, and unprecedented nepotism.” “You cannot marginalize a region for over twenty-five months and expect applause because you suddenly remembered on the twenty-sixth month that Nigeria is bigger than Lagos State,” Abdullahi said, in…