Media organisations in Nigeria have begun a protest to resist attempts by the Federal Government to undermine press freedom in the country. The protest started yesterday, with a uniform front-page banner headlines on major national dailies, with the title: Information Blackout. The media orgainsations are opposed to proposed amendments of the Nigerian Press Council Act and the…
The People’s Democratic Party has commenced the process of reclaiming the governorship seat in Zamfara State from Governor Bello Matawalle. The PDP has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to sack Governor Matawalle following his defection to the All Progressives Congress. According to the suit filed by two Zamfara PDP members, Sani Kaura Ahmed and Abubakar Muhammed,…
Security aides of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State have arrested three suspected traffic robbers around Ojota. The suspects who were armed with machetes were caught by Governor Sanwo-Olu’s security aides as they were about robbing a motorist on Monday morning. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile, confirmed in a statement that the incident…
Violence erupted at the Imo State House of Assembly complex on Thursday, with gunshots fired within the premises, after six members were suspended. The Speaker of the House, Paul Emeziem, approved the suspension of the lawmakers including the Chief Whip, Authur Egwim. Speaker Emeziem claimed that the Chief Whip and the five others – four from APC…
The kidnappers of at least one hundred and twenty-one students of Bethel Baptist High School at Maraban Rido, Kaduna State, have threatened to starve them to death. They bandits have, therefore, asked parents of the affected students and the management of the school to contribute money to buy foodstuffs to enable them feed them. One of the…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on New Media, Lauretta Onochie, has appeared before the Senate for screening. President Buhari wants the Senate to confirm Onochie’s appointment as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Onochie joined other nominees for screening at the Senate yesterday, despite objections by a cross-section of Nigerians, including the main…