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ARMED DSS, POLICE OPERATIVES STORM #ENDBADGOVERNANCE EVENT A large contingent of security personnel, comprising agents from the Department of State Services (DSS) and police officers, has surrounded the office of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Ikeja, Lagos State. The security operatives laid siege to the office, known as Rights House, at 43, Adeniyi Jones Avenue, …

FULANI HERDSMEN ATTACK BENUE COMMUNITY; OVER 30 PEOPLE KILLED No fewer than 30 people were reportedly killed in Ayati village in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State Thursday night. Sources told journalists in a telephone chat on Friday that local bandits and suspected armed herders unleashed terror on the village. Recall that the violent protest that led to the …

JAPA: 430,000 NIGERIANS GET UK VISAS IN SEVEN MONTHS The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomery, has revealed that the United Kingdom government has so far given no fewer than 430,000 visas to Nigerians seeking to study and relocate to the European nation in 2024. Montgomery disclosed this during a meeting with the Chairman of the Nigerians in …

FG LIED, THEY NEVER GAVE 36 STATES N570B — OYO GOVERNOR Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has countered claims by President Tinubu that the federal government granted N570 billion to the 36 states of the federation, stating that the information is not completely accurate. In a newsletter signed by the governor and published on the state’s official website on Thursday, …

TWO OHANAEZE LEADERS CLAIM ‘ACTING PRESIDENT GENERAL ‘ A leadership crisis has hit the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, following the death of its President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. The Secretary-General of the group, Ambassador Okey Emuchay, who hails from Abia State, and the Chairman of the Elders’ Council in Rivers State, Chief Jackson Omenazu, are locked in succession …

COURT STOPS ENUGU APC CHAIRMAN, AGBALLAH, NINE OTHERS, FROM PARADING AS PARTY OFFICERS A High Court sitting in Enugu State has granted an injunction preventing Barr Ugochukwu Agballah from parading as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State. The order obtained by DAILY POST on Friday was signed by J. I. Agu, Esq, Deputy Chief Registrar …

CONSEQUENCES OF TINUBU’S FAILURE TO ADDRESS PROTESTERS’ DEMAND Strategically, the failure of President Bola Tinubu to address any of the demands of the nationwide protesters in his national broadcast yesterday is wrong and fraught with serious political consequences within our democratic milieu; whatever reasons that may have informed the decision. These are: First, granted the president may be adopting a …

IF EL RUFAI, YAHAYA BELLO WERE WITH US, THEY WOULD HAVE CALMED DOWN THE NORTH – EX-APC PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT Jesutega Onokpasa, a former member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for Bola Tinubu, has strongly refuted allegations implicating former governors Yahaya Bello and Nasir el-Rufai in the violent protests that recently erupted in Northern Nigeria. These protests …

TAKE IT BACK MOVEMENT PLANS ONE-MILLION-MAN PROTEST The Take It Back Movement (TIB) has announced plans for a one-million-man protest across all 36 states of Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as reported by Sahara Reporters. This was made known by TIB’s National Coordinator, Sanyaolu Juwon. The protest is part of the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria campaign, which started on …

COURT REJECTS EL RUFAI’S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT SUIT In a landmark ruling, the Federal High Court in Kaduna has declined jurisdiction in a suit by a format governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, seeking to set aside the Adhoc Committee report of the Kaduna state House Assembly among other declaratory reliefs. Delivering two separate rulings before the judgment, Hon. …