Politics

NIGERIA SITTING ON TIME BOMB – CATHOLIC BISHOPS The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria on Sunday described as worrisome the state of the nation, noting that Nigeria is presently “sitting on a ticking time bomb” under President Bola Tinubu. The Catholic body of Bishops also said that as long as the issues of poverty, hardship and corruption continue to be …

HOW EX-NIA DG ABUBAKAR WAS ASKED TO RESIGN Contrary to the claim of the director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, that he resigned from office for family reasons, there are indications that he may have been forced to go. In a seemingly rare act of personal conviction, Abubakar told the press on Saturday night that he decided …

TINUBU VISITED NEW YORK, QATAR, FRANCE AND TOLD LIES ABOUT REMOVING PETROL SUBSIDIES – ATIKU Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu of lying to foreign countries about the removal of fuel subsidies in Nigeria.In a statement on Sunday, Atiku said Tinubu visited the FMDQ in New York, Qatar, and France, where he told lies …

EX-NIA BOSS, ABUBAKAR, RESIGNED FOR REFUSING TO BACK TINUBU’S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS – SOWORE Activist and politician Omoyele Sowore has claimed that Ahmed Abubakar, the recently resigned Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), stepped down due to his unwillingness to partake in human rights violations allegedly planned by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. According to Daily Post, Sowore made …

CHARLEY BOY MOCKS NIGERIAN GOVT OVER MURDERED SOKOTO EMIR An emir was kiidnaped and N1 billion ransom in cash was demanded. Demand was not met and the emir was killed. Son asked for the corpse of the murdered Emir. Kidnappers demands N60 million and 6 motorbikes as ransom for the ded bodi of the killed emir In all these going …

OKONJO-IWEALA KNOCKS, ACCUSES NIGERIAN POLITICIANS OF WEAPONSING INSECURITY The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged political actors to stop weaponising insecurity in Nigeria.She argued that it is impossible to have socioeconomic development without security. Okonjo-Iweala spoke before a room filled with lawyers at the Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos during the opening ceremony …

THE YORUBAS WANT YORUBA NATION; THE EAST, WANT BIAFRA; BUT THE NORTH, IS FACING BOKO HARAM, ISWAP – SHINKAFI Former Chairman of the Committee on Prosecution of Bandits and Related Offences, Sani Shikafi, recently spoke about the escalating insecurities in Nigeria Speaking with Channels Television., Shinkafi condemned the brutal killing of a Sokoto monarch by bandits who demanded a ransom …

THE INEVITABLE RETURN OF AMBASSADOR EKE AYODELE AS DG NIA & SUDDEN “RESIGNATION” OF AHMED RUFAI Ahmed Rufai from Katsina state resigned as DG NIA yesterday, a post he has been holding since April 2017. He was the most influential of all Buhari’s appointees and the luckiest of all appointees. His reported resignation today was short of FULL DISCLOSURE and …

RIBADU UNDER FIRE AS BANDITS OVERWHELM SECURITY AGENCIESStakeholders have taken a look at the rising wave of terror and banditry, especially kidnapping, in the last few months and blamed the Bola Ahmed Tinubu adminis­tration for its apparent lack of an effective security framework and coordination under Nuhu Riba­du as National Security Adviser.Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes …

ENDBADGOVERNANCE PLANS PROTEST AGAINST TINUBU AT 79TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY A diaspora group under the platform of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria has said it will emback on protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 79th United Nations General Assembly starting from 10-30 September 2024 New York, in United States of America. The group said it can no longer stand and watch the …