The Association of Igbo Town Unions (ASITU) has reported the Lagos State government before the United Nations Human Rights Council, (UNHRC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over alleged destruction of Igbo property. The association also condemned in the strongest terms what they perceived as ongoing systematic demolition of lawfully acquired properties […]

Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru has called on the New General Officer Commanding the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu , Major- General Oluyemi Olatoye to intensify efforts to end sit at home order often declared by non- state actors in the South – East region. Governor Nwifuru gave the charge when Major-General Oluyemi […]

Security experts have urged the federal government through the various security agencies and the National Assembly to investigate alleged revelations by a US Congressman that USAID has sponsored Boko Haram. A United States Congressman representing Pennsylvania, Scott Perry, had accused the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) of funding terrorist organisations like Boko Haram.He […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to sue the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) if it does not withdraw the increase in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fees within 48 hours. SERAP, which made the threat in an open letter dated February 15, 2025, signed by SERAP’s deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, addressed […]

A former adviser to Speaker Aminu Tambuwal on Diaspora Affairs and an American-based businessman, Alhaji Saidu Ugonoh, has commended President Bola Tinubu’s proactive measures by making a sufficient budgetary allocation to fill in the gap occasioned by the freezing of USAID assistance to other countries including Nigeria. President Tinubu, in the N54.99 trillion budget passed […]