The Benue House of Assembly, on Tuesday called for urgent action by the government to prevent a looming genocide on Nigerian soil. In a motion moved by Mr Peter Uche (APC/Guma I) during plenary in Makurdi, the lawmakers described the attacks on communities in Benue as a replay of the
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the lingering violence and bloodshed in Benue State, describing it as a national disgrace and urging urgent government action. In a statement, titled “Enough is Enough: Benue Cannot Bleed in Silence”, released Monday, he described the situation in Benue as a “brutal and
The presidential candidate of theLabour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has warned that Nigeria will keep facing failed leadership if citizens continue to vote along tribal lines rather than based on competence and capacity.He said that where competence, capacity, character and compassion are non-existent, there is no
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday dismissed the ongoing terrorism trial of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as a circus, adding that it has reached its lowest point. It alleged that in a desperate attempt to sustain the case, the Nigerian government, through its lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo, (SAN),
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned two senior executives of SunTrust Bank—Halima Buba, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, and Innocent Mbagwu, Executive Director and Chief Compliance Officer—on charges of money laundering totaling $12 million.The arraignment took place before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High
Bhoomi Chauhan remembers being angry and frustrated. Bumper-to-bumper traffic had delayed her car journey to Ahmedabad airport – so much so that she missed her Air India flight to London Gatwick by just 10 minutes. Ms Chauhan, a business administration student who lives in Bristol with her husband, had been
A passenger plane operated by Air India, the country’s flagship carrier, crashed shortly after takeoff in the western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, according to India’s civil aviation minister. Air India confirmed that its Flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick Airport had been involved in “an incident” on Thursday.
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has Nigerians, institutions of democracy, organised civil society, development partners and all lovers of democracy to be united in promoting democratic tenets. The party made the call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja on Thursday, to mark this year’s
CHIEF Gani Adams, National Co-ordinator of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), a pan-Yoruba group, on Thursday called for true federalism in Nigeria to achieve accelerated development of the country. Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, made the call while speaking at the 25th OPC June 12 Lecture in Lagos. The News
Viswashkumar Ramesh, a British national Viswashkumar Ramesh, a British national, is the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171 which crashed immediately after takeoff from Ahmedabad in Thursday. The airliner B787 Aircraft VT-ANB, “Flight AI171, with 242 passengers, comprising 2 pilots, 10 crew members,’ says the Directorate General of Civil