Governors and stakeholders of South East Nigeria have met in Owerri where they resolved to put up plans and policies to drive the region forward. They made the resolution at a South East Summit on Economy and Security convoked by the South East Governors’ Forum and Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide. The Protea Hotel, Owerri was venue of the event which drew the five South East Governors and had the theme: “South East Beyond 2023: Time For...

…Voices concern about govt-backed abduction attempt Nigerian journalist David Hundeyin has reported President Bola Tinubu directly to the United Nations Human Rights Council, UNHRC, for the attempt to silence him for his many devastating exposés that have kept Tinubu on his toes, posing insurmountable legal challenges for him in Nigeria and even in a US federal court. Just last week, Hundeyin raised an alarm about the Nigerian government’s relentless effort to illegally repatriate him from...

The governor of Niger State Mohammed Umaru Bago has reportedly threatened to lock up any person who protests against the establishment of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Teaching Hospital (IBBUTH) in the State capital Minna. Governor Bago’s decision to site IBBUTH in Minna instead of Lapai community where the university campus is located did not sit well with Lapai indigenes. They are demanding the establishment of a teaching hospital in their locality. The Governor has...

…Blames Tinubu for over bloating costs of governance A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), United Action Front of Civil Society, the Organised Platform of Civil Society groups and activists on matters of governance and democracy has said that it fully endorses the indefinite nationwide strike action jointly declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), scheduled to begin on Tuesday, October 3. In a press statement on Thursday signed...

The annual budget of the National Assembly has been stagnant for 13 years despite “inflation and attendant consequences”. Dr Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives stated this when he received a visiting delegation of the African Business Roundtable. “Our budget has been stagnant for 13 years, but our expenditure has gone up within the period. In fact, at some points, the National Assembly budget came down from what it used to be in...

Charges FG/Labour to resolve outstanding issues Asks for deployment of anti-terrorism devices to curb insecurity Afenifere, Yoruba socio-cultural organisation has called on the Federal Government to deploy a biometric system during the planned national census. It also called for the deployment of anti-terrorism devices and motivation of security personnel in the fight against terrorism, as contained in the communique issued at the end of its monthly meeting held at the residence of its leader, Chief...