Ban on the unauthorized use of military camouflage is still enforced due to the insecurity threat that has characterized the country for the past few weeks. Minister of State for Defence Bello Matawalle has reaffirmed this saying only the Armed Forces and the Nigeria Police Force (while on joint operation with the military), are allowed by law to use the camouflage. In a statement on Monday evening Henshaw Ogubike, Director (Information, Press, and Public Relations),...

…Warns it’ll take legal action if S’East doesn’t get additional state Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has listed reasons Ndigbo in Nigeria and Diaspora will shun the ongoing mass protests against the Federal Government. According to a press statement released on Monday by Iwuanyanwu, Ndigbo have been marginalised for so long in the country and so they won’t be part of the demonstration. The statement read, “I’ve received many entreaties from many...

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has raised the alarm that the proliferation of firearms was responsible for the rising insecurity in the country, saying about 200 million firearms are in circulation in Nigeria. Governor Sani disclosed this in a chat on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, calling for reviewing the firearms law in Nigeria. “When I was in the Senate I tried to amend the Firearms Act because it is obsolete. The last time the Firearms...

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has been bestowed with the Sun Governor of the Year Award for an impressive start to his tenure, especially for breaking an over two-decade jinx of acute water scarcity in the state capital. The Sun also listed the administration’s war against insecurity, massive infrastructural projects in the state, including over 81 roads, the ongoing construction of 260 Type-2 Primary Healthcare Centers as well as the education sector where...