Month: January 2019

Barely 24 hours after some concerned Nigerians trooped out en mass in the United Kingdom to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption fight, their counterparts in the United States of America have followed suit. These Nigerians, under the auspices of Restore Nigeria Coalition (RNC) were spotted in the streets of Washington, chanting ‘Sai Baba’ as they urged the Donald Trump-led government and the United Nations to support President Buhari in flushing out corruption. Cosmas Collins, President of RNS, speaking on behalf of the group, believes Nigeria has made tremendous progress in…

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Member of Parliament, representing the good people of Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam (PKK) Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Timothy Golu, has put all mechenaries in place for the conmmencement of a four-day free medical outreach for all constituents. The medical activities, which will include disgnosis, treatment and attention is the second phase of the exercise geared towards addressing the medical needs of the constituents. In a statement personally signed by the Hon Golu, he said, the exercise will hold simultaneously in three centres across the local government areas of the…

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The OccupyNigeria civil society organisation has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately reverse the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. In a protest letter addressed to the President and signed by the convener of the group said the recent travails of the Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN) could be described as the climax of series of inconsistencies in applications of the powers of the President. It therefore urged President Buhari to give attention to the lengthy backlog of court orders that haven’t been complied with…

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In the aftermath of President Buhari’s controversial suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnognhen and subsequent swearing in of an Acting Chief Justice in person of Justice Tanko Mohammed, Civil Society Organizations, Pro-Democracy Groups and Professional Associations in their numbers, took to the streets of Abuja the nation\s capital on Monday to protest the action with virtually all of them demanding a reversal of the President’s action. Amongst the groups present were the #OccupyNigeria Group who have over the years been at the forefront of agitations for good,…

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Nigerians on Monday stormed the United States Embassy to register their grievances over the interferences of the country in the nation’s domestic affairs. The massive crowd drawn from various groups and organizations totaling over 10,000 heads threatened that next time they will be forced to shut down the embassy if that is what is required to take back the country. The protest letter was delivered at a rally at embassy of the United States of America, Abuja on behalf of concerned citizens . Recall that the United had last week…

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Today at an interactive session with Landlords and Landladies at Upper mission area in ward 7 of Oredo West constituency, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Hon. Eghosa Asemota Agbonifo was charged not to follow the footsteps of the conventional politicians of the old order. Addressing the meeting, the chairman of the association, Bar. AB Thomas told the candidate of the unity and political consciousness of its members. He narrated how previous political candidates have come to seek their electoral support, only to abscond after emerging victorious. He made it clear…

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