The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has promised to review its ongoing two weeks warning strike it commenced on Monday, March 9 2020 following the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila. ASUU National President, Prof Abiodun Ogunyemi, said at a meeting convened by the […]Continue Reading
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… Scores of insurgents killed,19 fighter vehicles seized … ‘Taking the war to fleeing insurgents impressive’ Borno state Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has applauded the Nigerian military’s ground and air components for what he described as “decisive blow against Boko Haram” in the early hours of Wednesday, even when Continue Reading
Boko Haram has attacked a refugee camp in Cameroon where over 3,000 persons, driven from their homes as a result of terrorist attacks, have taken refuge. The attack was reported by the Voice of America, which said the attacked camp was located at the northern border between Nigeria and Cameroon. Refugees had poured into the […]Continue Reading
The town of Garkida in northeastern Nigeria was attacked by Boko Haram the night of Feb. 21-22. A number of buildings were burned, including the church building for Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN—the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). The EYN women’s fellowship of Garkida district was having its annual conference at the church that […]Continue Reading
By Jonathan Rozen/CPJ Senior Africa Researcher As reporters for Nigeria’s Premium Times newspaper, Samuel Ogundipe and Azeezat Adedigba told CPJ they spoke often over the phone. They had no idea that their regular conversations about work and their personal lives were creating a record of their friendship. On August 9, 2018, Ogundipe published an article […]Continue Reading
Senate President Ahmad Lawan says those employed for the nation’s security must be given targets and that they should be sacked if they do not meet the targets. Lawan spoke at plenary yesterday after the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Senator Kashim Shettima (Borno) urging the military authorities to establish a […]Continue Reading
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has spent two days in Monguno town around the tough shores of the Lake Chad in northern Borno, during which he laid the foundation for construction of 1,000 houses. The houses on completion, will resettle internally displaced persons currently occupying schools. During the visit, governor Zulum also laid the […]Continue Reading
On Monday, January 20, 2020, Boko Haram terrorists executed the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Rev. Lawan Andimi. The cleric was abducted on January 2 and a video later emerged online confirming he was in Boko Haram custody. Information revealed that he was killed […]Continue Reading
Healthcare in Nigeria is incredibly complicated. Large budgets are trapped on different government levels, only accessible to those who know how to work the system. The Primary Healthcare Centre in Ugbamaka-Igah village in Kogi State, Nigeria, is overgrown with grasses. The labour and patient wards as well as the other rooms of the clinic are […]Continue Reading
The Federal Government has established the National Institute For Security Studies(NISS) in the wake of growing insecurity in the country to train middle and top level managers of security as part of efforts to advance the best practices in conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution. Speaking to newsmen at the Directorate of State Security(DSS) headquarters in […]Continue Reading
Title: Testimony to Courage: Essays in Honour of Dapo Olorunyomi Editors: Chido Onumah and Frederick Adetiba Publishers: Kappa and Omega Company, Abuja Pages: 404 Reviewer: Theophilus Abbah, PhD It has been sluggish strides, like baby-steps. That is the journey of newspapering in Nigeria from being a church bulletin, established in 1859 by Reverend Henry Townsend, […]Continue Reading
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo may be shocked at the reaction to his recent speech at the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) in Delta State. The Federal Government even tagged it ‘divisive.’ Of the 9,823-word-long lecture, which borders of the need to harness and develop the natural and human resources of Nigeria for its development, a […]Continue Reading