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By our reporter Acting Director, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA)'s Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage (DOAS), Tpl. Akanimo Udoh, has extended birthday wishes to FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike. Wike turned 57 last Friday and since then, prominent Nigerians, including state governors, senators, and others have showered him with goodwill messages. Some even took out full page adverts in daily newspapers to salute the former governor of Rivers State widely regarded as a key factor in the country's contemporary political development and infrastructural growth. In a statement made available to People&Politics on Sunday (today), Tpl. Udoh commended the Minister…

By Hadiza Suleman The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has condemned what it called "the invasion" of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters in Abuja by the men and officers of the Nigeria Police. CLO also warned against prosecuting bad governance protesters for hoisting Russian flags during the protest, which began August 1. The Executive Director of CLO, Comrade Ibuchukwu Ohabuenyi Ezike, stated that the police carted away materials from the headquarters, claiming that they were used in organising and inciting the protesters of the #Endbadgovernance protest which kicked off August 1, 2024, across Nígeria. Quoting him, "CLO condemns in its…

By Jonathan Okpanachi The Nigeria Union of Journalists, South East Zonal Executive Committee, ZEC, Zone C, has called on the federal government to end the militarisation of the region by its security agencies. NUJ further enjoined the federal government to give the people of the zone " breathing space to go about their legitimate businesses without fear". ZEC made the call in its communique after a meeting in Awka, Anambra State, to deliberate on issues affecting the union and the zone in particular. "It is embarrassing to see police, NSCDC and army checkpoints within one kilometre intervals along the federal…

By Hadiza Suleman Those championing the calls for the eviction of Ndigbo from Lagos and other South-West states should be arrested and prosecuted. The call was made by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide in a statement. Our correspondent reports that some interests, under the hashtag #IgboMustGo on X, are demanding the forced eviction of Igbo people from Lagos and other South-west states. They claimed Ndigbo are protesting against President Bola Tinubu's government. Reacting, the national president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, warned that any attack on Ndigbo in any part of the country would come…

By Johnson Nwankwo Nigerian youths should not engage in the planned hunger protests to avoid possible breakdown of law and order. The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, gave the advice during a one-day seminar on leadership and conflict resolution organized for traditional rulers and presidents general in the state on Tuesday. The event held at the House of Chiefs, Enugu State House of Assembly Complex, Enugu, and was organized by the state Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Chieftaincy Affairs. The CP said the South-East zone has been victims of such violence, losing a lot in…

By Johnson Nwankwo The Abia State government says there was no security operative killed during a gun battle with unidentified gunmen in Aba on Monday. Prince Okey Kanu, the commissioner for information, stated this during a press conference after the State Executive Council meeting at the Government House in Umuahia. He said armed criminals in three vehicles had confronted police operatives at Umuode Tonimas junction in Osisioma Ngwa LGAs, adding that police operatives killed one of the assailants while others escaped with injuries. Quoting him, "In the ensuing gunfight, the criminals were overwhelmed by the superior gun power of the…

By Johnson Nwankwo The recent accusation by Mr Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser on information and strategy to president Bola Tinubu, that Mr Peter Obi is orchestrating the planned August 1-10, 2024 nationwide protests is a pointer that the electoral fraud of the 2023 presidential election is still trailing the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Obi was LP’s presidential candidate during the poll. A human rights lawyer and member of the Labour Party, Barr Nnadume Offokansi, disclosed this in Enugu while featuring on a programme. Offorkansi described Mr Onanuga as “a flippant human being and ethnic jingoist” for accusing Obi…