WHO IS A MIGRANT? The UN Migration Agency (IOM) defines a migrant as any person who is moving or has moved across an international border or within a State away from his/her habitual place of residence, regardless of (1) the ...
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CSOs unveil platform to monitor, report responses in Delta State
Civil society organisations and other critical stakeholders have deplored the absence of a coronavirus test centre in Delta State amid the pervasiveness of the deadly disease nationwide. In a statement after the launch of their situation room to monitor and ...
Read More »Ohanaeze youths mull setting up of Operation Ogbunigwe in South East states
The youth wing of Ohanaeze-Ndigbo led by Arthur Obiora has mulled the possibility of setting up a security network code-named Operation Ogbunigwe to safeguard the Igbo from Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen attacks. Obiora, who spoke in Awka, Anambra State, pointed out ...
Read More »Task Force arrests illegal deforesters in Bauchi State
Hundreds of timber and charcoal dealers have been intercepted in Ningi Council of Bauchi State over illegal felling of trees. The suspects were arrested with five trucks laden with charcoal and logs. Special Taskforce Against Deforestation in the council intercepted ...
Read More »Borno nabs three clerics for flouting lockdown order
Three Islamic clerics have been arrested by Borno State Ministry of Justice for allegedly flouting the lockdown order by the state government. The suspects reportedly conducted Jummat in mosques at the weekend. Confirming the incident in Maiduguri yesterday, chairman of ...
Read More »Renewed cult violence claims two lives in Edo State
Despite Edo State government’s partial lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), renewed cult violence has claimed two lives in Egor Council of the state. The killings occurred late Monday night in two separate locations along Benin Technical College (BTC) ...
Read More »JDAN, Ishaku differ on efforts to quell Tiv, Jukun crisis as Sule’s mediation suffers setback
Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku and Jukun Development Association of Nigeria (JDAN) are not on the same page over the state’s efforts to control the crisis that have led to loss of lives and property in the southern part of ...
Read More »Security operatives go tough, barricade Abuja-Nasarawa boundary
As part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, security operatives have barricaded major roads linking Nasarawa State with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The development, which lasted all day, forced a long queue of vehicles ...
Read More »Ritual Son Shot By His Father For Beheading His Mother
Iheaka community in Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu State Thursday 26th of march 2020 withness strange thin in the town as a man who was suspected to have beheaded his mother for ritual purposes was killed by his ...
Read More »MOSOP urges pardon for Ken Saro-Wiwa, eight others
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has called on the Federal Government to pardon Ken Saro-Wiwa and the eight others that were executed by the military regime of the late General Sani Abacha on November 10, ...
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