Month: November 2020
Page: 7
Tanzanian police have disrupted a planned opposition protest against last week’s election over alleged irregularities by arresting officials of the main opposition party, Chadema. Chadema’s party presidential candidate, TUNDU LISSU told newsmen that his party leaders and their supporters were picked up after the opposition demanded a re-run of the vote. They had cited what […]
The Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law has alleged that the Rivers State Government Judicial Commission of Inquiry on police human rights abuses consists largely of PDP members. The Institute also alleged the commission was filled with Governor NYESOM WIKE’s loyalists, stressing that the panel lacked the necessary independence and approval by Rivers people. […]
The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has announced the release of results of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. The Head of the Nigerian National Office of WAEC, PATRICK AREGHAN, told newsmen in Yaba, Lagos, said over 1.53 million candidates sat for the examination. AREGHAN said out of this nearly 1.34 million […]
The Rivers State Governor NYESOM WIKE has denied ordering Nigerian Army troops to kill residents of Oyigbo Local Government Area. Governor WIKE, who made the clarification during an interactiion with non-natives in the State at the Government House, Port Harcourt, but insisted he would not allow the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to operate in […]
President DONALD TRUMP and his opponent JOE BIDEN have been travelling across the nation as the United States election enters its closing stage. President TRUMP visited five battleground states while his challenger BIDEN spoke at a campaign event in Pennsylvania. The Democratic candidate maintains a solid national lead in the polls ahead of Tuesday’s general […]
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has faulted the Federal Government’s moves to regulate social media. NBA President, OLUMIDE AKPATA believes the timing is suspicious, insisting that social media is regulated already, and wondered if the government is planning to shut it down completely. AKPATA admitted that there are irresponsible users of social media but pointed […]
Rivers State governor NYESOM WIKE says he would hold a security council meeting to review the situation in Oyigbo Local Area following alleged killing of civilians by Nigerian Army troops. Governor WIKE who disclosed this in a televised programme, also revealed that the funds promised to the wives of killed police officers and army will […]
Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE has frowned at the disobedience of COVID-19 protocols by some churches in the state. Governor WIKE warned that if this continued, the State government would have no option than to review the restriction on the number of people allowed to worship in churches. WIKE said this at the Saint Thomas […]
