The Amnesty International yesterday accused the Nigerian military and Boko Haram of war crimes in the operations in the northern part of the country, saying that fresh evidences have proved human rights violations and heinous as well as extrajudicial killings. Reacting to this, the Defence Headquarters stated that the military takes the case of human…
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, said yesterday that the President Goodluck Jonathan led federal government was promoting environmental terrorism in Ogoniland, due to its refusal to implement the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Ogoni environment. This is as the organisation has declared August 4 yearly as Ogoni Environment Day, to…
Gas supply has got a $1billion boost, in the country, with the Federal Government approving the cash for the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC). It is all in a bid to push up electricity generation. NDPHC Managing Director James Olotu broke the news at the end of a meeting chaired by Vice President Namadi…
The Nigerian military said, yesterday, that it took the issue of human rights seriously and will never condone any proven case of abuse by its personnel. Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, in response to allegations of war crimes against the military by Amnesty International, said in a statement: “Military authorities are deeply concerned…
A Niger Delta activist and leader of Concerned Deltans, Chief Ayirimi Emami,
Rising violence from brutal Islamist groups in Africa will be a key issue at an Africa summit US President Barack Obama is hosting in Washington this week. *Jonathan and ObamaBut while insecurity created by Boko Haram in Nigeria and Cameroon, for instance, or by the Shebab in Somalia and parts of Kenya and Uganda, is…
LAGOS (AFP) – Nigeria and Shell have done almost nothing to ease oil pollution in the Ogoniland area of the Niger Delta, three years after a landmark UN report called for a $1 billion dollar clean-up, Amnesty International said Monday.Environmental devastation in Ogoniland has for many come to symbolise the tragedy of Nigeria’s vast oil…
Officials of Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Federal Government visited the General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Joshua seeking his cooperation in ensuring Ebola victims are not brought to his church for healing. by Seun Akioye -THE NATION NEWSPAPER Prophet T B Joshua As the deadly Ebola…
By Ochereome NnannaTHE Council of State last week met, and top of the decisions it took was to see to the abolition of the concept of indigenes in our nation. It set up a committee of governors drawn from the six geopolitical zones to identify discriminatory practices in all parts of the country with a…
By Tony EdikeENUGU—Enugu State police command has arrested the mortician in-charge of the Christ Specialist Hospital, Enugu, from where the corpse of Chief Theodore Ezeobi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, was reportedly stolen last Thursday morning.Some unknown persons were said to have broken into the mortuary and forcefully removed the corpse of the legal…