Nigeria’s former vice president and presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), AtikuAbubakar has disclosed that he will concession ports, railways highways and other capital projects to private firms to unburden the federal government of elected as president of the country. Atiku said this on Wednesday during a meeting with the Nigerian Guild…
Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the “investments” Mr. Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra state revenues. Sadly, several of the comments left the issue of the interview to probe or…
From Njad Vara Musa, Maiduguri National Assembly member and Senator representing Southern Borno, Sen Mohammed Ndume has asked the Federal Government to resolve the prolonged labour dispute with Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to prevent collapse of the university system. Ndume spoke in Maiduguri, Borno capital in an interview with journalists on Friday “The…
Lagos, October 30, 2022 – THE Management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews Magazine Online, has announced that His Excellency, Brigadier General Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, will deliver the Realnews 10th Anniversary Lecture. Brig Gen. Marwa’s acceptance to deliver the lecture was communicated to Realnews in a…
BY AMOS OKIOMA, YENAGOA. Scores of ex-militant generals in the Niger Delta region have passed a vote of confidence in the Interim Administrator (IA) of the Presidential Amnesty Program, PAP, Major General B. T. Ndiomu (Retd) for his decision to provide palliatives for the victims of floods in the region. The decision of the new…
Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly rebuked a group accusing the party and its Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke of raising a killer squad ahead of November inauguration, describing such allegation as “a worst case than pot calling kettle black” In a statement issued on Monday by the party’s Caretaker Chairman,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command on Monday, October 24, 2022 arraigned four persons for alleged bribery of voters to ensure the return of the incumbent governor of Osun State, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola for a second term in office during the governorship election held in the State on July 16, 2022….
Representatives of African civil society organizations have called on governments on the continent to promote and advance a human rights-respecting approach in their cybersecurity law and policy-making as cybersecurity issues have the potential to affect peoples’ well-being, rights and other aspects of human existence. Meeting in Banjul, The Gambia, at a one-day session convened by…
Lewis Mudge, Central Africa director for Human Rights Watch, said an investigation is needed to know how the protestors were killed. “It’s clear that an impartial investigation is going to be needed to determine whether according to the prime minister, protestors did resort to violence”, said Mudge. “But more importantly, to determine whether the security…
Over 50 people were reportedly killed while 300 were injured by Chadian Police operatives as protest rocks Chad over a demand for a quicker transition to democratic rule from military regime on Thursday. Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, who gave the death toll at a news conference, said the government was still compiling casualties from what…
