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Sunday, 05 February 2017 14:32

Tuface Protest: Ezekwesili blasts Buhari, Osinbajo as civic group pledges to continue with rally

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has berated the Nigerian government for the cancellation of the planned anti-government protest. Popular Nigerian hip-hop artiste, Innocent Idibia, better known as Tuface, who had been at the vanguard of a much-publicised February 6 anti-government protest, cancelled the plan on Saturday, citing “security challenges”. “Dear Nigerians, after due consultations, it has become clear that the #OneNigeria protest scheduled to hold in Lagos and Abuja on Monday the 6th of February is under serious threat of hijack by interests not aligned with our ideals,” the multiple award winning musician said. “The point I am…

Sunday, 05 February 2017 14:30

Nigerians express mixed feelings to Tuface cancellation of anti-government protest

Nigerians have continued to react to the announcement by hip-hop artiste, Innocent Idibia, that the planned anti-government protest scheduled for Monday has been cancelled. Mr. Idibia, better known as Tuface, who had been at the vanguard of the much-publicised anti-government protest, cancelled the plan on Saturday, citing “security challenges”. “Dear Nigerians, after due consultations, it has become clear that the #OneNigeria protest scheduled to hold in Lagos and Abuja on Monday the 6th of February is under serious threat of hijack by interests not aligned with our ideals,” the multiple award winning musician said late on Saturday. Mixed reactions have…

Sunday, 05 February 2017 02:38

Tuface backs off, cancels anti-govt protest

Popular artiste, Innocent Idibia, better known as Tuface, has canceled the much-publicised February 6 anti-government protest, citing “security challenges”. In an Instagram post and a short video via his official handle @official2baba late Saturday, Tuface announced the cancellation of the protest scheduled to hold in Abuja, Lagos and other parts of the country. He said, “Dear Nigerians, due to security concerns and public safety consideration, I hereby announce the cancellation of the march.” The planned protest gained traction with several public figures and civil society groups pledging to be part of it on Monday. Tuface called for nationwide protest against…

Sunday, 05 February 2017 02:35

376 killed in Southern Kaduna in 6 months – Report

Three hundred and seventy six people were killed, 102 others injured and 2,308 houses damaged in Southern Kaduna communal clashes between May and December last year, a federal government report said. The 18-page report exclusively obtained by Daily Trust said the killings occurred across 41 communities in four local government areas of Chikun, Kauru, Jema’a and Kaura, between May 25 and December 26, 2016. The report of the assessment of the crisis in the area was conducted by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) between January 9 and 12, this year. The…

Saturday, 04 February 2017 17:29

Nigeria ‘cited most dangerous place for Christians in the world', says US Congress

* Impunity of those responsible for killings seems widespread… The United States House of Representatives says Nigeria has been cited as the most dangerous place for Christians in the world and that impunity for those responsible for the killing of Christians in the country “seems to be widespread.” Chairman of its Sub-committee on Africa, Global Health, Human Rights and International Organisation, Christopher Smith, stated this in a letter inviting former President Goodluck Jonathan to make a presentation to the Sub-Committee on the challenges faced by Christians in Nigeria and the Niger Delta issue. Although, the event held on the 1st…

Saturday, 04 February 2017 17:26

Ibori evades airport reception, gets rousing welcome in hometown

Former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, on Saturday evaded the huge crowd waiting for him at Osubi Airstrip, outside Warri and arrived his Oghara hometown through the Benin Airport. The crowd of enthusiasts, including politicians and traditional rulers, had waited for him at Osubi from about 10am, following information that the former governor was to arrive from Abuja through the airstrip. However, the waiting crowd was informed of the change in the flight of the former governor at about 2:30pm and told he had already landed in Benin, Edo state, a 30 minutes drive to his Oghara hometown. The change…

Saturday, 04 February 2017 17:23

SSS loses State Director

Alhaji Abdullahi Bello-Charanci, Director, State Security Services (SSS) in Kano State is dead. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Rabiu Yusuf, confirmed the death on Saturday in Kano. “It is confirmed that the state DSS Director is dead. We are now on our way to his home town, Charanchi, Katsina State", Yusuf said. A family source in Kano said that the deceased died in the early hours of Saturday following a brief illness. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Bello-Charanci died at the age of 56 leaving behind a wife and many children. “He was rushed…

Saturday, 04 February 2017 02:57

No grudge against those who criticised me while in power - Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said he bore no grudge against those who criticised him while in office. Writing on his Facebook Page, Dr. Jonathan said those apologising to him for criticising him during his tenure needed not do so because they only performed their civic duties at the time. “There is no need for forgiveness because you did not commit any sin against me,” the former president said. "I never felt offended or held a grudge.” Jonathan was reacting to a tweet by one Mohammad Deedee who asked the former president to forgive him for criticising him on…

Saturday, 04 February 2017 02:55

Those wishing Buhari dead are wicked – Obasanjo

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described those wishing President Muhammadu Buhari dead as wicked, callous and treacherous. He said this in a statement issued by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, in Abeokuta on Friday, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent. Obasanjo had noted that instead of such individuals embarking on such worrisome declaration, all that the President needed “are our prayers and best wishes, which will ginger his morale to come back more stronger and better.” The former President who cautioned against politicisation of every situation in the country, recalled that he has also…

Saturday, 04 February 2017 02:54

Police beg TuFace, others to shelve protests

The Police High Command has pleaded with musician TuFace Idibia and others to shelve their planned protests against the Buhari administration, in the interest of peace and public order. In a statement Friday night issued in Abuja, the police said they were in possession of ‘credible intelligence’ that some other groups are planning a counter protest or marches between 5 February and 6 February, the days the TuFace group has also planned to hold protests in some parts of the country. “If these various planned protests/ demonstrations are held as scheduled, that there may be breakdown of law and order,…

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Saturday, 04 February 2017 02:52

I never said Tuface Idibia’s rally can't hold – Lagos CP

Anyone planning to join the anti-government rally planned by Nigerian music star, Innocent Idibia popularly known as Tuface Idibia will be protected and free to do so. That’s the assurance from the Lagos Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, in reaction to an earlier report of a police ban on the protest. "This Commissioner of Police did not at any time say a rally cannot be held. The CP is not the convener of the rally. “Its the people that are planning the rally that can decide based on advisories as to whether they need to go on with the…

Saturday, 04 February 2017 02:48

Arewa leaders to mediate between herdsmen and warring communities

Worried about the constant Fulani herdsmen attacks and killings in the north, Arewa leaders have expressed plans to mediate between inhabitants of warring communities and gunmen in order to put an end to the escalating feud in the region. Northern leaders, under the umbrella of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), at a meeting chaired by Deputy Chairman of the Forum, Alhaji Musa Liman Kwande, lampooned the Federal Government over poor infrastructure and power supply across the country that continued to undermine the nation’s development and growth. In a statement issued by National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim, the leaders condemned the…

Saturday, 04 February 2017 02:46

U.S. denies Trump’s immigration policy will affect Nigeria’s 2-year visa

U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington, on Friday said America would not discriminate against any Nigerian on the basis of religion or on the new visa regime. President Trump recently signed an executive order that banned citizens from seven countries from travelling into the U.S. for 90 days. The countries are Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The restrictions were part of wide-ranging immigration controls that also suspended refugee arrivals. At a press conference in Abuja on President Donald Trump’s executive order and its effects on Nigeria, the ambassador dispelled the rumour of reducing U.S. visa policy…

Friday, 03 February 2017 18:12

No ban on ‘peaceful protests', Presidency says

The federal government has said it will not prevent people from registering their displeasure with the state of the nation through peaceful protests. "This administration will not prevent Nigerians from expressing themselves in peaceful protests," said Laolu Akande media aide to Vice President Yemi Osibanjo Friday on Twitter. "It's a fundamental right of the people", he says. Akande's clarification came after the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, said his command would not allow the protest planned by popular artist, Innocent Idibia, also known as Tuface, to hold in any part of the state. He said his command…

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