Participants in a workshop on ethno-religious conflict and peace journalism in volatile societies, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, proffer multiple reasons for rising ethnic and religious conflicts in Nigeria. By Clarice Azuatalam, Port Harcourt One key reason Nigeria is entangled in ethno-religious conflict has been traced to multi-ethnic and religious composition of the country. This reason […]
By: Jide Akintunde On the 26th of August, 2020, a statement signed by the Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Senator Ovie A. Omo-Agege, announced that the Committee has “formally commenced the process of further alteration to the provisions of the 1999 […]
Charles Oputa, a.k.a “Charlyboy”, convener of ‘OurMumuDonDo Movement’, on Friday said street protest by Nigerians over national issues cannot change political leaders at all levels. Charlyboy made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said that successive Nigerian political leaders had remained insensitive to the plights of ordinary Nigerians over […]
Looking by the skin of ones teeth at the antecedents that haul the All Progressive Party APC and the President Mohammed Buhari led administration into power in 2015, one would have an inclination to catechize and query whether or not he has lived up to the promises and commitments he made to Nigerians in his […]
A few days to May 29, 2018 Democracy Day celebration in Nigeria, Catholics in Nigeria moved out in thousands on the streets nationwide, in tears. Many other Christians from different denominations joined, as they marched peacefully, in protest against the murder of two priests in Benue State. The protest was also in anger against […]
By Dan Agbese Last week President Muhammadu Buhari was widely quoted as having described Nigerian youths as lazy at the Commonwealth Business Forum in London. His senior media spokesman, Femi Adesina, has denied what was attributed to the president. He has been putting a spin on it, claiming that some mischief-makers had twisted Buhari’s statement […]