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‘We Want To Discuss Matters Of Preaching And Guidance’, Says Boko Haram’s Handwritten Letter To Kwara Community Weeks Before Massacre
The Kwara State government has been accused of preventing Vice President Kashim Shettima from visiting the Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area, where over 170 residents were reportedly killed in a deadly Boko Haram attack, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday led a Federal Government delegation to Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State following Tuesday’s deadly terrorists attack on Nuku and Woro villages.
Activists under the banner of the ‘Comrades’ Anti-Imperialist Campaign’ on Friday stormed the French Embassy in Nigeria’s capital, demanding an immediate end to France’s military support that was fuelling the Ukrainian war.
Civil society groups under the aegis of Advocates for Good Governance have raised the alarm over what they described as “state-sponsored terror” and “collective punishment” being meted out to the people of Amasiri in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
A civic technology platform, MonITNG has exposed the horrific state of the LEA Primary School, Dagiri, in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, where over 500 pupils have been forced out of the classroom following the total collapse of the school’s infrastructure.
The acting Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jarrett Tenebe, has thrown caution to the wind and threatened to kill a Facebook user. The Facebook user, identified as Blessing P Agho, is a critic of Governor Monday Okpebholo. However, Tenebe, via a Facebook message directly to Agho, vowed to
Tension continues to mount at the Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Oto-Ijanikin, as university staff and union sources have strongly faulted the recent rebuttal issued by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Bidemi Lafiaji-Okuneye. The rebuttal had been over allegations bordering on unpaid salary arrears, promotion irregularities, victimisation of union leaders, and alleged financial mismanagement.
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has called on the United Kingdom authorities to launch a thorough investigation into the brutal murder of Khaleed Oladipo, a 20-year-old Nigerian student stabbed to death in Leicester.
