News Archives - Page 585 of 593

Feb

20

2021

IPOB: Why I invited soldiers to Orlu – Imo Gov, Uzodinma

News, PoliticsAll Progressives Congress, Freedom, Herdsmen, IPOB, Next Level, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Politics

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has justified the Nigerian military operation against Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in some parts of Orlu. Uzodinma vowed that his administration would not yield to pressure from those calling for withdrawal of soldiers. The governor said he invited soldiers in Orlu to restore calm in the area after members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) killed policemen and citizens. Uzodimma, who spoke through the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Cyprain Akaolisa, at a press briefing in Owerri, said the narrative that innocent people were being killed by the military was false. He…

Feb

04

2021

By OHAFIATV

Wike reveals why it is difficult to end insecurity in Nigeria

News, PoliticsBoko Haram, Herdsmen, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Reviews, Security

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has explained that the war against insecurity in the country has been difficult to be won because the Service Chiefs were becoming unprofessional. Wike expressed regrets that security chiefs were given more attention to playing politics than ensuring the security of lives and property of the people, which is their core mandate. This was as the governor also stated that the State Government spends N1.8 billion monthly to pay pensioners in the state, wondering why people claim that the state was not meeting its obligations to the retirees. This was contained in a statement…

Dec

26

2020

By OHAFIATV

God does not sleep – Bishop Kukah warns Buhari

News, Opinion, PoliticsFreedom, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Opinion, Personality, Politics, Religion, Security

The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has bemoaned the nepotism which he says has characterised President Muhammadu Buhari government and warned that although Christians will not fight back, but “God does not sleep”. Kukah, in his 2020 Christmas message, claimed there could have been a coup or war in the country if a non-Nothern Muslim becomes president and does some of the things Buhari has done. “Every honest Nigerian knows that there’s no way any non-Northern Muslim President could have done a fraction of what President Buhari has done by his nepotism and gotten away with it. “There…

Dec

23

2020

By OHAFIATV

Coronavirus Update: Over 40 countries restrict travel from UK

Health, NewsCoronavirus, Health, World News

More than 40 countries are still banning or restricting travel from Britain in a bid to contain a new strain of the coronavirus believed to spread faster. Scotland had already closed its border with the rest of the United Kingdom before the new strain was made public. Here is an update on the situation so far. France EU nationals and residents were allowed into France from Britain Wednesday as long as they had a negative COVID-19 test, allowing lorry drivers who had been blocked for two days by the ban to return home. All Britons, except hauliers, bus and train…

Dec

17

2020

By Amos Oge Kalu

Igbo Presidency: Nigeria Will Not Progress Until The Civil War Is Over.

Amos Oge Kalu, News, Politics2023, Comr Amos Kalu, Igbo President, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

Comr Amos Kalu on Igbo Presidency The question of Nigeria President of Igbo extraction in 2023 has been christened 'Igbo Presidency' and it has taken the center stage of our national discourse, and rightly so at this critical time in the history of our nation. Without mincing words or sounding apologetic with realities facing us, I will bold say Nigeria has retrogressed since 1960 after independence, rather than progressed and we have continued trying to sound politically correct by being economical with the truth of it when it comes to pointing out those errors that have held us down to…