Breaking – Tinubu addresses nation tomorrow
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Hunger protests: Protesters defy plea, continue demonstrations in Lagos, Port Harcourt
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Hunger protests: Protesters defy pleas, continue demonstrations in Lagos, Port Harcourt After two days of demonstrations across the country, protesters have again gathered in Lagos and Port Harcourt in Nigeria’s coastal state of Rivers as they continue to push for their demands. The demonstrations which began on August 1 in several cities are…
EndbadgovernanceinNigeria
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares #EndbadgovernanceinNigeria protests turn violent Concerns, genuine or not, expressed by those opposed to the EndbadgovernanceinNigeria protests that they could become violent, came true by the close of the first day of the scheduled 10-day event yesterday. The protests, carried out in most parts of the country reportedly witnessed a huge turnout in Abuja,…
Rumble, yes; thunder, no!
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse Rumble, yes; thunder, no – By Soney Antai Finally, Nigeria has arrived at a pregnant, make-or-mar week, when the President Bola Tinubu government is about to face its toughest leadership test yet. In spite of the ill-advised grandstanding by folks like Messrs. Dave Umahi, Nyesom Wike and Bayo Onanuga,…
Hunger protests kick off in Nigeria
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares • Deaths reported in Kaduna, Niger States •Lagos, Ibadan, Jos peaceful • Uyo, Lokoja missing from action •Abuja, Kaduna, Kano violent The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria nationwide protests scheduled to begin today and to last through 10 August, in spite of official warnings started off in different states of the country, including Abuja, the Federal Capital…
#EndBadGovernance protests Nigeria on edge
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares• Security agents warn against violence •Planners rebuff appeals to stay action •Govt Security agents on high alert, take over Eagles Square Abuja 46 months after the bloody #EndSARS protests of October 2020, Nigeria, baring any unexpected change, seems set to witness another round of nationwide protests, starting from today. With the hashtag, #EndBadGovernance,…
Full text of Benjamin Netayanhu at the US Congress on 25 July 2035
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Full text of Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the American Congress on 25 July 2024. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Senator Ben Cardin, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senators, Members of Congress, Distinguished guests, Mr. Speaker, I want to thank you…
Is Kenya visiting Nigeria?
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai Is Kenya visiting Nigeria? Henry Kissinger it was, who once said, “Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” While it’s not too clear what the renowned diplomat and scholar meant, the meaning seems to be that just as aphrodisiac offers a temporary inorganic surge of emotions, power makes its wielder believe…
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu dead
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe president general of the pan-Igbo social cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, is dead. The Frontier online newspaper quotes his son, Jude, as making this information known in a statement. Publisher of Champion, the late business mogul was a chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and a popular face within…
A Year After Governor Eno’s Ibom Power Company Visit: Matters Arising
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ernest Udoh-Robert This July makes it exactly one year since Gov Umo Eno toured Ibom Power Company, assuring his compatriots of improved power generation and distribution from the state-owned power facility located in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area. He said that he was not among those who merely acted on reports from the…