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IYC suspends planned protest, as Clark, Ateke, Boyloaf back NDDC sole administrator IYC suspends planned protest, as Clark, Ateke, Boyloaf back NDDC sole administrator Share Following appeals by prominent Ijaw leaders, Chief E. Clark, King Ateke Tom, Chief Ebikabowei Victor-Ben (Boyloaf) and High Chief Bibopre Ajube, Ijaw Youths from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have announced the decision to shelve their planned massive protest to shut down the headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). According to the Ijaw Youths, the decision to put on hold the planned pr...

Vanguard News Stop paying ransom to kidnappers On Kindly Share This Story: D r. Mustapha Inuwa is the Secretary to the Government of Katsina State, SGS who doubles as the Chairman, Amnesty Programme to end banditry in the state. In this interview, he bares his mind on series of challenges and setbacks they are facing in their fight against banditry.   Current waves of insecurity in Katsina have continued to be a source of worry not only to the state but also the entire country. What t is the state government doing to contain the ugly situation? It is really an unfortunate situation we are...

Nseobong Okon-Ekong highlights the change of approach by the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), which is producing promising results for peace in the Niger Delta region Since June 26, 2009 when the government of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua announced the establishment of the Presidential Amnesty Programme to move the Niger Delta Region forward, nothing has inspired millions of Niger Deltans with hope for brighter prospects as the challenge by ex-militants’ leaders to each other to end sea piracy and kidnapping in the region in a bid to ...

Some Christian leaders, on Monday, asked the Federal Government to rescue Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl still held in Boko Haram captivity on account of her faith. They renewed the call for her freedom sequel to the quick release of about 344 schoolboys kidnapped in Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, owing to the swift response by the authorities. Speaking in an interview, CAN President, Revd. Samson Ayokunle, welcomed the release of the schoolboys, but maintained that there was still the moral burden on the government to secure Leah Sharibu’s freedom as well. He sai...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved fresh measures to curtail the further spread of COVID-19 across the country. Part of the measures is the restriction of guests at weddings, conferences, and sporting activities among others to 50. The government also ordered the closure of all bars, nightclubs, and restaurants. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at a press briefing of the task force in Abuja. He said, “The PTF has surveyed developments and actions taken by governments around the world, assessed our domestic environment and has accord...