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January 24, 2022 Residents In Plateau Protest As Gunmen Kill Four Mine Workers

Residents In Plateau Protest As Gunmen Kill Four Mine Workers

Residents of Dong Community in Jos South Local Government Area have protested the killing of four mine workers.

The protesters brandished tree branches, blocked the road, demanding justice and an end to killings.

The four workers were shot dead and a woman injured following an attack on Saturday evening at a mining site in Dong village, Plateau State.

A community leader, Emmanuel Dong, said the gunmen stormed the mining site around 6pm and shot the workers dead.

Dong added that the injured woman who survived the attack is presently receiving treatment in the hospital.

Spokesperson of the Plateau Police Command, ASP Gabriel Ubah, said its operatives have been deployed to the area.

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January 21, 2022 Borno State Governor Zulum Says He Is Not Nursing Any Higher Political Ambition In 2023

Borno State Governor Zulum Says He Is Not Nursing Any Higher Political Ambition In 2023

Borno state Governor BABAGANA ZULUM, has said he is not nursing any higher political ambition in 2023.

He added that becoming the governor of Borno was not something he planned.

Governor ZULUM gave this clarification at an event in Abuja.

He however said Nigerians must look into the possibility of selecting good leaders rather than focusing on the 2023 elections.

On his part, the Sultan of Sokoto, MUHAMMADU SA’AD ABUBAKAR III, called on Nigerians to be part of politics and governance as the institutions were too important to be left to politicians alone.

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January 21, 2022 Pan Yoruba, Civil Society Groups Target 40m Voters In South West

Pan Yoruba, Civil Society Groups Target 40m Voters In South West

A coalition of several pan Yoruba and civil society groups have launched the campaign for a minimum of 40million voters in the old Western region comprising of the current six South West States.

The group also targets Yoruba in Kwara, Delta, Edo and Kogi States to achieve the feat.

The project, according to the group is driven by the quest to explore the full political strength of the Yoruba nation and its population.

In a statement, the Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movements said the campaign is not affiliated with any political party but aimed at energizing the Yoruba and  people of the old Western Region to be able to get what they want using their population strength as a bargaining power.

The group said the project will further assert the strength and dominion of Yoruba people and open up understanding on the real population of the people of the old Western Region.

Some of the groups include;, O’odua Peoples Congress, (New Era), Covenant Group, (CG), South West Vigilante Groups, (SWVG),O’odua Peoples Congress, (Reformed), Yoruba Women Congress,, Apapo O’odua Koya,  Oodua Students Coalition, (OSC) and many groups from Itsekiri, Edo, Kwara and Kogi States.

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January 21, 2022 Ortom Vows To Work Against Tinubu’s Presidential Bid

Ortom Vows To Work Against Tinubu’s Presidential Bid

Reactions continue to trail the declaration of former Lagos State Governor, BOLA TINUBU that he will contest for 2023 Presidential Election as Benue state Governor, SAMUEL ORTOM, has vowed to fight and work against the ambition of the APC national leader.

ORTOM explained that he would urge his people to vote against TINUBU for insisting on continuing with the policies of President MUHAMMADU BUHARI if elected Nigeria’s next president.

Recall that the APC National Leader was the first to inform BUHARI of his intentions to run for the Presidency in 2023.

However, ORTOM pointed out that BUHARI’s policies and programmes were bad.

The Governor, who spoke in Makurdi, while assenting to the amended Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law 2017, warned that TINUBU would fail in his ambition if he opts to pursue BUHARI’s policies.

And countering ORTOM’s position is the Director General, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Movement, Hon OYINLOMO DANMOLE.

He told Inspiration fm that the camp of TINUBU is not worried about the comment credited to governor ORTOM.

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