Author: Npo_report
By David Orji Fuel stations have become either choked up or empty on Sunday as motorists lament scarcity of the product. A survey by the NPO Reports Sunday showed that many filling stations were empty. The few who were selling the product were filled up with long queues stretching as long as one kilometer long. An NNPC outlet on Yaya Abatan Road, was shut against customers just as an independent marketing outlet opposite it was selling as at 8:30pm on Sunday. At the Mobil Filling Station on Lateef Jakande Road, Ikeja, motorists had queued for fuel only for the filling…
By Kamil Opeyemi Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Sunday expressed the need for urgent good governance as an antidote to military takeovers on the continent. Imploring West African leaders to prioritize good governance and collective prosperity, Tinubu identified good governance as a key catalyst to secure popular support through the socio-economic transformation and development of West Africa. He was speaking at the 64th ordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. He said, “The delivery of good governance is not just a fundamental commitment; it is also an avenue to address the concerns of our citizens,…
By Halimah Olamide In commemoration of the 2023 Human Rights Day, the President, Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, has called for a collaborative effort with the necessary stakeholders to strengthen human rights. This was contained in a statement to celebrate the annual Human Rights Day which is held on the 10th of December, with the theme for this year being: “Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All” and a call to #StandUp4HumanRights”. “I call on members of the Bar to join hands as we collaborate with other stakeholders for the purpose of advancing the human rights of all Nigerians regardless…
By Halimah Olamide Nigerian senators have announced the donation of their December salaries to victims of the bombing that killed scores of villagers in Tundun Biri Kaduna state last week. The senators said they are donating N109m to the victims because of the enormity of the bombing on the community. In a statement by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, Senator Barau said that the money would be sent to the state governor for onward delivery to the victims. NPO Reports however finds that a senator’s salary is not up to one N1m. An aide to one of…
By Kamil Opeyemi General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye on Sunday told the whole world when he will die. Adeboye said he will die on a Sunday and death will come after a meal of pounded yam. His prediction has stirred ripples from far and near. he would like to die without stress or sickness if rapture doesn’t take place soon. He said this during day 3 of the church’s ongoing RCCG Holy Ghost Congress at the Redemption Camp. His words: “I know somebody will say if we are never sick, how are we going…
The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch, has eliminated a dreaded terrorist and kidnap kingpin, Yellow Jambros, and scores of other terrorists in airstrikes in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) made this known in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the terrorists met their end while attempting to cross the Jikudna River in Galadima Kogo District, heading towards Wurukuvhi axis of Chikun LGA. He said that Yellow Jambros and his cohorts were trailed from Zamfara into Niger riding 13 motorcycles…
The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Kaduna Sector Command says no fewer than 16 persons died and 27 sustained injuries in a road crash on Kaduna-Abuja expressway. The Sector Commander, Mr Kabir Nadabo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fatal road traffic crash occurred at Audu Jhangon village along the expressway on Sunday. He explained that the crash occurred at 05:20hrs, when a vehicle( DAF TRAILER) with registration number KUJ 430XC, with overloaded goods, lost control and fell into a ditch. ” Initial reports indicate the driver was at high speed, probably due to fatigue. “The combined rescue…
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said it’s operatives have rescued a kidnap victim, a housewife in the early hours of Sunday. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansur Hassan, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said at about 0100hrs on Sunday our operatives received a call that a group of armed men not yet ascertained invaded a residence at Dogarawa area of Sabon Gari Zaria LGA . ”The kidnappers kidnapped a house wife aged 37, at the residence. “On receiving the call our team of patrol rushed to the scene and pursued the…
By Halimah Olamide The Amnesty International has on Sunday said that Nigerian governments at all levels have continued to condone violation of human rights. The organisation called for implementations of the findings of the various investigative panels that probed the October 20, 2020 police brutality protests called ENDSARS. Amnesty International made the call on the occasion of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In its post on the X handle on Sunday, Amnesty said “Nigeria continues to face worsening human rights crises nationwide. Nigerian government consistently failed to end decades of human rights…
The 64th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Heads of State and Government is holding in Abuja, Nigeria. The session, to be chaired by President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria, is attended by Heads of State and Government in the 15-member block. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that countries like Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone are already at the venue at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Other members attending are Benin, Gambia, Togo, Cape Verde and Senegal. The ECOWAS Commission and other stakeholders like former President Goodluck Jonathan, the U.S. Lead diplomat…