The United Nations refugee agency, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that no fewer than 114 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes by the end of September, due to conflict, persecution and human rights violations. War
The Northern Consensus Movement (NCM), an amalgam of community based socio-cultural and economically inclined northern organisations, has withdrawn a 14-day ultimatum issued to Igbos resident in the North to evacuate. The NCM rescinded its order after a meeting convened at the instance of
The Nigerian parliament has suspended the planned use of concrete in constructing roads across the nation, according to Thursday’s order paper of the House of Representatives obtained by Peoples Gazette. Yobe state legislator, Khadija Bukar Ibrahim, proposed the suspension over growing concerns that
By Kenneth Uwadi. The euphoria that greeted the so called performance of the Imo State Government headed by Senator Hope Uzodinma particularly, on the construction and rehabilitation of roads has begun to wane. With the rainy season, most people have now woken up
Following the blackmail effort against the state, Abia State Government has described as false news making the rounds that it has directed Northerners, who live and conduct their businesses at the Lokpanta Cattle Market, around the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway by Umunneochi, to leave
By Ashish Dangwal, The EurAsia On October 12, a US Navy P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft, also used for anti-submarine operations, conducted a flight over the contentious Taiwan Strait, leading to China deploying fighter jets to monitor and warn the US Navy surveillance plane.
Tragedy struck yesterday when a 20-year-old student in one of the Owerri secondary schools painfully lost her life in a flood that occurred in the capital city of Owerri. The young girl, whose identity is yet to be determined, was swept away by
Piqued by the deplorable state of strategic roads in Aba and Abia State in general and its destructive effect on the economy of the State, Governor Alex Otti on his emergence vowed to repair and reposition the state. Caption: The aerial view of
The world’s largest aircraft carrier and some of the best US fighter jets have been dispatched to help Israel after being caught off guard by a massive attack by Hamas over the weekend. The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group is
Israel’s intense aerial attacks on the Gaza Strip have continued for a fourth straight day after Hamas, the group running the besieged enclave, sent thousands of rockets and fighters inside Israel in an unprecedented attack. The bombardment has so far killed at least 770 Palestinians, including dozens
A German Development Agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German for German Agency for International
Nigeria’s heartless President,Bola Ahmed Tinubu finally released all the 114 #EndBadGovernance protesters (minors and adults)
United States based Scientist and Business Woman, Princess Angela Obasi has joined other well meaning
A former member of the House of Representatives Farouk Lawan has regained freedom after serving