Humanity Watch

  The Abia Police Command said it has arrested two suspects in connection with the alleged murder of two brothers, Bright and Victory Osuagwu, in Osisioma, near Aba. The command’s Spokesman, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the arrest on Thursday. Bright and Victor, aged nine and seven, were allegedly strangled to death in their house in Osisioma on Good Friday, while their parents, Mr Chima Osuagwu and wife, were away. Ogbonna said the principal suspect, Chukwuebuka Nnamani, was arrested with the help of his alleged accomplice, one Amanna, who was caught by people in the neighbourhood while attempting to burgle the house of the deceased’s parents. He said that Amanna, who allegedly aided Nnamani to kill the boys, returned to burgle the Osuagwu’s house. He said that the deceased’s parents were reportedly rushed to hospital after they suffered shock from the murder of their two children, leaving their house empty. Ogbonna said that Amanna, who lived in the same neighbourhood, took advanta

  The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies, on Thursday, in Abuja, appealed to striking judicial workers to call off their ongoing strike, in the interest of the nation. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, who is also the Deputy Chairman of the NGF, made the appeal when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after he led officials of the Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies to the office of the Chief of Staff to the President. “We’ve just finished talking to the Speakers, and indeed the State Chief Judges, and the Judiciary, to continue to engage and the Minister of Labour is also engaging with the striking bodies to appeal to them, to appreciate the fact that we have made progress. “We’re appealing to them in the interest of this country, they should call off the strike”, he said. According to the governor, a lot of progress had been made in the negotiations and hopefully, the matter would be put to rest by next week. “We’

  Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria from London after two weeks Medical check-up. Buhari  travelled to London for medical check-up on March 30, 2021 and promised to come back middle of April.The  president  returned to Abuja on Thursday and was received by security chiefs and some members of his cabinet at the Abuja airport. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, had said that the president would proceed to London on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 for a routine medical check-up. Adesina stated that the president would be back from the medical check-up in the second week of April. The statement had read: “President Muhammadu Buhari proceeds to London, the United Kingdom, Tuesday March 30, 2021, for a routine medical check-up. “He is due back in the country during the second week of April, 2021.” The last time Buhari travelled out of the country was in April 2019 for medical check-up in the UK. He returned to the country in May of that

  The Federal Government has lifted the ban imposed on activation and registration of new SIM cards.  The ban was imposed late last year as government announced a policy linking National Identity Number to SIM cards. Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the Minister of Communications issued a statement Thursday explaining the whole gamut of the Revised National Digital Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. The Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003, Section 23(a), specifies the role of the Minister to include the formulation, determination and monitoring of the general policy for the communications sector. In line with this, on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, FNCS, FBCS, FIIM coordinated and led the development of a Revised National Digital Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration in collaboration with all other stakeholders. An earlier Policy was app

  The Gray Child Foundation  is set to address the root causes of violent conflicts in Nigeria to prevent a re-occurrence for sustainable peace and development. To achieve this, the Pan -African non-partisan organization working to improve communities and human capital development of people in Nigeria and Africa, said it has designed a lot of activities through which this will be achieved under its pet project, ‘Activating Positive Peace in Nigeria Initiative.’ The Chairman of the foundation, Pietro Uzochukwu Macleo,  who revealed this this on Wednesday in Abuja during a chat with journalists, said the initiative is targeted at creating and implementing holistic programs that would institutionalize peace and strengthen peace infrastructures in the grassroots, rural communities, urban metropolis, public and private governance institutions. Uzochukwu said the foundation is collaborating with Rotary International and Rotary Associates to drive positive peace building initiatives to

   The Amanyanabo of Okochiri community, King Ateke Tom has endorsed  the grand finale of the Miss Amnesty Nigeria 2021 beauty pageant  scheduled to take place in Portharcourt , Rivers State, Nigeria. The former Niger Delta warlord gave his nod to the contest when the organiser of Amnesty Peace and CEO, Tracy Mcwary Foundation and other beauty queens paid him a courtesy visit on March 31st, 2021 in his palace. The Miss Amnesty Nigeria Pageant Team in a group photo with His Royal Majesty, the Amanyanabo of Okochiri community, Ateke Tom during the courtesy visit. During the visit, the Niger-Delta leader  received a certificate of Nomination Award as Amnesty Peace Man of the year 2021 in recognition of his outstanding role in promoting peaceful co-existence in the region. While  endorsing the  Miss Amnesty pageant, he  pledged his support to the empowerment of Women and Girl-Child in the Niger-delta region.  His Royal Majesty, the Amanyanabo of Okochiri community, Ateke Tom being presente

  Patients who trooped to public hospitals to keep their appointments were turned back yesterday by the management because there were no doctors to attend to them. The medical doctors had complied with the strike declared by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). Some of the patients said they were asked to come back next week in the event of the doctors calling of the strike. However, skeletal services were maintained in the hospitals by consultants and nurses, who attended to emergency cases. The worst victims of the strike were out-patients doctors who were denied services and directed to come back at undisclosed dates. The strike came as last minutes’ efforts by the federal government to avert the strike were unsuccessful. The leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and the government’s delegation led by the minister of labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige, had a closed door meeting which lasted for several hours on Wednesaday. However, the

  Health workers under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have chided the federal and state governments for aiding the oppressive and suppressive actions of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCAN) against other professionals in the sector. National chairman of JOHESU, Comrade Biobelemoye Joy Josiah, who attributed the myriads of problems facing the health sector to inequitable distribution of privileges, resources and clamour for liberty among the constituents in the sector, accused the governments of complicity in the “tyrannical blackmail” of physicians. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP Friday yesterday in Abuja, Josiah said, “One of the professions and its practitioners – medicine and physicians – aided by the tyrannical instrument of state continues to oppress and suppress all other health professionals in a supposedly multidisciplinary sector. “Physic