By Chukwudi George Ozalla “The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living”.-Marcus Tullius Cicero. I believe that every rational individual will freely agree with the above stated quote: because good men hardly die, they literally live forever in the hearts and memories of all those numerous lives they have impacted […]
HURIWA ENDORSES SECURITY PROFILING OF CAB DRIVERS IN FCT BUT CAUTIONS AGAINST EXTORTION:
Prominent pro-democracy advocates: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has endorsed and described as salutary and timely, the decision of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, that the FCT Administration would not condone unprofiled vehicles in the nation’s capital beginning from January 2025. The Rights group recalled that the FCT […]
Obasanjo, Soludo Lead High-Level Delegation at DRC-Nigeria Business Council in Lagos
Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, alongside other prominent figures, attended the DRC-Nigeria Business Council meeting held in Lagos. The council, convened on Saturday, 2nd November 2024, aims to foster economic cooperation and explore business opportunities between Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Founded under […]
PRESS STATEMENT
EFCC Arrest of Edo State Accountant General and Others Aimed at Halting Ongoing Looting of State Funds, Unrelated to the Governor-elect The attention of the Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has been drawn to a misleading publication circulating on social media, linking him to the recent arrest of the Edo State Accountant General, Mr. […]
HURIWA URGES PRESIDENT TINUBU TO RELEASE THE ‘MALNOURISHED’ MINORS BEING TRIED FOR TREASON OVER ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTS
Even as a minor, who is among 76 persons set to be arraigned by the Nigerian Police Force for participating in the recent EndBadGovernance protest that held across the country, on Friday, collapsed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been urged to free the detainees. Making the plea […]
![A NARROW ESCAPE [30 July 1966]](https://i0.wp.com/newscount.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG-20241031-WA00061.jpg?fit=333%2C500&ssl=1 "A NARROW ESCAPE [30 July 1966]")
A NARROW ESCAPE [30 July 1966]
In July 1966, Admiral Alison Madueke was due to begin a training programme at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, UK, when the Ironsi regime was overthrown. In the following excerpt, he recounts his narrow escape from the massacres that occurred during the 1966 counter-coup: “After breakfast, Midshipmen Obianwu, Mohammed and I were taken in […]
