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Insecurity: Group Wants Buhari Resigned, Impeached

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4 years ago

December 13, 2021

Following the spate of insecurity in the country, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has said President Muhammadu Buhari should either resign or be impeached by the National Assembly.

HURIWA said Buhari has shown that he lacked the capacity to protect Nigerians.

The rights group made the remark while throwing its weight behind Daily Trust Newspaper’s opinion that life in Nigeria has lost meaning under the Buhari administration.

In a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA lamented that the leadership of the National Assembly is so incompetent and compromised that it may take extraordinary measures to get them to follow the constitution and impeach Buhari.

HURIWA said: “It is unfortunate that the spokesman of President Buhari attempted to divert the attention of Nigerians to the loaded editorial opinion of the well respected Northern based Newspaper Daily Trust on the collapsing state of security by talking about such unrelated issues as COVID-19 and chased shadows by asserting without empirical evidence that insecurity is global.

“It is shocking that President Buhari does not know that the unprecedented violence unleashed on Nigerians are so unique that not even in war-ravaged Yemen or Afghanistan do you see armed Non State actors kidnapping citizens and setting travellers on fire”.

HURIWA wonders why Buhari through his spokesman, Garba Shehu who suffers from “Igbophobia,” took the opportunity of responding to the cases of terror attacks in the North as pointed out by the Northern-oriented Daily Trust to introduce the angle of the military action in the South East.

The group reminded Shehu and other Igbo “haters hibernating” in this government that to a large extent, “what Buhari calls military actions in the Southeast of Nigeria, constituted crimes against humanity because of the wanton killings by Soldiers/Police of unarmed Igbo youths under the guise of chasing after the Eastern Security Network.”

The group noted that the atrocities in the South East are still being committed by the security agencies and are already being compiled by Amnesty International as war crimes.

“But instead of Garba Shehu is telling Nigerians why the government has allowed Northern terrorists to destroy all of North West as observed by Daily Trust, Garba Shehu disingenuously went on a voyage of discovery by talking about unrelated issues.”

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Indian Court Denies Bail To Nigerian Man Over Drug Charges

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May 28, 2026

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A court in India has denied bail to a 44-year-old Nigerian national, Cristian Soporuchukwu, who is currently facing drug trafficking charges in the country.

Cristian Soporuchukwu initially entered India on a business visa but was later arrested over allegations of involvement in the sale of hard drugs.

Reports indicated that after arriving in India, Soporuchukwu travelled through Goa, Delhi, and Mumbai, where he allegedly established links with suspected drug traffickers.

He was accused of purchasing MDMA crystals and distributing them to college students and information technology workers.

According to reports, operatives of the Beguru Police arrested Cristian Soporuchukwu in April 2025 for allegedly selling MDMA crystals around Begur Lake and the AECS Layout Road area.

The New Indian Express reported that the High Court of Karnataka subsequently dismissed the Nigerian’s bail application.

“The anti-narcotics wing seized about 1 kg of MDMA crystals, a pocket weighing machine, 10 zip-lock covers, a mobile phone and a scooter from him,” the report stated.

Justice V. Srishananda, while ruling on the bail application, reportedly held that errors relating to the grounds of arrest could not automatically justify bail in serious narcotics-related offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, NDPS, Act.

The court further noted that Cristian Soporuchukwu had allegedly overstayed his visa in India, according to the report.

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Strait Of Hormuz: US Announces Sanctions Against Iran

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May 28, 2026

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The United States Treasury has announced sanctions against Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority.

Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, said this in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement extended the threat of sanctions to anyone paying the fees, saying they may be providing support to and receiving services from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, and therefore may be exposed to sanctions risk.

“The Iranian military’s latest attempt to extort global maritime trade is proof that Economic Fury has left the regime desperate for cash.

“Treasury has deprived the Iranian regime of revenue for their weapons programs, terrorist proxies, and nuclear ambitions,” Bessent said.

Bessent added that the US has succeeded in disrupting tens of billions of dollars’ worth of revenue from being accessible to Tehran.

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US Launches New Airstrikes On Iran

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May 28, 2026

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The United States has launched new airstrikes in southern Iran.

The strike shot down four one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz and then a ground control site.

A US official revealed that American forces struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone.

The official described the strikes as purely defensive, saying the US intended to maintain the ceasefire.

Report says this is the second time in three days that the US has carried out self-defense strikes against Iranian military targets in southern Iran.

Recall that on Monday the US carried out airstrikes against Iranian missile locations and boats that US Central Command said were preparing to launch mines in the Strait of Hormuz.