Buhari Suspends MD Nigerian Ports Authority As Amaechi Set Up Panel Of Inquiry

CorruptionNewsNigeriaBuhari Suspends MD Nigerian Ports Authority As Amaechi Set Up Panel Of Inquiry

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 7, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, to step aside from her role. The suspension of Usman came as the Ministry of Transportation, headed by Rotimi Amaechi, set up an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the management of the NPA. Mrs. Usman is to be replaced by Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, who is an Executive Director at the NPA, for the duration of the investigation. This...

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Obasanjo Condemns Paying Ransom to Bandits, Says Jonathan Also Paid Ransom

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaObasanjo Condemns Paying Ransom to Bandits, Says Jonathan Also Paid Ransom

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 6, 2021

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called on the Federal Government to develop means of dealing with kidnappers and bandits heavily in place of the ransom payment. The elder statesman stressed the need for leaders to ensure that 2023 marked the beginning of a new federation for Nigeria, warning that the country may slide into what he described as ground dissolution. The former President made the recommendation on Wednesday while receiving members of the...

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Expect a Comprehensive List of Names of Those Behind Imo Attacks Soon – Uzodinma

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsExpect a Comprehensive List of Names of Those Behind Imo Attacks Soon – Uzodinma

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 6, 2021

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has revealed that security agencies were compiling a comprehensive report to reveal the sponsors of violence in the state. The Governor gave the hint on Wednesday while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’, where he highlighted the efforts of the government at restoring peace in the state. “I want to allow the security agencies to do their job and because the matter is still under...

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Details of the Kidnapping, Negotiation, Ransom, Security Report and Release of Kaduna Students

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsDetails of the Kidnapping, Negotiation, Ransom, Security Report and Release of Kaduna Students

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 6, 2021

The remaining 29 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State have regained freedom after spending 55 days in bandits’ den. The Chairman of the Parents’ Committee, Mr. Abdullahi Usman, confirmed the release of the students by the bandits to newsmen on Wednesday in Kaduna. He explained that their children were released some minutes past 4pm around the Kidanda area in Giwa Local Government Area of the state, and have...

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NDLEA Raids Eateries in Plateau, Enugu, Uncovers Drug Cakes, Cocaine

Law & JusticeNewsNDLEA Raids Eateries in Plateau, Enugu, Uncovers Drug Cakes, Cocaine

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 3, 2021

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided some eateries in Jos, the Plateau capital, and recovered freshly baked cakes made with cannabis Sativa. The Agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said additional 48.726 kilograms of assorted psychotropic substances were recovered. Babafemi added that some of the drug joints raided included KNL Lounge located along Lamingo road and another branch along Mining...

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Police Kill Three Bank Robbers, Arrest Five Suspects, Recovers 753 GPMG Bullets In Ebonyi

Crime & SecurityNewsPolice Kill Three Bank Robbers, Arrest Five Suspects, Recovers 753 GPMG Bullets In Ebonyi

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 3, 2021

Three members of a robbery squad have been killed by police operatives attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command. The deceased were part of the group of armed robbers responsible for a foiled robbery on a commercial bank in the Onuele area of the state on Tuesday last week. Mr. Frank Mba, the Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the killing of the armed robbers which comprised two men and a woman, by the police in...

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Gunmen Kill Kogi Commissioner, Abduct LG Chairman, Others

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Kill Kogi Commissioner, Abduct LG Chairman, Others

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 3, 2021

Some unknown gunmen have killed the Pension Board Commission of Kogi State; the police authorities confirmed this on Sunday. It was learned that the commissioner, Honourable Adebayo Solomon, was killed on Sunday, while the Chairman of Yagba East Local Government, Pius Kolawole, and some others were kidnapped. Solomon was reported to be traveling from Ilorin to Kabba when his vehicle was said to have been shot at Eruku Village, a few kilometers to Egbe, the...

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FG Establishes Centre For The Control Of Small Arms, Light Weapons

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsFG Establishes Centre For The Control Of Small Arms, Light Weapons

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 3, 2021

The Federal Government has announced the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). The new centre will be domiciled in the office of the National Security Adviser and the government has appointed Retired Major General A.M Dikko as the pioneer Coordinator. This announcement was made on Monday in a statement signed by the Head of Strategic Communication, Office of the National Security Adviser, Zakariya Usman. Usman disclosed...

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Insecurity: UNIJOS Shuts Down Hostels

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaInsecurity: UNIJOS Shuts Down Hostels

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 1, 2021

The authorities of the University of Jos on Friday ordered the immediate closure of all hostels in the institution and its premises. The decision was reached after the Management held a meeting with the Dean of Students Affairs, Chief Security Officer, and President of the Students Union Government (SUG), Speaker of Parliament and External Security Agencies of the University. The meeting was held on Friday, and it deliberated on a Security Report regarding security threat...

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Father Mbaka Asks For Contract as Compensation for Supporting Buhari – Presidency

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRegionsFather Mbaka Asks For Contract as Compensation for Supporting Buhari – Presidency

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 1, 2021

The Presidency has alleged that the popular Catholic Priest, Father Mbaka, who supported President Muhammadu Buhari but has turned against the President because his request for contracts was ignored. Father Mbaka supported Buhari in his first and second term elections. He recently called on the National Assembly to impeach the President if he failed to resign over the rising spate of insecurity in the country. In his reaction on Friday, the Presidency said the cleric...

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