Over 30 killed in Benue as rival bandit gangs clash

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOver 30 killed in Benue as rival bandit gangs clash

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 7, 2024

Gbagir village in Ukum LGA of Benue State became a battleground on Tuesday as rival bandit groups clashed, leaving a trail of death and destruction. The battle was between a militia gang in Ukum and a Fulani militia gang from Taraba State which joined forces with another gang in Ukum. The violence claimed over 30 lives, mainly members of the conflicting militia gangs. But locals, including 12 farmers and a family of seven, were victims...

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Nigerian Army kills notorious terrorist, Maikusa, 3 others in Katsina

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Army kills notorious terrorist, Maikusa, 3 others in Katsina

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 6, 2024

The Nigerian Army, NA, authorities have said its troops gunned down a notorious terrorist leader named Maikusa in a gun duel in Batsari LGA of Katsina State. Maikusa, said the NA, was the second-in-command of the terrorist cell led by another notorious terrorist Modi Modi whom the police are hunting for. Modi has a N50 million bounty on his head, as earlier reported by Pilot News. Maikusa was slain alongside three other outlaws on Monday,...

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Dangote weeps over Wigwe’s demise and immortalises the late banker

NewsNigeriaDangote weeps over Wigwe’s demise and immortalises the late banker

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 5, 2024

It was an emotional moment for business mogul Aliko Dangote at the night of tribute for the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe held last night at Eko Hotel in Lagos. The event was tagged, “Celebrating Herbert Wigwe’s Professional Legacy.” Pilot News reported that Wigwe, his wife, son, and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, a former chair of the Nigerian stock exchange, were killed in a helicopter crash in California on Friday, 9 February. At...

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SSANU, NASU threaten to shutdown all universities

EducationNewsNigeriaSSANU, NASU threaten to shutdown all universities

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 5, 2024

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions, NASU, have threatened a total shutdown of the universities in the country. The unions have given the government one week — this week — to clear the backlog of unpaid salaries for the last four months. SSANU and NASU accuse the government of neglecting an agreement made in 2022 and treating the unions with “disdain” by showing...

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House seeks arrest of Binance executives over FOREX rate manipulation 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHouse seeks arrest of Binance executives over FOREX rate manipulation 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 5, 2024

The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes is on the verge of calling for the arrest of Binance’s CEO, Richard Teng and other senior executives, over allegations of terrorist financing, money laundering, and tax evasion. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency company, has been flagged by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for its alleged illicit activities. The CBN says Binance manipulated foreign exchange rates through currency speculation and rate-fixing, which have seen the naira...

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“Nigeria is open for business,” Tinubu tells foreign investors in Qatar

NewsNigeriaPolitics“Nigeria is open for business,” Tinubu tells foreign investors in Qatar

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 4, 2024

President Bola Tinubu is urging foreign investors to troop into Nigeria despite the economic uncertainties in the country. Tinubu marketed Nigeria to Arab investors at the Nigerian-Qatar Business and Investment Forum in Doha, on Sunday, saying that his reforms in the last nine months favour innovation and investments. “I am here to give you the assurance that reforms are going on; forget about whatever you heard in the past. Whatever the obstacle or problem that...

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Edo youths on vengeance mission kill 2 policemen 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEdo youths on vengeance mission kill 2 policemen 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 4, 2024

Two policemen on escort duty were on Saturday beaten to death by a group of irate youths in Edo State. Two other officers were seriously wounded. The mob descended on the policemen after they ran over a commercial motorbike, killing the driver along with a woman and her child. An alarm was raised by eyewitnesses and as angry youths started to run to the scene of the accident, the policemen fled to a nearby vigilante...

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Shettima to Nigerians: Express your grievances in a responsible and mature manner

NewsNigeriaPoliticsShettima to Nigerians: Express your grievances in a responsible and mature manner

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 4, 2024

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has appealed to Nigerians to make known their grievances against the government “in a responsible and mature manner.” In recent weeks, there have been protests across Nigeria as Nigerians express their frustrations over various government policies that have brought about untold hardship. Shettima acknowledged that the reforms are “more telling on the poor”, but added that they were necessary. “If there are easier and reliable alternatives to the policy choices we have...

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Hunger crisis provoke looting of Abuja warehouse

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHunger crisis provoke looting of Abuja warehouse

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 3, 2024

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Sunday morning, broke into a government food storage facility to loot stored food items. The warehouse came under siege at about 7:00 a.m. The people, numbering hundreds, exploited the near-total absence of the police and other security personnel to raid the building. A video shared on social media showed people leaving the facility with bags of grains even as others were rushing to the warehouse to...

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Nollywood in grief as Mr Ibu passes on

NewsNigeriaNollywood in grief as Mr Ibu passes on

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 2, 2024

John Ikechukwu Okafor, the Nollywood actor popularly known as Mr Ibu, is dead. The veteran actor died on Saturday, according to Emeka Rollas, the President of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN. Rollas said Okafor suffered a cardiac arrest in the early hours of Saturday. He was rushed to the hospital where he died. As of the time of the report, the family of Okafor has yet to release a formal statement, but tributes have started...

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