Atiku asks Tinubu to step down if rising security threats overwhelm him

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAtiku asks Tinubu to step down if rising security threats overwhelm him

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 31, 2024

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar berated President Bola Tinubu for his seeming failure to tame the armed groups on rampage across the country. Nigerians are feeling more unsafe as frequent killings and kidnappings for ransom have continued to be on the rise despite heavy assurances from the authorities to stem the tide. “Tinubu is playing fiddle while Nigeria is drowning in the ocean of insecurity,” Abubakar said in a post on X on Tuesday. The...

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Tinubu assures Nigerians security nightmare will soon end

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu assures Nigerians security nightmare will soon end

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 31, 2024

President Bola Tinubu received the report of the killing of the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola with a heavy heart, presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngalale said on Tuesday. Pilot News reported earlier that both traditional rulers were murdered by unknown gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, on Monday morning. A few hours later, students of Apostolic Faith Secondary School in Emure LGA of Ekiti State were...

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IFAD-VCDP Supports 150 Dry Season Farmers In Ebonyi State

NewsNigeriaIFAD-VCDP Supports 150 Dry Season Farmers In Ebonyi State

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 30, 2024

One hundred and fifty dry-season farmers in Ebonyi would receive assistance under the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) from the Federal Government of Nigeria/ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Mr. Sunday Ituma, the IFAD-VCDP State Programme Coordinator, disclosed this while flagging off the 2023/24 dry season farming at Odomowo, Inyimegu in Ikwo Local Government Area of the state. “The benefiting 150 farmers are expected to cultivate 150 hectares of land. “IFAD-VCDP will support the...

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Gunmen kill 2 traditional heads, abduct schoolchildren in Ekiti

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen kill 2 traditional heads, abduct schoolchildren in Ekiti

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 30, 2024

There has been unrest in relatively peaceful Ekiti State after gunmen, suspected to be armed herdsmen, slew two kings in the southern State. The traditional rulers; the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin; and Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Olushola were killed on Monday by gunmen who ambushed them on a highway. They were returning to Ekiti from a meeting in Northcentral Kogi State where the state of Nigeria’s deteriorating security was discussed. The Alara...

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US oil company, Dangote Refinery broker 2m barrel of crude deal

NewsNigeriaOil & GasUS oil company, Dangote Refinery broker 2m barrel of crude deal

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 30, 2024

Africa’s giant refinery in Lagos State, Dangote Refinery is preparing to import crude from the U.S. in the coming weeks, as the refinery valued at $20 billion intensifies its move to hit the market with refined oil products. Dangote Refinery, named after its owner Aliko Dangote, began operations on 12 January to end Nigeria’s years-long reliance on refined petroleum products since its launch in May 2023. Bloomberg, quoting individuals about the business deal, reported on...

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Boko Haram kills 13 farmers in Borno

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBoko Haram kills 13 farmers in Borno

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 29, 2024

An improvised explosive device set by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram on the Pulka–Firgi road in Gwoza LGA of Borno State has killed 13 farmers. The devastating incident occurred in the early hours of Monday. The farmers’ van unsuspectingly stepped on the buried locally-made bomb and almost immediately it detonated. Seven farmers including the driver of the van died on the spot, according to Lake Chad security and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama. The injured...

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Military airstrike kills 30 terrorists in Kaduna

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMilitary airstrike kills 30 terrorists in Kaduna

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 29, 2024

No fewer than 30 terrorists have fallen to the firepower of troops of “Operation Whirl Punch” of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, in Kaduna State. NAF spokesman Edward Gabkwet said the terrorists were killed in a “precision strike” after the military got wind of their rendezvous along the Kwiga-Kampamin Doka axis in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna. The intelligence report, Gabkwet said, revealed a trail of terrorists moving in a convoy of 15 motorbikes, each...

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Air Force Chief apologises for last year’s accidental bombing of civilians in Nasarawa

NewsNigeriaAir Force Chief apologises for last year’s accidental bombing of civilians in Nasarawa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 29, 2024

The head of Nigeria’s Air Force said last Friday he was profoundly sorry his officers bombed civilians a year ago in Kwateri, a village in Nasarawa State. Twenty-seven people died when the military mistook the movements of herders for those of bandits on 24 January 2023, and an airstrike was called in. Since the bombing, the authorities neither provided information on the incident nor owned up to the killing of the civilians.   A year...

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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger pull out of ECOWAS as bloc awaits formal notice

NewsNigeriaWest AfricaBurkina Faso, Mali and Niger pull out of ECOWAS as bloc awaits formal notice

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 29, 2024

The heads of State of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced the immediate withdrawal of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. The three countries accuse ECOWAS of deviating from its founding principles of brotherhood, solidarity and mutual aid and allowing foreign powers to meddle in its affairs. They also criticised the ECOWAS leadership for the sanctions imposed on them as part of efforts to reverse the military coups in...

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Federal Government addresses economic and security challenges

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFederal Government addresses economic and security challenges

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 29, 2024

Mohammed Idris, the minister of information and national orientation, has assured Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu is working round the clock to confront all the challenges in the country. In a statement on Sunday, the Minister said that the government was not downplaying the current situation faced by Nigerians, and is committed to building a Nigeria “where no one is left behind.” Read the statement below: There is no downplaying the reality of the challenging...

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