Senate invites military chiefs, IGP, and others over Plateau killings

The Nigerian Senate is demanding accountability from the heads of military, security and intelligence agencies over the terror witnessed in 28 Christian communities in Plateau State between 23 and 25 December. Diiket Plang, the senator representing Plateau Central senatorial district, drew the Senate’s attention to the killings during plenary on Saturday, a week after the gory attack. The lawmakers who took turns to air their views expressed their disappointment at the security chiefs. Plang lamented...

National Assembly passes 2024 budget of N28.7trn

The National Assembly, on Saturday, approved the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N28.7 trillion, effecting an increase of N1.2 trillion on the N27.5 trillion initially proposed by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, on November 29, presented his first full-year budget proposal to the National Assembly for approval. Dubbed ‘The Budget of Renewed Hope’, President Tinubu said the budget “constitutes the foundation upon which we shall erect the future of this great nation.” The Senate explained that the...

Nigeria: West African Pilot’s 2023 Top Stories

2023 was eventful for Nigerians. It began with a frenzied naira shortage that caused untold financial pain. It is ending with the harsh effects of the petrol subsidy removal amid the worrisome insecurity challenges that have seemingly left the government helpless. Below are some of the definitive events that reverberated across the country in the past 12 months. Naira scarcity: Nigeria was hit with a devastating cash shortage in January 2023 after the Godwin Emefiele-led...

Terrorists blow up 3 electricity towers in Northeast

The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) jihadists blew up three power transmission towers on Thursday morning, the second explosion in a week. An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, simply identified as Nurudeen was killed in the fatal explosion. Nurudeen reportedly stepped on an explosive at the scene of the vandalised towers. The destroyed electrical transmission towers are along the Maiduguri–Damaturu road. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, confirmed...

54-year-old man marries four-year-old girl in Bayelsa on reincarnation claims

…child rights group kicks A child rights advocacy group, DO Foundation has denounced the marriage ceremony between a 54-year-old man identified as Elder Akpos and a four-year-old girl. The event was held in the Akeddei community in the Sagbama LGA of the Bayelsa State on 26 December. The little girl’s parents reportedly gave her out in marriage to the quinquagenarian claiming that he was her husband in a past life. According to a source who...

Naira will record more slumps against the US dollar in 2024: Bloomberg

Nigeria’s local currency, the naira is one of the world’s worst-performing currencies, after the Lebanese pound and the Argentine peso, Bloomberg said in a report on Friday. The report corroborates an earlier report by the World Bank that noted that the currency weakened by nearly 40 per cent against the US dollar in 2023. Bloomberg said the naira weakened by 55 per cent against the USD this year. With the naira–USD exchange rate at N1,043...

International community calls for the arrest of Plateau massacre actors

The United States Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria said in a social media post on Thursday that it condemns the recent attacks across Plateau communities that left nearly 200 persons dead, scores injured and hundreds displaced. “Those responsible for these heinous attacks must be held accountable,” the US authorities urged the Nigerian government while expressing “heartfelt condolences for the tragic loss of life.” The French Government, on Tuesday, denounced the wanton attacks “which resulted in a...

Plateau carnage is revenge by Fulani jihadists for the Tudun Biri bombing – Intersociety

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has accused Nigerian security agencies of working hand-in-hand with the Fulani terrorists who attacked several remote communities in North-central Plateau State between 23 and 24 December. The bandits, suspected to be nomadic Fulani herders, butchered more than a hundred villagers, plundered farmlands and set several houses ablaze, displacing thousands. In a statement made available to the press on Tuesday, the civil society organisation said...

Presidency vows to get justice for victims of Christmas Eve massacre in Plateau

The Presidency has condemned the recent dreadful attacks on several villages in Plateau State by herders of the Fulani tribe, promising to bring the killers to book. Armed gangs, locally called “bandits”, overran more than 15 communities across Bokkos and several other LGAs in Nigeria’s Home of Peace and Tourism, and razed down houses on Saturday and Sunday. The death toll in the attack has risen to 195 with scores still missing. President Tinubu instructed...

President Tinubu grieves the loss of Akeredolu, Na’Abba

President Bola Tinubu is saddened over the demise of Ghali Umar Na’Abba, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Rotimi Akeredolu, the immediate past governor of Ondo State. Na’Abba, 65, and Akeredolu, 67, passed on in the early hours of Wednesday due to an ailment. In a condolence message for the past Speaker signed by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngalale, President Tinubu described Na’Abba as a disciplined and resolute politician. He expressed profound grief...

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