NewsNigeriaPoliticsZamfara lawmakers impeach Speaker over rising insecurity

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 25, 2024

The mounting security crisis that has gripped Northwest Zamfara State in recent times has led to the impeachment of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Bilyaminu Moriki. Moriki’s impeachment last Thursday was endorsed by 18 out of 24 members of the House after a motion was moved to that effect by Hon. Nasiru Abdullahi who is representing the Maru constituency. The lawmakers pointed to the relentless attacks, deaths, and abductions that have become...

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ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger, asks junta to free Bazoum

NewsWest AfricaECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger, asks junta to free Bazoum

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 25, 2024

Following the threat by three member-states run by the military to permanently withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the regional bloc has extended an olive branch to the estranged members. ECOWAS said on Saturday it is relaxing the sanctions on Niger Republic over last year’s coup. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, said, “The Authority has resolved to lift, with immediate effect, the following measures imposed on the...

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Protests against Tinubu’s government are sponsored: Senate President

NigeriaPoliticsProtests against Tinubu’s government are sponsored: Senate President

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 22, 2024

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio said Nigerians are protesting against the state of the country’s economy because they were ignorant of the grand plans of President Bola Tinubu’s government. There have been street protests across Nigeria since last week over the high cost of living occasioned by the removal of the gas subsidy and other reforms of President Tinubu whose administration is nearing one year. The umbrella body of Nigerian workers, the Nigeria...

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EFCC raid streets, arrests illegal money changers as effort to save the naira takes new shape

BusinessNewsNigeriaEFCC raid streets, arrests illegal money changers as effort to save the naira takes new shape

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 22, 2024

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has gone all out to save Nigeria’s local currency, the naira from its continued free fall against foreign currencies. On Wednesday, Nigeria’s forex crisis saw the naira trade for N1,830/US$1 in the streets. The official exchange rate does not fare better too. The currency has plunged to N1,555/US$1, moving closer to the street rate. The naira also weakened against the Great British Pound and the Euro. The rates...

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DSS calls on NLC to shelve upcoming protest

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDSS calls on NLC to shelve upcoming protest

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 21, 2024

…”Protest will go on”, NLC responds As Nigerian workers under the umbrella of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, are warming up for a total shutdown on February 27 and 28, the Department of State Services, DSS, wants the protest cancelled “in the interest of peace and public order.” Last Friday, the NLC declared a two-day nationwide mass protest to press the government to address the economic turbulence that has seen the naira weaken by the...

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Nigerian Army kill one terrorist in Kaduna forest hideout

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Army kill one terrorist in Kaduna forest hideout

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 21, 2024

The Nigerian Army (NA) on Tuesday smoked out terrorists in Yadi Forest in Kidandan village in Kaduna. The “deep clearance operations”, according to the NA spokesman Major General Onyema Nwachukwu on Wednesday, led to the killing of one of the terrorist gang members. The terrorist fighter was killed in the heavy firefight between the soldiers and the outlaws. Other gang members subsequently took to their heels to avoid meeting a similar fate. “During the operation,...

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Terrorists kill 6, burn houses at a village in Katsina

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTerrorists kill 6, burn houses at a village in Katsina

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 21, 2024

Terrorists stormed Yan-Nasarawa village in Faskari LGA of Katsina State on Monday night, leaving a trail of six corpses, with burnt houses and motorcycles. Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the attack on Tuesday Aliyu said that the attackers were armed to the teeth with sophisticated AK-47 rifles. Sounds of heavy gunshots at about 11:30 p.m. jolted the locals from sleep. “They shot and killed six persons, injured 10, and set...

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FG discovers 32 routes for food trafficking as smuggling operation to Niger is busted

NewsNigeriaFG discovers 32 routes for food trafficking as smuggling operation to Niger is busted

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 21, 2024

The Nigerian government has made a significant discovery in its ongoing battle against food smuggling, uncovering 32 routes used to illegally export food items out of Nigeria. Vice President Kashim Shettima, making this revelation on Tuesday, said 45 trucks transporting dozens of bags of maize to neighbouring African countries were intercepted. “Just three nights ago, 45 trucks of maize were caught being transported to neighbouring countries. Just in that Ilela axis, there are 32 illegal...

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AEDC gives Presidential Villa, 85 others 10 days to clear electricity bill of N47.1 billion

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAEDC gives Presidential Villa, 85 others 10 days to clear electricity bill of N47.1 billion

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 20, 2024

The Aso Rock Presidential Villa, the office and residence of the president of Nigeria at Yakubu Gowon Crescent in Asokoro, Abuja, owes an electricity bill debt of N923,873,150, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) said on Monday. Eighty-five other government ministries, departments, and agencies are also indebted to the electricity company. Notable among the debtors are the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Power, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Nigeria Police Force, United Nations...

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Lion kills OAU zookeeper at Obafemi Awolowo University

NewsNigeriaLion kills OAU zookeeper at Obafemi Awolowo University

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 20, 2024

A lion in the zoological garden of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, in Osun State, attacked and killed a veterinarian, Olabode Olawuyi. Olawuyi, who had been the school zookeeper for almost a decade, was mauled to death on Monday. Efforts of other staff members at the scene to rescue the veterinarian were futile. “The other members of staff who were at the scene of the incident did everything within their power to rescue their boss...

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