Amnesty International scores Tinubu low on human rights protection

Amnesty International has slammed President Bola Tinubu over his failure to address rampant human rights violations in the country six months into his four-year-old administration. Amnesty International also condemned the ruthless attacks on defenceless citizens by armed groups in various parts of the country. “The Nigerian authorities have failed to bring an end to these deadly attacks,” it said. The group documented cases of brazen human rights crimes running into decades, perpetrated by both state...

Gunmen kill government official in Ogun

Unknown gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, have killed the account and finance director of the Ogun State government, Taiwo Oyekanmi. Oyekanmi was shot dead on Wednesday by robbers who accosted the bullion van that drove him to a bank to make some hefty withdrawals. The robbers attacked the government official, his driver and an aide on their way back to the office from the bank. The gunmen carted away with every penny in the...

Supreme Court: Old Naira notes won’t expire on 31 December

…CBN order banks to issue, accept old and new notes. The old N200, N500 and N1000 banknotes will continue to be in use beyond 31 December 2023, the Supreme Court in Abuja ruled on Wednesday. The court overruled an earlier order it gave in March that pegged the deadline for the validity of the old naira notes by the end of the year. The court’s judgement was in favour of the federal government who, last...

TRANSCRIPT: President Tinubu presents 2024 ‘Budget of Renewed Hope’ to National Assembly

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, presented the 2024 national budget of N27 trillion to the legislature for approval. At the presentation before a joint session of the national assembly at the temporary chamber of the House of Representatives, Tinubu said the budget will foster economic growth and create jobs for the country’s teeming youth population. The President dubbed the budget, ‘The Budget of Renewed Hope.’ Read below the transcript of President Bola Tinubu’s presentation speech....

Governor Zulum: Over 160,000 terrorists have surrendered

Governor Babagana Zulum of Boko Haram-ravaged Borno State has said that about 160,000 terrorists in the State and other Northeast States have laid down their arms. “Generally, the security situation in Borno state has improved significantly,” the Governor told a delegation of the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru and the Minister of Defence (State), Alhaji Bello Matawalle at the Government House in Maiduguri on Tuesday. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa as well...

Police gun down 3 bandits’ leaders in Katsina

Police authorities in Katsina State, on Tuesday, confirmed the death of three notorious bandits’ leaders whose gangs terrorise Jibia local government areas of the State and its environs. The bandits’ lords, called Bala Wuta, Dogo Na Sahura and Hassan Bukuru, were killed last Saturday, 25 November. Police spokesperson Abubakar Aliyu said, via a press statement, that the bandits opened fire on some policemen and local citizen guards on a routine security patrol. “The officers valiantly...

Gunmen kill police officer during robbery in Asaba

Sunday Okoebor, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), was shot dead by gunmen who stormed a residential area in Asaba, the capital city of Delta State on Tuesday morning for a robbery operation. The robbers gunned down the cop during a fierce exchange of gunfire with the police who were battling to foil the robbery. The police were nearly overpowered by the gunmen when troops of the Nigerian Army in Asaba dubbed “Operation Still Water...

Boko Haram terrorists butcher 11 labourers in Borno

A gang of marauding Boko Haram insurgents who rode on camels killed and decapitated about eleven woodcutters in Bale, a remote village in Damboa County of Borno State last Sunday. According to a source, the killers surrounded the site where the labourers worked. Pleas by the workers for their lives to be spared fell on deaf ears. “We do not think any of them survived the attack. Their bodies were badly dismembered, and we found...

Mele Kyari’s tenure as GCEO of NNPCL extended

President Bola Tinubu has retained Mele Kyari as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL. The President also retained Umar Isa Ajiya as the chief financial officer of the company in a major shakeup of the board and management team of the NNPCL. Presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale announced the latest development via a statement on Monday. Chief Pius Akinyelure will head the non-executive board whose directors include Ledum Mitee,...

Unknown gunmen kill two policemen in Imo

Armed hoodlums attacked a police roadblock in Imo State and gunned down two policemen. The unknown killers, dressed as military men, instantly opened fire on the four cops who were at the location for routine security patrol. The incident happened at the Ahiara junction in Ahiazu-Mbaise local government area of the State on Monday. The two officers killed were a divisional police officer (DPO) of the LGA and an inspector. A stray bullet reportedly killed...

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