South East women cry out over insecurity in the region

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSouth East women cry out over insecurity in the region

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 25, 2023

Nigerian women in the South East region on Tuesday called on the government to urgently address the worsening deterioration of insecurity in the region. “What we see on a daily basis in the region are tears, sorrows and blood,” Josephine Anenih, a one-time women affairs minister, said at a conference tagged “Nkata Ndi Iyom Igbo (NNII)” in Enugu State. Anenih, who is the convener of the conference, expressed worry that the South East has morphed...

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Senate orders police to investigate bank robbery in Otukpo

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSenate orders police to investigate bank robbery in Otukpo

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 25, 2023

The Nigerian Senate has ordered an investigation into last Friday’s attacks on four banks and a police station in Otukpo, Benue State. On Friday, October 20, heavily armed robbers gunned down more than eight persons including four cops when they attacked the Otukpo police station and raided four commercial banks in the commercial district of the town. Millions were carted away from branches of First Bank of Nigeria United Bank of Africa, Stanbic IBTC Bank...

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Unknown gunmen attack Mosque in Kaduna, kill Imam

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaUnknown gunmen attack Mosque in Kaduna, kill Imam

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 25, 2023

Masked killers stormed a mosque at Sabon Layi community in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State on Tuesday, killing an Imam and a worshipper. The Imam and worshipper were identified as Malam Mamuda and Kabiru, respectively. Two other worshippers, simply identified as Bilya Mairabo and Ashiru Mairabo, were critically injured by gunshots. The marauding bandits, disguised as men of the Nigerian Army, struck at 5:30 a.m. when people gathered for congregational prayer. The attack...

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UK court rules in favour of Nigeria, quashes $11bn debt on failed gas deal with P&ID

NewsNigeriaOil & GasPoliticsUK court rules in favour of Nigeria, quashes $11bn debt on failed gas deal with P&ID

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 25, 2023

…President Tinubu lauds judgement. On Monday, Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales stopped Nigeria from paying an $11 billion [N8.4 trillion] arbitration award to Process & Industrial Developments [P&ID] Ltd., a company based in the British Virgin Islands. The legal wrangling between the Nigerian government and the company dates back to 2012 after a gas processing contract signed in 2010 went south. P&ID entered into an agreement with Nigeria in...

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Federal Government to disburse student loans in January

EducationNewsNigeriaFederal Government to disburse student loans in January

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 23, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has said that the student loan programme would begin in January. President Tinubu announced this at the 29th Economic Summit organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in Abuja on Monday. “By January 2024, the new student loan programme must commence,” the President said, adding that the programme would put an end to the incessant strike actions by academic and...

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Davido, Rema win two awards at the 2023 Trace Awards

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaDavido, Rema win two awards at the 2023 Trace Awards

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 23, 2023

Nigerian musicians Davido and Rema won two awards each at the 2023 Trace Awards which was held in Kigali, Rwanda last Saturday, October 21. The Trace Awards is a new awards franchise created by Trace, a global TV and multimedia platform. The purpose of the awards is to recognise African and Afro-influenced musicians from Africa and other parts of the world. Divine Ikubor, known professionally as Rema, won the “Song of the Year” award for...

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Supreme Court hears Atiku and Obi appeals, adjourns judgement

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSupreme Court hears Atiku and Obi appeals, adjourns judgement

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 23, 2023

…dismisses APM’s appeal. The Supreme Court, after hearing arguments from attorneys of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi on Monday, put off the judgement for another day. Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Obi of the Labour Party, LP, were Tinubu’s main opponents during the last presidential election. Atiku and Obi came second and third respectively after the poll. The duo are challenging Tinubu’s win, alleging irregularities and Tinubu’s ineligibility to run for the...

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Petrol price soars to N626.21 per litre – Report

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPetrol price soars to N626.21 per litre – Report

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 23, 2023

Nigerians now pay N626.21 per litre for premium motor spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, after paying between N170 to N195 for the product in 2022. This is according to the Petrol Price Watch for September 2023 by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, released last Saturday. The report states that the average retail price of a litre of petrol jumped from N191.65 in September 2022 to N626.21 in September 2023 – a 226.75 per...

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PANDEF tells Gumi, others to stop anti-south bigotry

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPANDEF tells Gumi, others to stop anti-south bigotry

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 22, 2023

…Says any Nigerian can be FCT minister The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has described as irresponsible, absurd, and subversive, recent comments by Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi on the person and office of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike. A press statement on Sunday by Dr. Ken Robinson, National Publicity Secretary PANDEF noted that it’s most unfortunate that at a time when every...

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Supreme Court to hear oppositions’ appeals against Tinubu’s election on Monday

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSupreme Court to hear oppositions’ appeals against Tinubu’s election on Monday

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 20, 2023

The Supreme Court will on Monday [Oct. 23] hear the appeals against President Bola Tinubu’s election in February. The Court served hearing notices to Peoples Democratic Party’s [PDP], Atiku Abubakar; Labour Party’s [LP], Peter Obi and the Allied Peoples Movement’s [APM] candidate Chichi Ojei on Thursday. The notices were signed by the court’s registrar, Zainab Garba. The three rival candidates are challenging the result of the last presidential election that favoured Tinubu and the verdict...

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