Amnesty International’s press release to mark 3rd anniversary of #EndSARS protest

Amnesty International says 15 #EndSARS protesters arrested in 2020 are still being arbitrarily detained without trial amid incessant tortures. The international non-governmental organisation disclosed this in a press release published on its website on Friday in commemoration of the third anniversary of the #EndSARS protest. Just like that… the memory still remains in my heart. #EndSARSMemorial pic.twitter.com/vsUUV6EKTY — Your GF Crush (@TheFelix__) October 20, 2023 Read the full statement titled “Nigeria: Three years after #EndSARS...

FG to reciprocate strict visa regimes

The Nigerian government has said that countries with strict travel policies for Nigerian nationals will henceforth face the same measures in Nigeria. “You charge me $100 for a visa, I will charge you $100 for a Nigerian visa,” Nigeria’s Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said on Thursday. “If you give me a visa on arrival, I’ll give it to you. If you say the condition for me to enter your country today is that I...

Boko Haram commander in Borno surrenders to Nigerian Army

A notorious Boko Haram commander Bulama Bukar surrendered to the military on Wednesday even as three terrorists were killed in Kaduna. An ammunition courier on a mission to deliver ammunition to a bandit leader named Gishiri was also intercepted in Zamfara State. Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Nigerian Army director of public relations, said, via a statement on X, that Bukar, surrendered to troops of 5 Brigade in Gubio, Borno State. Bukar is the leader...

Tinubu revokes appointment of 24-year-old Imam as FERMA chair

President Bola Tinubu has rescinded his earlier appointment of Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam as the chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA. The withdrawal of Imam’s appointment is with immediate effect, presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale said, via a statement, on Thursday. 24-year-old Imam was on October 13 appointed to head the FERMA board “for a renewable term of four years, in accordance with Section 2(3) of the FERMA Amendment...

Tinubu appoints new DGs for NTA, NAN, VON, and others

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos as the director general, DG, of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA. Dembo’s appointment, which is with immediate effect, was announced by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale late Thursday. Ngelale said President Tinubu also made an additional seven appointments for other agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation. The National Orientation Agency, NOA, and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, will be headed by Lanre...

Military repels ISWAP attack in Borno

A military formation in Gamboru Ngala, a border town between Nigeria and Cameron in Borno State came under attack by the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, jihadists. The ISWAP militants in Hilux trucks and motorcycles attacked the military base with heavy weapons late Wednesday in an attempt to penetrate the market town. But troops of 3 Battalion Operation Hadin Kai, swiftly engaged the Islamic extremists in a gun battle and the insurgents were...

Senate names Oyelola Ashiru as Deputy Senate Leader

The Nigerian Senate has announced Oyelola Yisa Ashiru, the senator representing Kwara South, as its new deputy leader. Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the announcement on Wednesday during plenary. Ashiru, who was hitherto the deputy chief whip, replaces Dave Umahi, former governor of Ebonyi State, as the deputy leader. Umahi resigned as a senator in August following his appointment as the minister of works by President Bola Tinubu. Following Ashiru’s new appointment, Peter Nwebonyi Onyeka,...

Senate approves appointment of Ola Olukoyede as EFCC chair

The Senate has approved the appointment of Ola Olukoyede and Mohammed Hamajoda as the chairman and secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, respectively. Olukayode and Hammajoda were screened on Wednesday alongside Halima Shehu who was appointed to head the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA. Shehu was confirmed too. Pilot News reported that President Bola Tinubu appointed Olukoyede and Hammajoda as EFCC chairperson and secretary respectively on October 12. Olukoyede, who served...

Rema’s “Calm Down” departs Billboard Hot 100 after a 57-week run

Nigerian singer Rema’s remixed single “Calm Down” featuring American singer Selena Gomez has fallen off the Billboard Hot 100 after spending a record-breaking 57 weeks on the chart. “It made history, becoming the longest charting and most successful African song of all-time,” the music monitoring platform Chart Data said Tuesday on X. REMA and Selena Gomez's "Calm Down" departs the Hot 100 this week. It made history, becoming the longest charting and most successful African...

Inflation rate in Nigeria jumps to 26.72%

Nigeria’s annual inflation rose in September to its highest level in about two decades at 26.72 per cent, amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis in Africa’s largest economy. The September inflation rate is a 0.92 per cent increase from August’s 25.80 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics [NBS] said on Monday in its Consumer Price Index [CPI] report for September 2023. Food inflation, making up the bulk of Nigeria’s inflation basket, rose to 30.64 per...

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