President Tinubu confirms commitment to tackle insecurity

National SecurityNewsNigeriaPresident Tinubu confirms commitment to tackle insecurity

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 6, 2024

…Inducts new combat helicopters into NAF Inventory President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inducted 2 new T-129 ATAK Helicopters and a King Air 360ER Beechcraft into the Order of Battle (ORBAT) of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) at NAF Base, Makurdi, Benue State, thereby confirming his commitment to tackle insecurity in the country. The acquisition and induction of the platforms no doubt stands as a symbol of Tinubu’s enduring commitment to the ideals of patriotism and...

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Tinubu inducts newly acquired military aircraft for Nigeria Air Force

National SecurityNewsNigeriaTinubu inducts newly acquired military aircraft for Nigeria Air Force

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 6, 2024

…asks the military to step up the fight against terrorism President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, commissioned two TK129 ATAK helicopters and a King Air 360i aircraft acquired by the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) while tasking the security agencies to do more in the fight against terrorism in the country. The new military choppers were inducted in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State. President Tinubu, who is away in France, was represented by Vice President...

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Kano State Government Is Prosecuting Over 5 Billion Corruption Cases

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaKano State Government Is Prosecuting Over 5 Billion Corruption Cases

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 2, 2024

Abba Yusuf, Kano state governor, says that his government is prosecuting cases of misappropriation to the tune N5, 436,000,000 against the immediate past Ganduje administration. The governor disclosed this while receiving a delegation from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). In a statement issued by Ibrahim Garba Shuaibu, Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, on Thursday, Deputy Governor Aminu Gwarzo received the delegation on behalf of the governor. Governor Yusuf acknowledged...

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Supreme Court strikes out appeals against Fubara, Kefas and Aliyu

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSupreme Court strikes out appeals against Fubara, Kefas and Aliyu

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 26, 2024

The post-election tussle in Rivers, Taraba and Sokoto States ended on Thursday after the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals challenging the election victory of governors Siminalayi Fubara, Agbu Kefas and Ahmed Aliyu. Delivering judgements in separate appeals against the three governors, the court noted that the challengers were not convincing enough to have the judgements delivered in their favour. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa vetoed the appeal by Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against...

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Rivers Crisis: Court strikes out suit challenging Tinubu’s peace resolution

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPoliticsRivers Crisis: Court strikes out suit challenging Tinubu’s peace resolution

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 24, 2024

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has struck out a suit challenging the legality and implementation of President Bola Tinubu’s peace proclamation on resolving the political crises in the state for lack of jurisdiction. Recall that Tinubu in the height of the political impasse between Governor Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike, brokered an eight-point peace deal in Abuja, also known as the presidential proclamation, which among other stipulations directed that Governor Fubara represents...

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Court Orders Inspector-General of Police To Widow N100 Million

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Orders Inspector-General of Police To Widow N100 Million

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 18, 2024

For unlawful arrest, detention, torture, and alleged death of Mark Kajo, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Inspector-General (IGP) of Police to pay Mrs Mary Kajo the sum of N100 million over the death of her husband. Mary Kajo had, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/600/2023, sued the Nigeria Police Force, I-G, Benue Commissioner of Police, and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) as 1st to 4th respondents respectively. In the...

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Army, police clash over trending “No gree for anybody” slogan

National SecurityNewsNigeriaArmy, police clash over trending “No gree for anybody” slogan

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 12, 2024

The Nigerian military has urged Nigerians to stand firm against terrorism in 2024. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, Major General Edward Buba, director of the Defence Headquarters’ media operations, assured that the military will put in ‘tremendous force’ to tackle insecurity. “We aim to find and destroy the terrorist wherever they may be hiding to ensure their enduring defeat. This would deny the terrorist the ability to terrorise or hurt citizens...

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Supreme Court upholds election of 8 governors

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSupreme Court upholds election of 8 governors

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 12, 2024

In a marathon court session on Friday, the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered judgements on petitions seeking to remove eight State governors from office after the 18 March 2023 polls. The governors whose elections are being challenged before the court are Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; Abba Yusuf of Kano State, Alex Otti of Abia State; Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State; Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State; Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State; Bassey Otu of Cross...

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No Date For Swearing-in Eleven Justices Of The Supreme Court

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNo Date For Swearing-in Eleven Justices Of The Supreme Court

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 12, 2024

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has said no date was fixed for the swearing-in of the newly appointed eleven Justices of the Supreme Court. Barrister Soji Oye, NJC’s Director of Information in a statement said neither the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who is the NJC Chairman, nor the Council itself authored or endorsed the purported date which did not emanate from it. The statement followed purported news by an Abuja-based media...

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Army sacks terrorists’ strongholds in North East and North West

National SecurityNewsNigeriaArmy sacks terrorists’ strongholds in North East and North West

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 12, 2024

The Nigerian Army has said it is recording massive successes in the fight against terrorism, insurgency and banditry. This is as troops of Operation Hadarin Daji and Operation Hadin Kai have raided the various strongholds of terror gangs in the North East and North West regions, evicting the terrorists. Major General Kevin Aligbe, commander of the Training and Doctrine Command Nigerian Army (TRADOC) in Niger State, disclosed this on Wednesday during the 2023 West African...

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