Discomfort Due to COVID-19 Could Trigger Social Unrest – IMF

CoronavirusNational SecurityWorld NewsDiscomfort Due to COVID-19 Could Trigger Social Unrest – IMF

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)April 15, 2020

People in some countries could revolt if they perceive the actions the government is taking to mitigate the hardships of the pandemic as insufficient or favoring the wealthy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday. The viral infection has resulted in governments imposing lockdowns to curb the spread, an action that has strained global commerce. Nearly $8 trillion have been spent by governments to combat the pandemic and mitigate the economic fallout, but more...

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Adamawa PDP Crisis Deepens as Court Remands 3 r-PDP Members in Police Custody Over Alleged Terrorism

Law & JusticeNigeriaPoliticsAdamawa PDP Crisis Deepens as Court Remands 3 r-PDP Members in Police Custody Over Alleged Terrorism

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 15, 2020

The crisis rocking the ruling PDP in Adamawa kept deepening as a magistrate court in Yola, the State capital, Wednesday remanded three members of the reformed Peoples’ Democratic Party (r-PDP) in police custody over alleged terrorism, forgery and public disturbance. Delivering the judgment on Wednesday, Chief Magistrate Dimas Elshama said, the ruling is based on the provision of section 294 and the application to remand the three defendants tendered by the prosecution. The court ruled...

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Human Rights Commission Says Security Agents Have Caused More Deaths Than Covid-19

CoronavirusLaw & JusticeNigeriaHuman Rights Commission Says Security Agents Have Caused More Deaths Than Covid-19

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 15, 2020

Nigerian security agents enforcing the Coronavirus lockdown directive in Nigeria have caused more death that the novel coronavirus within two weeks. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) disclosed. In the report signed by the Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, and made public on Wednesday, the commission assessed the incidents of violation of human rights over the last two weeks. “There were eight documented incidents of extra-judicial killings leading to 18 deaths,” it said. “Out of this...

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Taraba Boils Again, 25 killed in Communal Clash as Buhari Reacts

National SecurityNewsNigeriaTaraba Boils Again, 25 killed in Communal Clash as Buhari Reacts

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 14, 2020

Fresh crisis again erupted between Shomo and Jole ethnic groups in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba state, during which 25 persons confirmed killed with several others injured, security sources confirm. Local sources attributed the crisis to a disagreement over the ownership of some ancestral fish ponds, ’’this lingering dispute   was the cause of the problem between the two fishing communities.’’ A fleeing resident who simply identified himself as Baba said that‘’ over 30 persons...

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Lockdown: Police Impound 23 Vehicles with 281 Passengers in Niger

CoronavirusLaw & JusticeNigeriaLockdown: Police Impound 23 Vehicles with 281 Passengers in Niger

PilotnewsApril 13, 2020

The Police in Niger says it has impounded 23 vehicles with 281 passengers for flouting the lockdown order aimed at curbing the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Alhaji Adamu Usman, the state Commissioner of Police and Chairman, Security Committee, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Minna. Usman spoke on the arrest shortly after monitoring the level of compliance with the lockdown in Chanchaga, Bosso and Paikoro ...

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Lockdown: Buhari Enjoins Security Agencies to Exercise Restraint

CoronavirusNational SecurityNigeriaLockdown: Buhari Enjoins Security Agencies to Exercise Restraint

PilotnewsApril 13, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged security agencies to continue to maintain utmost vigilance, firmness and restraint in enforcing the restriction orders across the country, while not neglecting statutory security responsibilities. The president had, on Monday in a broadcast, extended the current restriction of movement in Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by another 14 days to curb the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. Buhari, however, noted...

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UPDATE 2-African Ambassadors Complain to China Over ‘Discrimination’ in Guangzhou

AfricaForeign PolicyUPDATE 2-African Ambassadors Complain to China Over ‘Discrimination’ in Guangzhou

PilotnewsApril 13, 2020

African ambassadors in China have written to the country’s foreign minister over what they call discrimination against Africans as the country seeks to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus. Several African countries have separately also demanded that China address their concerns that Africans, in particular in the southern city of Guangzhou, are being mistreated and harassed. Having brought under control the original outbreak centred on the city of Wuhan, China is now concerned about imported...

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Nigeria Rejects U.S. Senator’s Query Over $300 mln Abacha Loot Repatriation

Crime & SecurityForeign PolicyNigeriaNigeria Rejects U.S. Senator’s Query Over $300 mln Abacha Loot Repatriation

PilotnewsApril 11, 2020

LAGOS, April 10 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has criticised a letter from a powerful U.S. senator questioning the return to Nigeria of more than $300 million in funds looted by former military ruler General Sani Abacha. The dispute, relating to a tri-partite agreement signed in February between the United States, the British dependency of Jersey and Nigeria, casts doubt on the extent to which the United States will aid efforts to move cash back...

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Finally, Buratai Relocates To North East To Finish Off Boko Haram Terrors

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaFinally, Buratai Relocates To North East To Finish Off Boko Haram Terrors

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)April 11, 2020

The Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen TY Buratai has relocated fully to the North East where he is overseeing and directing the overall operation in the theatre and other Nigerian Army operations across the country. While addressing troops of Special Super Camp Ngamdu in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State Buratai said that he will be with them in the nooks and crannies of the theatre. The Chief of Army Staff...

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Breaking: President Buhari Pardons 2,600 Inmates Nationwide

CoronavirusLaw & JusticeNigeriaBreaking: President Buhari Pardons 2,600 Inmates Nationwide

PilotnewsApril 9, 2020

President Muhammad Buhari has granted presidential pardon to 2,600 inmates of Correctional Centres nationwide, according to the Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbeshola. Aregbesola, who made this known while addressing a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, said that 70 of the inmates would be released from Kuje maximum custodial centre. “After the release of the first face, the committee will continue to meet regularly to consider those who deserve the benefit,” he said. Also...

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