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National Security NewsAdamu Says Muslim-Muslim Ticket Best for APC

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 19, 2022

Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the Muslim-Muslim ticket of his party is the best way to win the 2023 presidential election. Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, and Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate, are both Muslims. He said this during an interview with BBC Hausa on Thursday. The Muslim-Muslim ticket is the best strategy for the ruling party. “As a party, we are working because we want to...

Law & JusticePolice Arrest Four-man Sex Blackmail Syndicate In Anambra

PilotnewsAugust 18, 2022

By Handel Patrick and Anastasia Mbaebie (Staff Reporters) AWKA — The Police Command in Anambra has arrested four suspected members of a syndicate, two males and two females who extort money from people through blackmail. DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, Police Public Relations Officer who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday said they specialised in taking nude pictures of victims and threaten to post them online unless they paid money. Ikenga gave the identities of...

Law & Justice NewsAnambra LG Boss Suspended Over Wife’s Death

PilotnewsAugust 12, 2022

By Anastasia Mbaebie (Staff Reporter) NNEWI — Mbazulike Iloka, the newly sworn-in Transition Committee Chairman, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been suspended. In a suspension letter signed by the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Tonycollins Nwabuwanne, Iloka’s suspension is a result of the sudden death of his wife, Chidiebere, on Sunday. Part of the letter read, “Following the sad and sudden death of your wife, late Mrs....

Corruption Law & Justice NewsN109bn Fraud: Idris, Three Others Want Plea-Bargain, Court Fix October 4 for Further Hearing

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 11, 2022

The suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris and three others had contacted the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) for a plea-bargain proposal regarding their trial for alleged N109bn fraud. Prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, told an FCT High Court on Wednesday that they sent someone to the EFCC asking for a plea bargain. Co-defendants of Idris are Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited. Barr. Godwin Uche, counsel to Idris told the...

Law & Justice NewsFormer Governors of Taraba, Plateau States Release From Custody

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 9, 2022

ABUJA — The jailed former governor of Taraba State Jolly Nyame and former governor of Plateau State Senator Joshua Dariye have been released by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). The Federal High Court, Abuja in 2018 presided over by Justice Adebukola Banjoko convicted the two former governors of corruption allegations. However, in April 2022 the state council under President Muhammadu Buhari pardoned them alongside 157 other convicts. Jolly Nyame, who was Taraba governor from 1999...

Columns National Security OpinionNigeria in Uncharted Waters

PilotnewsAugust 3, 2022

The contending scenarios as social order breaks down. In a different context, the deadly attack on the 7 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army Presidential Guards Brigade on the evening of Friday, July 22nd would have set alarm bells ringing in the upper echelons of Nigerian intelligence. Among the many puzzles raised by the attack, which reportedly left three soldiers wounded and eight dead, is the question of how the assailants got wind of the elite unit’s...

Law & Justice NewsBorno State to Support Implementation of Transitional Justice Project

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 2, 2022

By Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent) The Borno State Ministry of Local Government and Emirate Affairs has pledged the full commitment of the Ministry to support the processes that would lead to the successful implementation of the Transitional Justice Project flagged off by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) with the support of the European Union (EU) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2021. Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Tahiru Shettima, disclosed this while receiving...

Law & Justice National Security NewsThe United Arab Emirates Imposes Visa Restrictions on Nigerians

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 1, 2022

Following cult clashes between rival groups Eiye and Aiye which erupted in Sharjah, part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) allegedly perpetrated by Nigerians, authorities of the country have reportedly imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians. The decision by the UAE was allegedly predicated on a video that went viral last week, where a group of men with machetes were yelling in an apartment parking lot, chasing one other, and damaging public property. In a statement on...

National Security NewsFG is Working to Control Insecurity –Lai Mohammed

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 27, 2022

ABUJA — The federal government has said round-the-clock efforts are on to address the surging security challenges in the country. This statement is a reaction to the threat by senators on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. Earlier on Wednesday, the lawmakers had given the president six weeks to address insecurity or face impeachment proceedings. Speaking on the development, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, said the federal government...

National Security NewsNSCDC Alerts Five States, FCT Of Plan Terrorists Attack

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 27, 2022

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have alerted five states, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as targeted places for the coordinated attacks by the terrorists. The states in the North-West, North Central and South West include Lagos, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna and the Kogi States as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is contained in a leaked memo dated July 25, signed by the Deputy Commandant General, Operations, D.D. Mungadi addressed all commands...

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