Bandits Forced 50 Villages to Desert Their Areas in Niger State

The terror unleashed by bandits in various parts of Niger state has forced no fewer than 50 villages in five Local Government Areas to deserted their areas. Gov. Abubakar Bello made the disclosure on Monday in Minna while opening a two-day training workshop for local government directors and revenue officers with a theme: ‘Strategies for Enhancing Internally Generated Revenue of Local Governments in Niger State. The workshop was organized by the state Local Government Service...

Pantami Not a Terrorist Sympathiser, Gumi Tells Nigerians

Ahmad Gumi, a prominent Islamic cleric has kicked against the dismissal of Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy over his pro-terrorist comments. A video of Pantami’s Islamic teachings from the 2000s where he sympathizes with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban resurfaced last week. The recording captured the minister admitting that he considered al-Qaeda founder, Osama Bin Laden, a better Muslim than himself, and in another, he said he was happy when infidels were massacred....

Attacks in S/East: Nigeria Army Promise to Secure NYSC Camps, Lodges

ENUGU — The Nigerian Army has pledged to protect all orientation camps and corps lodges of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the South-East amidst current insecurity in the zone. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 82 Division of the Nigeria Army in Enugu State, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, gave the assurance in Enugu on Monday when the Director of the South East Area Office of NYSC, Mrs. Ngozi Nwatarali, visited him. Lagbaja requested...

We Are Not Responsible For The Attack On Uzodinma’s Home – IPOB

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group has dissociated itself from the recent attack on the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma’s country home. The spokesperson of the group, Emmanuel Powerful described those linking the incident to the group as liars, adding that neither IPOB nor the Eastern Security Network (ESN) was responsible for the incident. “They are liars, and they are not saying the truth,” Powerful said during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday...

Stop Blame Game, Seek Help On Insecurity – Soyinka Tells FG

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has asked the Federal Government to seek help where needed to regain peace in the country and find a lasting solution without making Nigerians victims. The Nobel Laureate made the call in a statement while reacting to the killings going on across the country by bandits, terrorists, and other gunmen in the country. According to him, these gunmen have sacrificed and traumatized the youths in the country and beyond what...

Senator Ndume Reacts To Arrest Of Some Bureau De Change Operators

ABUJA — The Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume had expressed concern why the Federal Government will choose to cover the identities of the suspects, noting that he underwent the same experience in an open court for six years before his eventual vindication. The lawmaker who spoke in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Sunday was reacting to the recent arrest of some Bureau De Change (BDC) operators,...

Pastor Kumuyi Warns Against Unguarded Utterances

ABUJA — The founder of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has warned against the call for secession in Nigeria. Kumuyi spoke while addressing journalists after his crusade in Abuja on Sunday warned that secession has a way of hampering God from solving Nigeria’s challenges. “The point is these people that received this divine touch they did not give up, did not think is all over, they knew that God can still do something,...

We Support Restructuring And State Policing, Says South East Governors And Stakeholders

The South East Governors, clergies and traditional rulers on Sunday affirmed their support for restructuring the country’s socio-political and economic operational system as a panacea to the nation’s recovery. This is stated in a communiqué issued after the closed-door security meeting held in Government House Enugu, “The meeting is in support of restructuring, setting up of state police and other national issues as discussed in the last NEC meeting.” They further revealed that a committee...

Insecurity: South-East Governors, Opinion Leaders in Closed-door Meeting in Enugu

ENUGU — Governors of the South-East and opinion leaders in the zone are currently in a closed-door security meeting at the Government House, Enugu State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that leaders of religious groups, traditional and sociocultural institutions in the area are also part of the meeting. This is the second security meeting called at the instance of the South-East Governor’s Forum in the last two weeks and might not be unconnected to...

Pantami Should Resign His Ministerial Position – Moghalu

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, has joined the call for the resignation of the embattled Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over his past apologist statement on terrorism. Moghalu’s call followed the defense of the Minister by the Presidency, who claimed that Pantami put Nigeria first and had initiated plans and policies that would profit the Nigerian public. But in a series of tweets...

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