Agan Women Block Federal Highway In Makurdi To Protest Insecurity

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAgan Women Block Federal Highway In Makurdi To Protest Insecurity

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 4, 2025

Women from the Agan community in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Friday took to the streets to protest the rising insecurity in their area. The protest comes as residents continue to face attacks and violence in parts of the community and state. The angry women carrying leaves and chanting songs to express their frustration blocked the federal highway near the Agan toll gate. One of the residents in the area, Torkwase, said that the...

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Mental Health Crisis In Benue IDP Camp Worries UNICEF

HealthNewsNigeriaMental Health Crisis In Benue IDP Camp Worries UNICEF

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 4, 2025

The growing mental health crisis among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State has become a source of concern to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Over 100 people were killed by armed attackers in Yelwata on the night of June 13, forcing thousands to flee to an IDP camp located at the Makurdi International Market. UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office, Gerida Birukila, who led United...

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Alleged Murder Of Governor’s Aide, Philanthropist, 3 Others Remanded In Prison 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAlleged Murder Of Governor’s Aide, Philanthropist, 3 Others Remanded In Prison 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 4, 2025

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, on Friday, 4 July, 2025, remanded a renowned philanthropist, Dr. Emmanuel Musa, and 3 others in prison custody over alleged murder of PDP Stalwart Thomas Godwin alias Zamfara, who is also an aide to Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. Chief Magistrate Uwani Danladi Mohammed who gave the order, also remanded the defendants in prison custody until the adjourned date, July 7, 2025 and remanded them...

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Coalition: LP Disowns Obi, Demands Immediate Resignation

NewsNigeriaCoalition: LP Disowns Obi, Demands Immediate Resignation

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 4, 2025

The Labour Party (LP) has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to its former presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, demanding that he formally resign from the party following his involvement in a new political coalition. In a strongly worded press statement released on Wednesday and signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, the party made it clear that it is not part of the coalition and does not welcome any member with a...

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Wike: Only PDP Can Challenge Tinubu in 2027

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWike: Only PDP Can Challenge Tinubu in 2027

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 4, 2025

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the newly formed coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing it as lacking the structure, unity, and credibility required to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday, Wike said the coalition, which comprises key opposition figures including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, is made up...

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Presidential Powers: The Release of Nnamdi Kanu for Justice and Nigerian Unity

ColumnsNational SecurityNigeriaOpinionPresidential Powers: The Release of Nnamdi Kanu for Justice and Nigerian Unity

PilotnewsJuly 3, 2025

Before the last Nigerian presidential election win of May 29, 2023, I wrote in this same forum that Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu had the capacity and democratic pedigree to lead Nigeria. That view was grounded in his role in Nigeria’s pro-democracy struggles, especially during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. Today, I appeal to President Tinubu to reaffirm those values by helping to resolve the protracted case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu—not by force, but...

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APGA to Begin Sale of Forms for National and State Assembly By-Elections

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPGA to Begin Sale of Forms for National and State Assembly By-Elections

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 3, 2025

The All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, has issued a public notice for the conduct of the party’s primaries ahead of the by-elections for vacant Senate, House of Representatives, and State Houses of Assembly seats across the federation, which general election has been scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission – INEC, for August 16, 2025. According to the public notice issued by APGA and signed by the National Organizing Secretary of the party, Barr....

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsKano Bomb Blast: Govt Bans Metal Importation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 3, 2025

Following a bomb explosion that killed five people and left many injured at a metal scrap factory in the Hotoro area of Kano metropolis, the Kano State government has banned the purchase of scrap materials from the North East states. The state’s Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Ibrahim Umaru, announced the ban at a press conference in Kano on Wednesday. The commissioner, however, said the state was not banning the scrap business entirely, but...

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Plateau State House Of Assembly Gets New Speaker

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPlateau State House Of Assembly Gets New Speaker

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 3, 2025

Hon. Nanloong Daniel, representing Mikang constituency in Plateau state, has been elected as the new speaker, following the resignation of Hon. Gabriel Dewan. The change in leadership followed a closed-door meeting between Governor Caleb Mutfwang, former Speaker Gabriel Dewan, and other lawmakers, aimed at addressing the ongoing political tension in the assembly over the leadership crisis. Members of the Assembly conducted the election of the new speaker, presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Gwotta...

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Over 600 Missing Flood Victims Presumed Dead-Representatives

NewsNigeriaOver 600 Missing Flood Victims Presumed Dead-Representatives

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 3, 2025

Over 600 persons declared missing in the recent Mokwa flood disaster in Niger State are presumed dead. This is the submission of members from Niger and Kwara states during plenary on Wednesday at the House of Representatives in a motion of urgent public importance jointly sponsored by Hon. Joshua Audu Gana (Niger) and Hon. Saba Ahmed Umaru (Kwara). Lawmakers who raised alarm over the scale of devastation caused by the late May 2025 floods that...

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