Gov. Mbah Calls for Enforcement of Anti-Spill Locks on Fuel Tankers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov. Mbah Calls for Enforcement of Anti-Spill Locks on Fuel Tankers

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar on Tuesday commended the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah for his intervention in medical care for surviving victims of the fuel tanker explosion at Ugwu Onyeama along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. The Director-General NEMA stated this when her team visited the state Governor at the Government House to flag off the Agency’s distribution of emergency intervention items to the fire victims and their...

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Max Air Flight with 53 passengers, six crew members Crash-lands In Kano

NewsNigeriaMax Air Flight with 53 passengers, six crew members Crash-lands In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

A Max Air flight with registration number 5N-MBD, B733, carrying 53 passengers and six crew members crash-landed at around 10:19 p.m. at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) following a burst front tire. The aircraft was arriving from Lagos when the incident occurred. Max Air’s Kano Station Manager, Malam Bello Ramalan who confirmed the incident said everyone onboard was safely evacuated. “The airline is collaborating with the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and the Aircraft and...

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Court Strikes Out Defamation Suit Filed Against Dele Farotimi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt Strikes Out Defamation Suit Filed Against Dele Farotimi

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 29, 2025

The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti presided over by Justice Babs Kuewumi has struck out the criminal defamation suit instituted against a lawyer and  human rights activist, Dele Farotimi by the Nigeria Police Force. This followed a notice of discontinuance and withdrawal filed by prosecuting counsel, Mr. Samson Osobu on Wednesday. It will be recalled that the police dragged Farotimi to court in 2024 after legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), accused the rights...

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5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum Meeting Kicks Off In Bornov

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWest Africa5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum Meeting Kicks Off In Bornov

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

The 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum meeting holding in Maiduguri, Borno state that would discuss the multi-faceted challenges facing Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger had so far received 800 delegates. Baba Malam-Wali, Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the forum, who is also the Secretary to the Yobe State Government (SSG), disclosed this at a pre-forum joint press briefing in Maiduguri. He said challenges of security; climate resilience, food security, socioeconomic recovery,...

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Syndicate Supplying Motorcycles To Boko Haram Terrorists Arrested

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSyndicate Supplying Motorcycles To Boko Haram Terrorists Arrested

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

A syndicate supplying motorcycles to Boko Haram terrorists in Niger and Kaduna states has been arrested by the Police. Terrorists in Northern Nigeria mostly use motorcycles as operational vehicles for kidnapping, attacks, and on communities committing other heinous crimes. Benneth Igweh, Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7, while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday said the three suspects were arrested in Suleja Local Government Area, Niger State acting on credible intelligence...

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Anambra South: Akai Egwuonwu Promises to Prioritize Mechanized Agriculture

CommunityNewsNigeriaAnambra South: Akai Egwuonwu Promises to Prioritize Mechanized Agriculture

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)January 29, 2025

A leading aspirant in the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, for the upcoming Anambra South senatorial by-election, Chief Akai Egwuonwu, has said that he would prioritize mechanized agriculture when elected to the Senate. Speaking during a visit to his office by some key stakeholders in the agricultural sector in Anambra State, Chief Egwuonwu who led the rice revolution in Anambra State said that mechanized agriculture is the “key to food sufficiency in Anambra South”....

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Witness in Trial of Ex-Aviation Minister Says Contract Awarded To Unqualified Company

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsWitness in Trial of Ex-Aviation Minister Says Contract Awarded To Unqualified Company

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 28, 2025

A witness, Musa Obinyan, in the trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the Ministry of Aviation awarded the contract for the rehabilitation of Katsina Airport to an unqualified company. At the resumed hearing on Monday, Musa Obinyan told the FCT High Court that the firm awarded the contract, Al Buraq Investment Ltd, could not execute the project. Obinyan, a retired director in the procurement department of the ministry, said the bidding...

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5,421 killed, 31,154 Injured in 2024 Road Crashes Nationwide – FRSC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTransportation5,421 killed, 31,154 Injured in 2024 Road Crashes Nationwide – FRSC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 28, 2025

No fewer than 21,580 traffic offenders by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) were arrested between January and December 2024 across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Malam Shehu Mohammed,  FRSC Corps Marshal disclosed this while addressing Journalists on the 2024 special patrol operations on Monday in Abuja, explained that the corps recorded a reduction in the number of offenders recorded in 2024 as against 29,220 within the same period in 2023....

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Banki International Cattle Market In Borno State Opens for Business

AgricultureNewsNigeriaPoliticsBanki International Cattle Market In Borno State Opens for Business

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 28, 2025

The Governor of the Far North Region in the Cameroon Republic, Midjiyawa Bakari, performed the ceremonial cutting of tape of International Cattle Market in Banki town of Bama local government area of Borno State on Monday. The International Cattle Market comprises 12 large ruminant sheds, three small ruminant sheds, lock-up shops, market stalls, water supply facility, an administrative block with three offices, a conference hall, and convenience facilities. The facility is 450m x 450m and...

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Kano State Government Drops Charges Against #EndSARS Protesters

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKano State Government Drops Charges Against #EndSARS Protesters

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 28, 2025

The Kano State Government has officially withdrawn all criminal charges against individuals arrested during the #EndSARS protests in the state. This decision follows a petition submitted by the civil society organisation, Citizens’ Gavel, to the Attorney-General of the State, urging him to exercise his constitutional powers under Section 211(1)(c) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The petition, submitted on 5th November 2024, called for the immediate dismissal of all charges levelled against peaceful protesters who...

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