Matawalle: ₦50 Billion Defence Budget Insufficient to Tackle Insecurity

The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has described the ₦50 billion allocated to the Ministry of Defence in the 2025 budget as grossly inadequate to address Nigeria’s mounting security challenges. Matawalle stated this on Tuesday while defending the ministry’s budget before the House of Representatives Committee on Defence. According to the Minister, the ministry faces several financial constraints, including unpaid bills and entitlements for military personnel. He expressed concern over accumulated debts for...

Minister Wike, DSS Dragged to Court for Breaching Rights of Beggars, Traders

A group of vulnerable Federal Capital Territory (FCT) residents, including scavengers, beggars, and petty traders, have filed a suit against the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, demanding N500 million in damages for alleged violations of their fundamental rights. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1749/2024, was filed on 20th November 2024 before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, by legal practitioner Abba Hikima. Hikima said he was suing in the public interest for the...

Armed Forces Remembrance: Kano Donates ₦12 Million to Fallen Heroes

…Navy, police, immigration, others donate ₦2,600,000 The Kano State Government has donated ₦12 million to support families of fallen heroes from the state. The gesture was announced during the Emblem Appeal Fund Launch for the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, held on Monday at the Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano. A statement by the Director of Public Enlightenment, Usman Gwadabe, disclosed that Governor Abba Yusuf personally donated ₦2 million, while the state’s 44 local government...

Elder Statesman Calls For Suspension Of Nigerian Governors’ Forum

Chief Edwin Clark, an elder statesman has called for the suspension of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), alleging that it is now at a crossroads because it has lost its founding vision. Clark, a former Federal Commissioner of Information, in a statement on Monday titled, “Our Governors’ Forum: An Open Appeal for Reform,” said the NGF’s ability to unify state governors under a common banner could have been its greatest strength. Clark alleged that the...

Katsina Govt Officials In EFCC Net For Diverting N1.3bn Foreign Aid

Five Katsina Internal Revenue Officials officials have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission attached to the Kano State Command for their alleged involvement in N1.3 billion fraud. Rabiu Abdullahi, Sanusi Mohammed Yaro, Ibrahim M. Kofar Soro, Ibrahim Aliyu, and Nura Lawal Kofar Sauri were among those arrested. Dele Oyewale, spokesman of the anti-graft agency who confirmed their arrest in Abuja on Monday, gave the amount of money allegedly diverted by...

Farmers In Benue Demand Release Of 394 Corpses Of Slain Kinsmen

The Association of United Farmers of Benue Valley (AUFBV) has demanded the release of 394 corpses of Tiv farmers allegedly killed by a militia group in neighbouring Keana Local Government Area, LGA of Nasarawa State. The appeal was made on behalf of its Denen Utsa, the group’s president, made the demand when he led a delegation of AUFBV members to the home of Ter Tyoshin, HRH Daniel Abomtse, in Naka, Gwer West LGA of Benue...

CAS Deploys Fact-Finding Team To Investigate Civilian Casualties In Zamfara Airstrikes

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has dispatched a fact-finding team to Zamfara to fully investigate the reported incidence of civilian casualties in the recent airstrikes in Zamfara State by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and provide a detailed report for further action. Director Public Relations and Information, NAF had in a press statement on Monday stated that the team would be led by Air Vice Marshal Edward K Gabkwet,...

Boko Haram Terrorists Massacre 40 Farmers in Borno, Dozens Missing

At least 40 farmers were brutally murdered by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in an attack on Sunday afternoon in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. The attack, which unfolded around 4:30 p.m. in Kayakura village, Doron Baga ward, also left scores of farmers unaccounted for, according to local sources. This incident comes on the heels of a similar attack in Chibok community on Saturday, where two people were killed and a church was set...

Lagos Assembly Members Sack Speaker, Obasa

The members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have impeached the speaker, Mudashiru Obasa on Monday, accusing him of multiple statutory and financial infractions. Obasa was subsequently replaced by his deputy Mojisola Meranda, who represents Apapa Constituency 1, and was also a former chief whip of the house. The Speaker has been engulfed in a series of controversial circumstances in terms of financial dealings, with petitions already with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

“How Can You Spend N1.1 Billion on Meals?” – JAMB Faces Wrath of Lawmakers

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is facing intense scrutiny from lawmakers over its 2025 budget proposal. The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has threatened to cut off government funding for the examination body, citing excessive spending despite JAMB’s substantial revenue generation. During the presentation of JAMB’s 2025 budget proposal to the committee, Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede revealed that the agency remitted a significant sum of ₦4 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund...

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