22-Year-Old Boko Haram Commander, 5 Others Surrender to MNJTF

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria22-Year-Old Boko Haram Commander, 5 Others Surrender to MNJTF

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 26, 2024

Six Boko Haram insurgents, including a young man identified as a commander of the terrorist group, have surrendered to troops in Borno state, according to a statement from the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF. The 22-year-old, named Adamu Muhammad, reportedly participated in attacks within Kukawa LGA in Borno, especially in Kangarwa, Alagarno, Doro Naira, and Dogon Chikwu villages. Military officials believe Adamu and others may have belonged to Boko Haram’s splinter faction Islamic State of...

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Emir’s Tussle: We Will Respect Court Order—Kano Police

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEmir’s Tussle: We Will Respect Court Order—Kano Police

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 25, 2024

The Kano State Police Command says it will abide by a court order restraining the appointment of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano. Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Muhammad Usaini Gumel while briefing Journalists on Saturday, May 25, affirmed that the command is complying with the court’s directive to maintain the status quo until a ruling is delivered on June 3rd, 2024. “We are adhering to the court order that mandates the...

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What do we mean when we say “security agencies are doing their best”?

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionWhat do we mean when we say “security agencies are doing their best”?

PilotnewsMay 25, 2024

“An optimistic view and a more realistic outlook will boost morale of security agencies” —Olalekan A. Babatunde In the course of fighting terrorism, banditry and other forms of insecurity in Nigeria, our security agencies (the military, the police, the Department of State Service, the Civil Defence Corps and the like) have been assessed in different ways by Nigerians. Viewing or listening to talkshows and analysis on television, radio, newspaper and social media, even in some...

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Felicitates Edwin Clark @97

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOhanaeze Ndigbo Felicitates Edwin Clark @97

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 24, 2024

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has felicitated with the National Leader of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark as he clocks 97 on Saturday, May 25. A press statement on Friday signed by Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, read, “I join numerous admirers both at home and in the diaspora to felicitate a life time achiever, a dogged and fearless patriot, pathfinder and one...

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Senegalese President, Oti, Momodu, Chukwuma, others, for Africa Illustrious Award

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenegalese President, Oti, Momodu, Chukwuma, others, for Africa Illustrious Award

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)May 24, 2024

The President of Senegal, Bassirou Doamaye Faye, will be honoured as a distinguished African political leader. President Faye who was elected on the back of popular demand for social change in Senegal, has now become a symbol of social change across Africa, especially among African youths. The Africa Illustrious Award is a biannual event that happens in June and December, where African impactful leaders in various works of life are honoured, as part of the...

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Nigerian Man is First Black Chairman of Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council, UK

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigerian Man is First Black Chairman of Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council, UK

PilotnewsMay 24, 2024

History has been made once again by a Nigerian who hails from Anambra, Dr. Chukwudi Okeke for becoming the first ever Black Ethnic Minority Councilor to be elected as Chairman of Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council. Dr. Okeke was elected the Chairman of Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council during the Annual Full Council meeting on 22nd of May 2024. Cherwell District Council is a local government district in Oxfordshire, England, where the Chairman of the Council is...

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PANDEF Celebrates Chief Clark At 97

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPANDEF Celebrates Chief Clark At 97

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 24, 2024

The National Chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, on behalf of the Board of Trustees (BoT), the National and State Executive Committees, the entire membership of the Forum, and the people of the Niger Delta, heartily celebrates the esteemed elder statesman, nationalist, and legendary nonagenarian, Chief Sen. Dr. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, who clocks 97 on Saturday, 25th May 2024. A press statement on Friday, signed by Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, stated...

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IPOB: AGF, Fagbemi Gives Reason FG Can’t Free Nnamdi Kanu 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsIPOB: AGF, Fagbemi Gives Reason FG Can’t Free Nnamdi Kanu 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 24, 2024

Prince Lateef Fagbemi, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on Friday, gave reason that the Federal Government cannot release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Prince Fagbemi without mincing words said Nnamdi Kanu’s case is a very complex and difficult one, which should be allowed for the court to decide. Fagbemi stated this why fielding questions at the sectoral ministerial briefing to mark the one year...

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National Assembly Considers Returning to First National Anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee”

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNational Assembly Considers Returning to First National Anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee”

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 24, 2024

The Nigerian National Assembly is taking steps to potentially change a national symbol. On Thursday, 23rd May 2024, the House of Representatives passed a bill proposing a return to the country’s original national anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.” This anthem was replaced in 1978 with the current one, “Arise, O Compatriots.” The bill, titled “Bill For An Act to Provide for the National Anthem of Nigeria, and for Matters Related Thereto,” was passed swiftly through...

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First Female ECOWAS, Parliament Speaker Sworn-in

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFirst Female ECOWAS, Parliament Speaker Sworn-in

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 23, 2024

Mrs Maimunatu Ibrahima, parliament member from Togo has been sworn in as the first female speaker of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Parliament. The speaker was sworn in at the second extraordinary session of the parliament on Thursday in Kano. Under the parliament’s rotational system for the speakership, the position falls to Togo during this legislative session. Ibrahima, who previously served as the third Deputy Speaker in the Fifth Legislature of the...

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