Niger–Nigeria animosity deepens as governments impose flight restrictions

NewsNigeriaWest AfricaNiger–Nigeria animosity deepens as governments impose flight restrictions

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 13, 2024

“The airspace of the Republic of Niger is open to all national and international commercial flights from ground to unlimited except for Nigerian flights to or from Nigeria,” Niamey’s aviation authority announced on 6 February 2024. However, the ban does not apply to commercial flights that transit Nigerien airspace without landing in the country. “On the other hand, the Niger Republic airspace still remains closed for all military, operational and other special flights. These military...

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IMF advises Tinubu to scrap electricity subsidy amidst economic crisis

BusinessEconomyNewsNigeriaIMF advises Tinubu to scrap electricity subsidy amidst economic crisis

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 13, 2024

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has praised President Bola Tinubu for embarking on reforms ex-Presidents Muhammadu Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo “shied away from.” According to the IMF, “The new administration has made a strong start, tackling deep-rooted structural issues in challenging circumstances. Immediately, it adopted two policy reforms that its predecessors had shied away from: fuel subsidy removal and the unification of the official exchange rates.” But the global financial institution admitted that...

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Two International Trans-border Armed Robbers, Others Apprehended In Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTwo International Trans-border Armed Robbers, Others Apprehended In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2024

Two International trans-border armed robbers and two Nigerian accomplices who robbed Adamawa State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Development Mohammed Abubakar Sadiq have been arrested by the Police. The robbers who stormed the residence of the cabinet member inflicted injuries on his body and carted away with a government Hilux car attached to the Commissioner. However, luck ran out of them, when police operatives arrested them while attempting to cross to the Cameroonian Republic and...

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Kidnappers Releases 13 Abducted Villages After 62 Days

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKidnappers Releases 13 Abducted Villages After 62 Days

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2024

The 13 villagers kidnapped from their residences at Unguwar Liman, Gwada ward of Igabi LGA of Kaduna state and had spent 62 days in the abductors’ den have regained freedom. The victims were part of the 30 abducted in the community in December 2023. Recall that the kidnappers collected N6.5 million with the agreement to release all the victims but ended up releasing only 17 and demanded an additional N16 million for the others. Malam...

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Hoodlums attack NAFDAC officials in Abuja

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHoodlums attack NAFDAC officials in Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2024

Some officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) who were on enforcement operation against substandard drugs at Area 1 Motor Park Abuja were attacked by hoodlums on Monday. The NAFDAC officers and journalists were able to scamper for safety after police officers shot into the air several times, and released teargas to disperse the hoodlums. The hoodlums harassed the enforcement officers, including mobile policemen, and stoned the Agency’s vehicle,...

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Mama Boko Haram, Two Others Jailed for N40 million fraud

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMama Boko Haram, Two Others Jailed for N40 million fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2024

Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has convicted Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, and two others, Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Soyade to 10 years imprisonment for a fraud worth N40 million. The presiding judge, Justice Umaru Fadawu on Monday convicted the trio of Wakil, Daura, and Soyade after they were arraigned by the EFCC on two counts of conspiracy and obtaining by pretense to the tune of forty...

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PDP Governors’ Forum Urges Federal Govt To Address Economic, Security Challenges

NewsNigeriaPDP Governors’ Forum Urges Federal Govt To Address Economic, Security Challenges

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2024

PDP Governors’ Forum has urged the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency embark on initiatives involving all the sub-national governments to bring a lasting solution to economic and security challenges facing the nation. The plea was contained in a communiqué read by the Chairman of the Forum and Bauchi state Governor Sen. Bala Mohammed after its meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Monday. The forum said the PDP Governors will...

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Enugu State Government Plans to Establish Ranch Not RUGA

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu State Government Plans to Establish Ranch Not RUGA

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2024

To curb open grazing and its attendant disadvantages, the Enugu State Government has resolved to establish a ranch in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area. The government’s decision however generated public outcry accusing them of cunningly pandering to RUGA policy instead of utilizing such lands for other agricultural purposes. “Establishing a ranch and handing it over to Fulani herders amounts to setting up a Fulani colony in your state. This is RUGA v2. You can paint it...

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Nigerian Bloggers Commiserate with Access Bank, Wigwe’s Family

NewsNigeriaNigerian Bloggers Commiserate with Access Bank, Wigwe’s Family

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)February 12, 2024

The Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria has expressed shock over the death of the Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, along with his wife and son, in the United States, during an air mishap on Friday evening, at the early age of 57 years. The tragedy described by several people as one too many, also claimed the life of the former Chairman of Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo. In a statement...

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Anambra Police Arrest Ihiala Cultist Killers

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAnambra Police Arrest Ihiala Cultist Killers

PilotnewsFebruary 12, 2024

Officers of Anambra State Police Command have arrested two ring leaders of a cult group responsible for killings in Ihiala. A press release by the state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga stated that the cultists were arrested during a Special Operation spearheaded by the Police Crack Squad deployed to Ihiala by the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye. Ikenga said, the operation was coordinated to provide security for the people of Ihiala during and...

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