Zamfara sets up vigilante group to combat insecurity

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaZamfara sets up vigilante group to combat insecurity

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 1, 2024

The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal launched Community Protection Guards, CPG, a local vigilante group, in Gusau, the capital city, on Wednesday for improved security in the Northwest State Speaking at the event, Governor Lawal said the establishment of the security outfit is a “decisive step towards tackling the insecurity challenges faced by our State and region.” Last year, Governor Lawal enlisted 300 volunteers from each of the 14 local government areas in the...

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Plateau: APC urged to desist from inflammatory comments over  S’Court judgement

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPlateau: APC urged to desist from inflammatory comments over  S’Court judgement

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 1, 2024

The Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Plateau State, Simon Lalong has appealed to Plateau APC stakeholders to  accept  the judgement of the Supreme Court on the Plateau gubernatorial election in good faith and desist from making inflammatory statements. The former Governor who stated this on Wednesday at his party’s stakeholders meeting in its secretariat in Jos, stressing that  he was  awaiting copy of the...

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Gov Alia urges global actors to intervene in Benue humanitarian crises

NewsNigeriaGov Alia urges global actors to intervene in Benue humanitarian crises

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 1, 2024

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue state has urged global actors to step up their interventions in the humanitarian crises confronting the state, with the intent to arrest the situation. According to the Governor, the state government and its people have been threatened by insecurity occasioned by herdsmen attacks, kidnapping as well as activities of armed bandits. Governor Alia who disclosed this when he played host to officials of the United States Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance...

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Int’l Day of Education: Seadogs donates educational materials to primary schools in Delta

EducationNewsNigeriaInt’l Day of Education: Seadogs donates educational materials to primary schools in Delta

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 1, 2024

In commemoration of the 2024 International Day of Education, National Association of Seadogs, Dolphin Deck has donated writing and instructional materials to some primary schools in Ndokwa West Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State. The beneficiaries were Ezeti Primary School, Ukabi and Akakpani Primary School, Akakpani Umuseti both of Ndokwa West Local Government Area The donation was in commemoration of the 2024 International Day of Education with the theme “Learning for lasting Peace”. Items...

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UNICEF donates vehicle to healthcare sector in Gombe

NewsNigeriaUNICEF donates vehicle to healthcare sector in Gombe

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 1, 2024

The  United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has donated a brand new Toyota Hilux vehicle to Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency, to enhance service delivery in the health sector. Speaking during the presentation of the vehicle in Bauchi on Wednesday, the UNICEF’S Chief of Bauchi Field Office, Mr Rane Tushar said the gesture was under the GAVI-funded Primary Health Care Memorandum of Understanding. He stated that this is the second time UNICEF would be...

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Reactions as Anambra Government Proposes a 10-Storey Hotel

NewsNigeriaPoliticsReactions as Anambra Government Proposes a 10-Storey Hotel

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)February 1, 2024

The proposed 10-story world-class hotel in Awka, by the government of Anambra State, has continued to generate debate with many people finding fault with the idea or its mention. This prompted the press secretary to the governor, Christian Aburime, to write a full article dedicated to the proposed project. In the article entitled, “Why Anambra Needs a World-class Hotel in Awka”, the press secretary argued that world-class hotels are a status symbol that both points...

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A religious group is financing terrorism in Nigeria – EFCC Chair

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaA religious group is financing terrorism in Nigeria – EFCC Chair

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 31, 20241

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has said a certain religious body funds terrorist activities in the country. “Somewhere in this country, there is a particular religious sect that launders money for terrorists,” the EFCC boss revealed on Wednesday at a dialogue tagged “Youth, Religion, and the Fight Against Corruption” in Abuja. He said the commission traced N7 billion out of a laundered sum of N30 billion to an...

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Bode George tells Tinubu to invite Gowon, OBJ, others for input in war against terrorism

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBode George tells Tinubu to invite Gowon, OBJ, others for input in war against terrorism

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 31, 2024

….Calls for establishment of state police Chief Bode George, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to invite former heads of state, Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ibrahim Babangida and other elders who once managed the security in the country to assist him in resolving the insecurity in the country. George who spoke on Wednesday during a press conference, stressing that he was not speaking...

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Supreme Court Affirms Election Of Governor Fintiri

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSupreme Court Affirms Election Of Governor Fintiri

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 31, 2024

The Supreme Court Wednesday affirmed the election of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri as Governor of Adamawa State. Justice John Okoro who prepared and read the lead judgement dismissed the appeal by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha Dahiru Ahmed Binani for lacking in merit. The five-member panel led by Justice John Okoro held that the act of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Ari, was an act of irresponsibility and criminality. Justice...

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Nigeria’s security situation is better than that of US, South Africa – Bayo Onanuga

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria’s security situation is better than that of US, South Africa – Bayo Onanuga

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 31, 2024

Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, has said most of the screaming headlines in national dailies and online media that paint gory pictures of the security situation in Nigeria are nothing but exaggerations. In a press statement in Abuja on Wednesday, Onanuga called on the media to tone down the rate at which they paint the country as an uninhabitable place to live in the international community. “Media...

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