African Union Cautions Against Disintegration of DR Congo

AfricaNewsPoliticsAfrican Union Cautions Against Disintegration of DR Congo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

Two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group entered a second city in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, the African Union, AU, has warned against the break-up of the country. M23 seized the provincial capital, Goma, at the end of January before pushing south in an escalation of violence in the eastern region, which has already endured decades of clashes. Bankole Adeoye, AU’s Peace and Security Commissioner, in a statement issued on Sunday,...

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Nigeria Rejects Proposal To Restructure AU Peace, Security Unit

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria Rejects Proposal To Restructure AU Peace, Security Unit

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

The proposal to create a new department out of the existing Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union (AU) has been rejected by the Nigerian government. President Bola Tinubu, whose statement was delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, during the consideration and deliberation on the AU reforms report, rejected moves to restructure the AU Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security. Nigerian diplomat Ambassador Bankole Adeoye currently...

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Ebonyi: Governor Francis Nwifuru calls for action to end sit-at-home

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEbonyi: Governor Francis Nwifuru calls for action to end sit-at-home

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

The sit-at-home orders often declared by non-state actors in the South-East region on Mondays have been worrisome to Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru as he charged the new General Officer Commanding 82 Division to intensify efforts to end the order. This is contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Dr Monday Uzor, said the Governor made the call when the new General Officer Commanding 82 Division...

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Enugu Security Trust Fund Raises Over N3b at the Fundraising Dinner

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Security Trust Fund Raises Over N3b at the Fundraising Dinner

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

Over three billion naira has been raised for the Enugu State Security Trust Fund at the fundraising dinner organized by the Board of Trustees of the Security Trust Fund at the Old Government Lodge in Enugu. An official statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to the Enugu State Governor on Media, Mr. Dan Nwomeh reveals that more than N3billion Naira was realized at the dinner from individuals and corporate bodies. Recounting his administration’s interventions...

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Tony Oneweek Bemoans ‘paltry’ Constituency Project Allocation to Idemili North LGA

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTony Oneweek Bemoans ‘paltry’ Constituency Project Allocation to Idemili North LGA

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)February 17, 2025

Gyration music maestro and former member of Anambra State House of Assembly who represented Idemili North Constituency, Hon. Tony Oneweek Muonagor, has expressed disappointment over the federal government’s allocation of 18 projects totaling N724 million Naira to Idemili North LGA as constituency projects. Hon. Mounagor who was a former Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano, reacting to the story by the West African Pilot News, on the planned Town Hall by Active Citizens Movement demanding...

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Muslim Group Calls for Probe Into USAID’s Alleged Boko Haram Funding

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMuslim Group Calls for Probe Into USAID’s Alleged Boko Haram Funding

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 17, 2025

The Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) has called on the National Assembly to investigate allegations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) may have funded Boko Haram, the terrorist group responsible for thousands of deaths across Nigeria. The allegations stem from claims made by U.S. Congressman Scott Perry during a congressional hearing, where he suggested that USAID had financially supported Boko Haram and other extremist groups. Perry, a Republican representative from Pennsylvania, accused...

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World’s First Openly Gay Imam, Muhsin Hendricks, Shot Dead in South Africa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaWorld’s First Openly Gay Imam, Muhsin Hendricks, Shot Dead in South Africa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 17, 2025

Muhsin Hendricks, a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ Muslims and widely regarded as the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot and killed on Saturday near Gqeberha, Eastern Cape police have confirmed. According to police reports, Hendricks was in a vehicle with another individual when an unidentified car blocked their path. “Two unknown suspects with covered faces got out of the vehicle and started firing multiple shots at the vehicle,” the police said in a statement....

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Dealer Diverts Church Cement Worth N6.14 million In Taraba  

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDealer Diverts Church Cement Worth N6.14 million In Taraba  

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

Community leaders from Shagogo in Donga local government council of Taraba State, have accused the Taaba State Police Command of aiding a fraudulent cement dealer who allegedly embezzled N6.14 million. The money is meant for 900 bags of cement ordered by the community on January 14, 2025, at the rate of N8,000 per bag. The cement, as made known by the community, was intended for church construction projects, however, upon the truck’s arrival in Donga,...

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Call Oyetola To Order, He’s Plotting Chaos In Osun, Adeleke Tells Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCall Oyetola To Order, He’s Plotting Chaos In Osun, Adeleke Tells Tinubu

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 16, 2025

 Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has alleged that the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, is planning to cause chaos in the state from Monday, February 17, 2025  Adeleke, while addressing a press conference on Sunday, claimed that Oyetola was spearheading moves to enforce an alleged court order which reversed the sack of local council chairpersons elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun. He also claimed the...

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Anambra 2025: Contenders Step up Plans to Unseat Governor Soludo

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra 2025: Contenders Step up Plans to Unseat Governor Soludo

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)February 15, 20251

Aspirants in APC and LP for the Anambra 2025 Governorship election, have stepped up plans to unseat the incumbent governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo. With party primaries for the gubernatorial election expected to be held from next month, many of the aspirants have now commenced putting in the required work to make good their vow to sack Soludo. So far, two aspirants in the Labour Party have picked the party’s nomination and expression of interest...

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