Mubi Livestock Market Supplies 29M Animals To Lagos Annually – Gov Fintiri

BusinessNewsNigeriaPoliticsMubi Livestock Market Supplies 29M Animals To Lagos Annually – Gov Fintiri

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 10, 2025

Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said the Mubi livestock market supplies 29 million animals to Lagos annually, generating N29 billion in revenue. Fintiri disclosed this during a meeting with the Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Mukhtar Maiha, commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for creating the Ministry of Livestock Development and appointing Maiha as Minister. He emphasized the significant contribution of the livestock industry to the state’s economy. He called on the federal government...

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Appeal Court orders fresh hearing into Kano Emirate tussle

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAppeal Court orders fresh hearing into Kano Emirate tussle

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 10, 2025

An Appeal court in Abuja, the Nation’s capital has ordered a fresh hearing in the legal battle over the disputed Kano Emirate involving Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero. Justice Mohammed Mustapha, who delivered the lead judgment on Friday held that Bayero was denied a fair hearing due to the shoddy manner in which a Kano High Court conducted proceedings against him. The Court of Appeal, therefore, ordered that the case be remitted to the Chief Judge...

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NBS to Capture Prostitution, Drug Trade in Nigeria’s GDP Calculation

BusinessNewsNigeriaNBS to Capture Prostitution, Drug Trade in Nigeria’s GDP Calculation

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 10, 2025

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced plans to include illegal and hidden activities such as prostitution and drug peddling in the calculation of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This disclosure was made at a sensitisation workshop on GDP and Consumer Price Index (CPI) rebasing, organised in collaboration with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). Speaking at the event, the Statistician General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, explained that the rebasing exercise is...

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Two Officers Killed in Boko Haram Attack on Nganzai Police Division

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTwo Officers Killed in Boko Haram Attack on Nganzai Police Division

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 10, 2025

…IGP Orders Clampdown on Attackers Two officers of the Borno State Police Command were killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on the Nganzai Police Division in the early hours of Wednesday. The attack, which happened at about 12:10 a.m., was confirmed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, in a statement released on Thursday. “At about 12:10 a.m., unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists attempted to invade Nganzai...

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Alarm Over Influx Of Bandits: Afenifere Charges S. West Govs  To Prioritise Security 

CommunityNewsNigeriaAlarm Over Influx Of Bandits: Afenifere Charges S. West Govs  To Prioritise Security 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 9, 2025

Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation has curged the governments in the South West region to prioritise security in view of the latest revelation concerning influx of bandits into the region. The organisation disclosed this in a press statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi following the alarm raised by the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde that bandits dislodged in the northern part of the country are camping in parts of Oyo...

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Nnamdi Kanu Rejects Federal Government’s Request to Resume Trial

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNnamdi Kanu Rejects Federal Government’s Request to Resume Trial

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 9, 2025

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has rejected the federal government’s request for the resumption of his trial. It will be recalled that on 24 September 2024, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court recused herself from the case following an oral application by Kanu. She had stated, “I hereby recuse myself and remit the case file back to the chief judge” after Kanu directly expressed his lack of...

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Gov. Mbah Signs Executive Order Creating New Urban Areas In Enugu State

CommunityNewsNigeriaPoliticsGov. Mbah Signs Executive Order Creating New Urban Areas In Enugu State

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 9, 2025

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah on Thursday signed the Land Use Regulation 2025 and Executive Order No. 1, 2025 designating several locations and Local Government Areas in the State as urban areas. Out of the 17 LGAs in the state, by this Executive Order, 7 LGAs and some locations in 10 LGAs are now classified as urban areas. The Executive Order titled ‘Enugu State Designation of Land as Urban Areas’ provides that...

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Ohanaeze President General Reaffirms Commitment To Hand Over To Rivers Indigene

CommunityNewsNigeriaOhanaeze President General Reaffirms Commitment To Hand Over To Rivers Indigene

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 9, 2025

Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu, the President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural and political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has reaffirmed his commitment to hand over power to an indigene of Rivers State on Friday, January 10, 2025. Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, in a press statement on Thursday noted that the President General had stated that though his tenure is very brief, what matters is the impact and legacy with...

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Stampede: Group Demands Public Inquest Into Recent Tragedies

NewsNigeriaPoliticsStampede: Group Demands Public Inquest Into Recent Tragedies

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 9, 2025

…Condemns Gov Makinde’s Interference In Legal Process Centre for Public Accountability (CPA), a prominent civil society organisation has demanded full public inquest from the governments of Oyo, Anambra, Bauchi, Nasarawa States, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration, and other relevant authorities into the tragic stampedes that have recently occurred in those states. The incidents also resulted in the loss of innocent lives in Ibadan, Oyo State, Abuja, Bauchi State, Keffi, Nasarawa State, and Okija, Anambra...

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Nigeria’s Armed Forces Rank 39th Worldwide, 4th in Africa

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Armed Forces Rank 39th Worldwide, 4th in Africa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 8, 2025

The Nigerian military has been ranked 39th in the latest Global Firepower (GFP) rankings out of 145 countries reviewed, marking a decline from its 36th position in 2023 and 35th in 2022. Among African nations, Nigeria also dropped from third to fourth place, ranking behind Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa. Egypt remains Africa’s top-ranked military power, followed by Algeria, South Africa, and Nigeria. Other African nations in the top 10 include Ethiopia, Angola, Morocco, the...

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