Four People Killed, Nine Injured In Fulani/Gbagi Clash

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFour People Killed, Nine Injured In Fulani/Gbagi Clash

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 25, 2023

Four persons died and nine others sustained various degrees of injuries during violent clashes between Fulani and Gbagi communities in Beji, Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State. Alhaji Umar Ahmed Rebe, the Commissioner for Nomadic and Pastoral Affairs, who confirmed the incident, attributed the clashes between farmers and herders in Beji to the influx of illegal migrants crossing into Beji from other states since 2003. “Few days before the incident, the Ministry had received...

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Anambra Youths Commends Government on Youth to Youth Mentorship Programme

EducationNewsNigeriaAnambra Youths Commends Government on Youth to Youth Mentorship Programme

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)November 24, 2023

Participants in the “youth to youth” mentorship roundtable organized by the Government of Anambra State through Dr. Nelson Omenugha, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Youth, have commended the mentorship roundtable, with many describing it as what the state needs to retain its best talents at home. The first edition of youth to youth mentorship roundtable was held on Friday, in Awka, and featured Obinna Etele, Group Managing Director of Eteleson Group as guest...

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Staff of Covenant University gets 20% pay raise

EducationNewsNigeriaStaff of Covenant University gets 20% pay raise

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 24, 2023

Authorities of Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State, have approved a 20 per cent salary increase for staff which would take off in November. The institution’s Board of Regents chaired by Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder and chancellor of the institution gave the nod which the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo described as a ‘compassionate decision.’ The Vice-Chancellor explained that the pay raise became necessary given the prevailing economic realities spurred by the removal of the...

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FCT Minister, Wike plans to kick Keke drivers out of Abuja

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFCT Minister, Wike plans to kick Keke drivers out of Abuja

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 24, 2023

In about a month, keke, the Nigerian-speak for tricycle, would no longer ply the road of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has said. Wike said instead of tricycles, there would be buses and taxis for public transportation to combat the high rate of “one chance” crimes. ‘I assure you that once the buses and taxis are on the road, the problem of “one chance” will be...

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NNPCL: Nigeria will be net exporter of petrol in 2024; no more importation

NewsNigeriaOil & GasNNPCL: Nigeria will be net exporter of petrol in 2024; no more importation

PilotnewsNovember 24, 2023

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, expects to cease the importation of refined petroleum products by December 2024. The oil firm is also working towards making Nigeria a net exporter of refined petroleum products by the same deadline. “We will no longer be talking about fuel importation by the end of 2024. I am very optimistic that this will crystallize,” the Group Chief Officer of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari said on Thursday at a...

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Niger’s military government seeks suspension of sanctions by ECOWAS

AfricaNewsWest AfricaNiger’s military government seeks suspension of sanctions by ECOWAS

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 24, 2023

Niger’s junta has dragged the Nigerian government and Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to court, seeking the relaxation of the harsh sanctions imposed on the country following the late July coup that led to the overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum. Younkaila Yaye, one of the military government attorneys, at the proceeding in Abuja on Monday, said the country is in the grip of economic depression. Businesses are shutting down because of rising costs,...

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I deserve to be in the Guinness Book of World Records: Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsI deserve to be in the Guinness Book of World Records: Tinubu

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 24, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has said that his past and present accomplishments as governor and now president make him deserving of a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Speaking at the 10th German–Nigerian Business Forum in Berlin earlier this week, Tinubu said his reforms as Governor (1999–2007) that made Lagos State the fifth-largest economy in Africa and paved the way for him to lead Africa’s most populous nation is the reason he deserves the...

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Five inmates regain freedom in Anambra

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFive inmates regain freedom in Anambra

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)November 24, 2023

Five Amawbia Correctional Service Center inmates in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State have been set free. A non-governmental organization (NGO), Abu Mmaduaburochukwu Foundation, perfected their bail conditions. The freedom ceremony was held in the presence of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) officers, Nigeria Police delegates from Zone 13 Ukpo, led by its Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ihunwo Josephine, members of the press, and the management team of the Foundation at...

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53 Year Old Rape Mentally Challenged Minor

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria53 Year Old Rape Mentally Challenged Minor

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 23, 2023

A 53-year-old suspect identified as Usman Tela Ahmadu, a resident of Samunaka, Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State has been arrested for Sexually Assaulting a Mentally Challenged Minor. According to the spokesman of the command, SP Suleiman Yahya Nguroje, the Suspect, hails from Maiduguri in Borno State and resides in the Area as an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) receiving gifts and undue support/ sympathy from the locals. The release reads in parts: “The...

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Governor Fintiri Intervenes In Police, Soldiers Clashes

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGovernor Fintiri Intervenes In Police, Soldiers Clashes

PilotnewsNovember 23, 2023

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has summoned security meeting in the Government House, Yola Wednesday aimed at resolving the conflict that ensued between some Army and Policemen in Yola, the state capital which resulted into the death of a soldier and policeman. Addressing Journalists after, Governor Fintiri said investigation into the matter was ongoing with a view to ensuring peace and justice. “The meeting has resolved the conflict and that the security chiefs in...

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