Atiku asks Tinubu to step down if rising security threats overwhelm him

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAtiku asks Tinubu to step down if rising security threats overwhelm him

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 31, 2024

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar berated President Bola Tinubu for his seeming failure to tame the armed groups on rampage across the country. Nigerians are feeling more unsafe as frequent killings and kidnappings for ransom have continued to be on the rise despite heavy assurances from the authorities to stem the tide. “Tinubu is playing fiddle while Nigeria is drowning in the ocean of insecurity,” Abubakar said in a post on X on Tuesday. The...

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Tinubu assures Nigerians security nightmare will soon end

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu assures Nigerians security nightmare will soon end

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 31, 2024

President Bola Tinubu received the report of the killing of the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola with a heavy heart, presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngalale said on Tuesday. Pilot News reported earlier that both traditional rulers were murdered by unknown gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, on Monday morning. A few hours later, students of Apostolic Faith Secondary School in Emure LGA of Ekiti State were...

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Nigerian Navy Hands Over 11 Suspects NSCDC

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Navy Hands Over 11 Suspects NSCDC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2024

The Nigerian Navy handed over 11 arrested suspects to the Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC who were arrested with items used in legal refinery construction at Billie in Degema local government area of Rivers State. Handing over the suspects to the officials of NSCDC, the Commander NNS Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Navy Commodore Desmond Igbo, who was represented by the Base Operation Officer, Commander Sa’id Mohammed Kabir, said its...

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Air Force Chief apologises for last year’s accidental bombing of civilians in Nasarawa

NewsNigeriaAir Force Chief apologises for last year’s accidental bombing of civilians in Nasarawa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 29, 2024

The head of Nigeria’s Air Force said last Friday he was profoundly sorry his officers bombed civilians a year ago in Kwateri, a village in Nasarawa State. Twenty-seven people died when the military mistook the movements of herders for those of bandits on 24 January 2023, and an airstrike was called in. Since the bombing, the authorities neither provided information on the incident nor owned up to the killing of the civilians.   A year...

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Federal Government addresses economic and security challenges

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFederal Government addresses economic and security challenges

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 29, 2024

Mohammed Idris, the minister of information and national orientation, has assured Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu is working round the clock to confront all the challenges in the country. In a statement on Sunday, the Minister said that the government was not downplaying the current situation faced by Nigerians, and is committed to building a Nigeria “where no one is left behind.” Read the statement below: There is no downplaying the reality of the challenging...

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Tobi Amusan begins 2024 with a record-breaking bang

NewsNigeriaSportsTobi Amusan begins 2024 with a record-breaking bang

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 28, 2024

Oluwatobilola ‘Tobi’ Amusan has bounced back from last year’s heartbreak at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary where she finished sixth to win the African women’s indoor 60-meter hurdles. But Amusan did not only win, she also set a novel record of 7.77s, what Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development John Enoh called an “amazing accomplishment.” At the Qazaqstan Athletics Sports Complex in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Saturday, 27 January, Amusan breezed past American Nia Ali...

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Mining Sector: FG states commitment to recover unpaid royalties, taxes

BusinessNewsNigeriaMining Sector: FG states commitment to recover unpaid royalties, taxes

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 28, 2024

…Deepens collaboration with RMAFC to curb revenue leakages The Federal Government has stated commitment to recover unpaid royalties and taxes in the mining sector. According to the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has resolved to strengthen collaboration to block revenue leakages in the sector. Speaking while welcoming the RMAFC chairman, Mohammed Bello, and his team to his office recently, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr....

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150 Indian Companies Invested 27 Billion Dollars In Nigeria

BusinessNewsNigeria150 Indian Companies Invested 27 Billion Dollars In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 27, 2024

The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, H.E. Mr. Gangadharan Balasubramanian on Friday said 150 Indian companies have so far invested 27 billion dollars in Nigeria. The envoy disclosed this in Abuja at a dinner to mark the 75th Republic Day of India and noted that India and Nigeria enjoyed strong and historical relations with ties dating back to before Nigeria’s independence. “Our economic and trade relations are strong and growing. Currently, nearly 150 Indian companies...

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Kidnappers of Lagos PDP chairman seek N200m ransom

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKidnappers of Lagos PDP chairman seek N200m ransom

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 26, 2024

…Party appeals to security agencies to quickly secure his release The kidnappers of the chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Philip Aivoji are asking for N200 million from the family members of the PDP chieftain, who was abducted on Thursday on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The party has called on security agencies and government at all levels to intervene and promptly secure the release of its state chairman. It will be...

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Supreme Court strikes out appeals against Fubara, Kefas and Aliyu

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSupreme Court strikes out appeals against Fubara, Kefas and Aliyu

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 26, 2024

The post-election tussle in Rivers, Taraba and Sokoto States ended on Thursday after the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals challenging the election victory of governors Siminalayi Fubara, Agbu Kefas and Ahmed Aliyu. Delivering judgements in separate appeals against the three governors, the court noted that the challengers were not convincing enough to have the judgements delivered in their favour. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa vetoed the appeal by Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against...

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