Gunmen Abducts Over 20 Abuja Residents

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Abducts Over 20 Abuja Residents

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 12, 2024

Gunmen  who operates from the Kuyeri Forest in Kaduna State have launched fresh attack on an Abuja community and whisked away with at least twenty three persons on Thursday. The abducted victims were from the Kawu community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Abdulmumini Zakari, Councilor representing the area who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said the gunmen invaded the community after divided themselves into groups. He disclosed that the bandits...

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Army sacks terrorists’ strongholds in North East and North West

National SecurityNewsNigeriaArmy sacks terrorists’ strongholds in North East and North West

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 12, 2024

The Nigerian Army has said it is recording massive successes in the fight against terrorism, insurgency and banditry. This is as troops of Operation Hadarin Daji and Operation Hadin Kai have raided the various strongholds of terror gangs in the North East and North West regions, evicting the terrorists. Major General Kevin Aligbe, commander of the Training and Doctrine Command Nigerian Army (TRADOC) in Niger State, disclosed this on Wednesday during the 2023 West African...

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Nigeria Army vows to address insecurity in Isi-Uzo LG, Anambra

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria Army vows to address insecurity in Isi-Uzo LG, Anambra

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 11, 2024

The Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has promised to take decisive steps in addressing the incessant insecurities witnessed in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area in Enugu state. Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja made this assurance when he paid a working visit to the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah with his team; the working visit to the Government House, Enugu, was to assess operational situations under the jurisdiction of the 82...

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Former president Jonathan loses elder sister

NewsNigeriaFormer president Jonathan loses elder sister

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 11, 2024

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has lost an elder sister, Madam Obebhatein Jonathan. She died on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at the Federal Medical Centre,   Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, after a brief illness, at the age of seventy. A statement by Jonathan’s media office, noted that the deceased popularly known as Amissi was a retired teacher, business woman, a loving mother and grandmother who lived a dedicated life of service to God and humanity. According to the statement,...

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Minister stresses importance of local value addition in mining sector development

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMinister stresses importance of local value addition in mining sector development

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 11, 2024

…Rallies support of int’l community The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has reiterated the importance of value addition in the mining sector development, even as it seeks support of the international community. Alake, while speaking as a panelist at the opening session of the ongoing Future Minerals Forum (FMF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, titled “Why the Super Region? Should the Super Region Have Its Own Critical Minerals Strategy?” stressed that it is...

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Air Peace expands regional operations with Cotonou, Abidjan routes

NewsNigeriaTransportationAir Peace expands regional operations with Cotonou, Abidjan routes

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 11, 2024

Air Peace, on Wednesday, announced plans to begin direct flight operations from Lagos to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and Cotonou, Benin Republic, on Monday, 22 January. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the airline, Mr Stanley Olisa, on Wednesday. The new routes are part of the airline’s strategic plans to expand its regional destinations across the continent. “The new routes were further confirmation of the airline’s unyielding drive to connect the...

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President Tinubu cuts official train for local and foreign trips by 60%

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPresident Tinubu cuts official train for local and foreign trips by 60%

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 10, 2024

In keeping with his assurances of cutting the bulky cost of governance in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has slashed the number of people accompanying him on local and foreign trips by 60 per cent. The new development announced by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngalale on Tuesday also affects his Vice President, Kashim Shettima, the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, ministers and heads of ministries, departments and agencies. Going forward, only 20 people will accompany the President...

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Intrigues in the Suspension of Betta Edu and HRH Igwe Damian Ezeani

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsIntrigues in the Suspension of Betta Edu and HRH Igwe Damian Ezeani

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)January 9, 20241

“The basic training of public officers often mostly emphasizes monetary approvals and expenditure processes” —Ebuka Onyekwelu On January 8th, Dr. Betta Edu, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs was asked by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to step aside, following allegations of impropriety with the disbursement of public money. By that, Nigerians saw a scarce decision by the country’s president, to the effect that it would be the first time a serving minister in Nigeria is being...

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BBC’s documentary on the late TB Joshua is junk – SCOAN

LifestyleNewsNigeriaBBC’s documentary on the late TB Joshua is junk – SCOAN

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 9, 2024

The Synagogue Church of all Nations, SCOAN, has refuted the claims of widespread abuse and torture by its founder, the late Prophet T.B. Joshua made by former members who spoke to BBC News. The leadership of one of the world’s biggest Christian evangelical churches described the now-viral documentary as “junks.” The BBC News, on Monday, released a highly controversial and damning documentary on the late TB Joshua after a two-year investigation. Dozens of ex-SCOAN members...

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Tiwa Savage reports David to the police for ‘online and offline harassment’

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaTiwa Savage reports David to the police for ‘online and offline harassment’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 9, 2024

Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage has written to police authorities, intimating them of threats to her life by her male colleague Davido. In a letter addressed to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adegoke, dated 9 January 2024, Tiwa Savage said Davido threatened to “f**k me up” for her continued relationship with Sophia Momodu, the mother of Davido’s first girl child, Imade. According to the singer, Davido started threatening her “rights to life, privacy and...

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