Tinubu: We won’t pay a dime to kidnappers for freedom of schoolchildren, others

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTinubu: We won’t pay a dime to kidnappers for freedom of schoolchildren, others

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 14, 2024

The government of Nigeria is full of hopes that the hundreds of citizens in the kidnappers’ den would be freed while saying it would not pay “a dime” to any criminal group as a ransom. Terrorists who are on a rampage in Nigeria, targeting schools, villages and highways often release their victims after weeks or months in captivity following negotiations with families or authorities, though officials deny ransom payments are made. Families and entire communities...

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Tinubu pedals down on sanctions against Niger as junta consolidates power

NewsNigeriaWest AfricaTinubu pedals down on sanctions against Niger as junta consolidates power

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 13, 2024

The hostility between West African countries Nigeria and Niger might cease in the coming days as President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Niger. The borders connecting the two neighbouring countries were closed in August 2023 following a military coup in Niger which saw democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum ousted and locked up on 26 July 2023. The Nigerian government also imposed other far-reaching sanctions on Niger, including...

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Tinubu Orders Opening Of Land, Air Borders With Niger Republic

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Orders Opening Of Land, Air Borders With Niger Republic

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 13, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger. The President also ordered the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect. A statement by his media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, noted that the directive is in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at its extraordinary summit on February 24, 2024, in Abuja. Recall that ECOWAS leaders...

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Soludo’s Anti-Touting Squad Brutalise APGA Chieftain, Mgbiligba To Point Of Death

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSoludo’s Anti-Touting Squad Brutalise APGA Chieftain, Mgbiligba To Point Of Death

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 13, 2024

Hon. Wilfred Ikechukwu Ezike, popularly called  Mgbiligba, and a chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State, has been brutalised and beaten to point of death by men of the Soludo Special Anti-Touting Squad with his legs completely condemned. A viral video online showed how the Special Anti-Touting Squad used a pestle to hit his head, body and legs while Hon. Ezike pleaded for mercy in his own pool of blood as...

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House Committee On Air Force Calls For Closer Ties To Strengthen NAF Operations

National SecurityNewsNigeriaHouse Committee On Air Force Calls For Closer Ties To Strengthen NAF Operations

PilotnewsMarch 13, 2024

House of Representative Committee members of the Air Force, led by its chairman, Honourable Kabiru Alhassan Rurum were at the Headquarters Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday, as part of their oversight responsibilities. Honourable Rurum in his address noted that the visit, which was in line with the provisions of sections 88 & 62(1) of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Order Twenty (B) 13 of the Standing Orders of the...

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First Lady Urges Women To Participate In Digital Revolution

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFirst Lady Urges Women To Participate In Digital Revolution

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 13, 2024

The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has urged women to participate in the digital revolution to develop their socio-economic and political status. She made the call at a handover ceremony of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) digital economy center. The event was organized in collaboration with the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Social Investment Programme, Maryam Babangida Women Centre, Abuja. Represented by Salamatu Gbajabiamila, the First Lady said technology played a vital role in advancing...

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Sheik Gumi advises Tinubu to dialogue with terrorists as insecurity worsens

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSheik Gumi advises Tinubu to dialogue with terrorists as insecurity worsens

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 12, 2024

A prominent Islamic scholar in Nigeria, Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi has advised the Nigerian government to hold talks with the terror groups holding communities in the country siege. Terror attacks swept through Kaduna, Borno and Sokoto States in the past week. No group claimed responsibility for any of the recent attacks and abductions, and the security agencies have made no statements. Government at the federal and state levels are overwhelmed by the attacks. As the...

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Two Victims Confirmed After Fire Ravaged the Borno IDP Camp

NewsNigeriaTwo Victims Confirmed After Fire Ravaged the Borno IDP Camp

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 12, 2024

A fire that swept through the Muna Alamdari Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp in Maiduguri, Borno State capital city, on Tuesday morning killed two children. The fire also razed all the over 1,000 tents occupied by the IDPs and their families, including four blocks of 12 classrooms in the camp, according to Nahum Kenneth, spokesman of the Borno State Police Command. A boy and a girl aged five years and four years, respectively, were killed...

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Senate Suspends bdul Ningi Over Budget Padding

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Suspends bdul Ningi Over Budget Padding

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2024

The Senate, on Tuesday, suspended Senator Abdul Ningi representing Bauchi Central Senator and chairman of Northern Senators Forum (NSF) from the Red Chamber for three months. The decision followed the lawmaker’s claim that the 2024 Budget was allegedly padded by N3trillion with two versions of the budget in circulation. Before the suspension, lawmakers had debated a set of prayers contained in a motion earlier moved by  Senator Olamilekan Adeola, Ogun West on the breach of...

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16 abducted Kaduna residents – Bandits Demand N40 Trillion Ransom

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria16 abducted Kaduna residents – Bandits Demand N40 Trillion Ransom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2024

Bandits have demanded a ransom of N40 trillion as ransom for the release of 16 abducted residents of the Gonin Gora area of the Kaduna metropolis. Recall that the bandits on Wednesday 28 February attacked the Gonin-Gora community, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis in the Chikun Local Government Area, and kidnapped 16 residents. The ransom demand was coming barely four days after 287 school children were abducted at Kuriga, another Chikun community. A community leader...

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