Cameroonian Officials Handed 5,000 Nigerian Refugees To Gov Zulum

Foreign PolicyWorld NewsCameroonian Officials Handed 5,000 Nigerian Refugees To Gov Zulum

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 10, 2021

The first batch of 5,000 Nigerian refugees has been handed over to Borno State Governor, Prof.  Babagana Zulum by the Cameroonian Minister for Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji. The returnees were part of thousands of Nigerians, mostly from Borno, who since 2014, fled in batches to Minawao camp located in Mokolo, far north region of Cameroon following onslaught on their communities by Boko Haram insurgents. The repatriation was to implement the outcome of a tripartite...

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OPINION: Ransom Payment in the Gulf of Guinea

ColumnsCrime & SecurityOpinionOPINION: Ransom Payment in the Gulf of Guinea

PilotnewsMarch 9, 2021

According to the Nigerian army, a ransom of $300,000 was paid to pirates in the Gulf of Guinea to secure the release of the crew of a Chinese fishing boat. The party that paid the ransom is not reported. The most likely possibility is that it was the Chinese company that operated the fishing boat. The episode sheds some light of the murky operation of kidnapping and ransom payment in the Gulf of Guinea. The Chinese fishing boat...

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CBN to Appear Before Senate Over Missing $9.5m

Crime & SecurityMoneyNewsNigeriaCBN to Appear Before Senate Over Missing $9.5m

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 9, 2021

Officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are to appear before Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday, over the alleged disappearance of $9.5 million interest which was accrued from Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) investment. According to the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, the principal sum deposited, tenor and rate of interest of the investment were veiled in secrecy. The PPT is a tax applicable to upstream operations in the oil industry....

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APC Leaders Paid N56m To Bandits In Zamfara State- APGA

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAPC Leaders Paid N56m To Bandits In Zamfara State- APGA

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 8, 2021

The leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Zamfara State Dr. Sani Abdullah Shinkafi has accused APC leaders in the State of offering N56 million to bandits to refuse the release of Jangebe abducted girls. Shinkafi, who was the 2019 governorship candidate of APGA in Zamfara State, made the allegation during a press briefing, said that their aim was to sabotage the peace effort of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle. “I, therefore, challenge politicians...

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Osinbajo Calls for Decentralization of Police Force

Crime & SecurityNigeriaPoliticsOsinbajo Calls for Decentralization of Police Force

Beloved John (Staff Writer)March 7, 2021

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the establishment of state police to address security challenges, saying that building a multi-ethnic nation like Nigeria may appear messy and costly. He indicated this while speaking at a conference on national development organised by the Global Patriot newspaper in collaboration with the Nigerian Consulate in New York and Nigeria in Diaspora Organisation, (NIDO), New Jersey chapter, on Saturday. The vice-president added that nation-building is “a challenge thrown to...

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Buhari, Osinbajo Receive COVID-19 Vaccine in Aso Rock

CoronavirusNigeriaVaccinationBuhari, Osinbajo Receive COVID-19 Vaccine in Aso Rock

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 7, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, were vaccinated against the coronavirus. President Bubhari was vaccinated by his personal physician, Dr. Suhayb Sanusi, at 11:51am at a brief ceremony witnessed by top government officials at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Shortly after the President, the Vice President was also vaccinated by his personal physician, Dr. Nicholas Audifferen at about 11:57am. Buhari and Osinbajo were the first among the...

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Stop Negotiating With Bandits, IPAC Told Government

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaPoliticsStop Negotiating With Bandits, IPAC Told Government

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 6, 2021

Worried with the commercialization of kidnapping for ransom by bandits, the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the umbrella body of all political parties in Nigeria, has urged the Federal Government and concerned states to stop all forms of negotiations with bandits and begin to confront the spate of insecurity across the country. The IPAC’s National Chairman, Dr. Leonard Nzenwa, made the call on Friday in Abuja at a press conference by the Council, urged President Muhammadu...

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Northerners Resumes Supply Of Foods To South West

BusinessFoodNational SecurityNigeriaNortherners Resumes Supply Of Foods To South West

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 6, 2021

Following the suspension of strike by members of Foods and Cattle dealers Association transportation of foods to the South West through Kwara State previously blocked Jebba and Niger border axis have resumed. The blockage of food to the South was a means deployed by the North to send a subtle warning to other parts of Nigeria to stop the harassment and intimidation of the Fulanis. The Coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Kwara...

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Governor Abbott’s COVID comedy—the height of executive recklessness

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionUnited StatesGovernor Abbott’s COVID comedy—the height of executive recklessness

PilotnewsMarch 5, 2021

“He may just be compromising the lives of thousands of Texans to structure his next tenure.” ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo Texas Governor Greg Abbott has always used his physical paralysis as a talking point to advocate his zeal for overcoming individual challenges. Paralyzed from the waist down since 1984 after an accident involving an oak tree falling on him, Abbott has used a wheelchair ever since. In fact, through this experience, this Governor explained...

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North East Governors Forum Resolved to Fund Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project

InfrastructureNewsPowerNorth East Governors Forum Resolved to Fund Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 5, 2021

In its efforts to create over 60,000 jobs for the teeming unemployed youth in the North East region, North East Governors Forum, has resolved to fund Mambila Hydroelectric Power Projects. In a communique read by Adamawa state Governor, Alhaji Adamu Fintiri, at the end of the 4th meeting of Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States, held in Bauchi, forum noted with dismay, that the project as important as it is to...

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