Senate Confirms Bawa’s Appointment As EFCC Chairman

CorruptionCrime & SecurityNigeriaSenate Confirms Bawa’s Appointment As EFCC Chairman

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 24, 2021

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Rasheed Abdulbawa as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bawa is replacing Ibrahim Magu, the former chairman who was suspended in July last year to face the Salami panel which probed allegations of insubordination and corruption levelled against him by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami. The upper legislative chamber confirmed Bawa’s appointment on Tuesday after a screening that lasted for over...

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Anambra Gubernatorial Race: Reality of Governor Obiano’s influence Power Options

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsAnambra Gubernatorial Race: Reality of Governor Obiano’s influence Power Options

PilotnewsFebruary 24, 2021

To think that Obiano will have no hand in determining who takes over from him is in effect setting one’s self up for disappointment. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu In about eight months today, the Anambra state governorship election will hold. As it is with every political journey, years have shrunk to months, and finally to days since 2017 when governor Obiano fought what perhaps, was the biggest battle of his life and without doubt, the most terrifying...

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All Souls Don’t Rest in Peace—So Long Rush Limbaugh

Anthony Obi OgboColumnsOpinionUnited StatesAll Souls Don’t Rest in Peace—So Long Rush Limbaugh

PilotnewsFebruary 24, 20211

Aside from the Saw-Scaled Vipers, COVID-19, and Donald Trump, the only other evil that I hate with a passion is this brute called Rush Limbaugh. ― Dr. Anthony Obi Ogbo I have not had this in a long time, but this day, I honestly felt that Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Merlot would perfectly suit the occasion. So immediately after the death of the conservative talk show radio scoundrel, Rush Limbaugh, was announced, I went into a...

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Herdsmen Crisis: Farmers Also Carry AK-47 – Lalong

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHerdsmen Crisis: Farmers Also Carry AK-47 – Lalong

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 23, 2021

JOS — Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, Simon Lalong, on Tuesday said herdsmen alone should not be crucified for carrying AK-47. He alleged that farmers also bear AK-47 for self-defense. The governor spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, adding that investigation by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum revealed that farmers also carry AK-47 and other firearms for protection. He added that when the farmers-herders crisis in Plateau occurred, both...

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Banditary, Kidnapping Are Acts of Terrorism — NGF

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaBanditary, Kidnapping Are Acts of Terrorism — NGF

Beloved John (Staff Writer)February 23, 2021

The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has said there is no term for acts of banditry and kidnapping other than terrorism. This statement is following the attack on Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, Rafi local government area of Niger state. The incident which occurred last Wednesday led to the abduction of several students, members of staff, and some members of their families. Kayode Fayemi, chairman of NGF and Ekiti governor, who spoke during a solidarity visit...

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Anambra State New Police Commissioner, CP Bala Kuryas, Issues Quit Notice to Criminals

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAnambra State New Police Commissioner, CP Bala Kuryas, Issues Quit Notice to Criminals

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)February 23, 2021

AWKA — Anambra State Police Command now has a new Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Bala Kuryas, following the promotion of the former Commissioner of Police, now AIG John Abang. The new CP who resumed work formally a few days ago, today held a press conference at the Anambra State Police Command Headquarters in Awka, the Anambra state capital. In an address to the press, CP Bala Kuryas noted that he has been properly briefed...

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CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNew COVID-19 Variant Detected in Nigeria

Beloved John (Staff Writer)February 23, 2021

A new COVID-19 variant has been detected in Nigeria according to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC director-general, Dr. Chikwe Iheakwazu who made the indication stated that a new variant dubbed B.1.525 was first discovered in a sample collected on November 23 from a patient in Lagos State. He disclosed this while speaking at Monday’s weekly briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. He also noted that the B.1.525 variant,...

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Anambra’s Election Heats Up as Ngige declares Victor Umeh an “abandoned property” 

LocalNewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra’s Election Heats Up as Ngige declares Victor Umeh an “abandoned property” 

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 22, 2021

Candidates engage in war of words as Anambra election draws closer Party battle to win Anambra State in the forthcoming election may have taken a new turn with the latest exchange between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige and a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh.   Dr.  Ngige, had referred to  Chief Umeh as “an abandoned property as he answers questions regarding alleged consistent attacks...

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Police Arrest Former Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha

CorruptionNewsNigeriaPoliticsPolice Arrest Former Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 22, 2021

A former governor of the Imo state, Rocha Okorocha has been arrested by some operatives of the State police command on Sunday. He was arrested alongside Ijeoma Igboanusi and Okafor-Anyanwu. Igboanusi was the deputy chief of staff (Domestic) while Okafor-Anyanwu was the Commissioner for Transportation during Okorocha’s administration. The Senator representing Imo West was arrested after unsealing Spring Palm Estate linked to his wife, Nkechi. The ex-governor had gone to the estate with his supporters,...

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Herders, Farmers’ Clashes: Ebonyi Govt Seeks Strict Herders’ Profiling

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaHerders, Farmers’ Clashes: Ebonyi Govt Seeks Strict Herders’ Profiling

PilotnewsFebruary 19, 2021

ABAKALIKI — The Ebonyi government has called for strict enforcement of herders’ profiling to check the incessant clashes between them and farmers in the state. Gov. David Umahi made the call on Friday in Abakaliki during a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Commissioner of Police in the state to evolve ways of permanently checking the clashes. Umahi, represented by Mr. Stanley Okoro-Emegha, Commissioner for Border, Peace, and Internal Security, expressed disappointment that the government’s directive...

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