Army Chief: “We’ve Eliminated Top Bandit Leaders, Turji Is Next”

National SecurityNewsNigeriaArmy Chief: “We’ve Eliminated Top Bandit Leaders, Turji Is Next”

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 20, 2025

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has vowed that the Nigerian military will track down and eliminate notorious bandit leader Bello Turji. Speaking in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, on Thursday, Oluyede assured that troops were actively pursuing Turji and would not stop until he was taken out. “Bello Turji is on the run as we speak, and everywhere he goes, we follow him there. Let him keep running, it is just...

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Nigeria’s Inflation Falls to 24.48% Following CPI Recalculation

EconomyNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Inflation Falls to 24.48% Following CPI Recalculation

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 20, 2025

Nigeria’s annual inflation rate declined to 24.48 per cent in January 2025 from 34.80 per cent in December 2024, following the adjustment of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported. The NBS explained that the rebasing exercise, which updated the reference basket of goods and services, was necessary to ensure that inflation measurement reflects current economic realities and consumer spending patterns. This marks the first CPI rebasing in Nigeria...

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Missing Ipetumodu Monarch Found in FBI Custody

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMissing Ipetumodu Monarch Found in FBI Custody

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 18, 2025

…Faces $4.2 Million COVID-19 Fraud Charges The Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, who was declared missing on 3 March 2024, has been found in the custody of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The traditional ruler is currently facing a 13-count fraud indictment in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio over allegations of defrauding the US government of $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds. Oba Oloyede, who also...

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South South Leader, Edwin Clark Has Died At 97

NewsNigeriaSouth South Leader, Edwin Clark Has Died At 97

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 18, 2025

Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Edwin Clark has dead. The chairman of South and Middle Belt leaders.whose death was confirmed in a statement by a representative of the family, Prof. C. C. Clark, on Tuesday, died at the age of 97 years. The statement read: “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce the passing of Chief (Dr.) Sen. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark OFR, CON on Monday, 17th February...

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Lagos Lawmakers Suspend Plenary After Clash with DSS Over Speaker’s Impeachment

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLagos Lawmakers Suspend Plenary After Clash with DSS Over Speaker’s Impeachment

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 18, 2025

…Lawmakers Stand by Meranda The Lagos State House of Assembly descended into chaos on Monday as operatives from the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force entered the assembly premises. The security personnel reportedly sealed the offices of Speaker Mojisola Meranda, Deputy Speaker, and the Clerk of the House. This action led to a tense standoff between lawmakers and security officers, with the lawmakers eventually regaining access to the assembly. The unexpected...

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NDLEA Officer Burnt Alive by Mob in Kaduna Following Fatal Police Chase

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNDLEA Officer Burnt Alive by Mob in Kaduna Following Fatal Police Chase

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 17, 2025

An official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Aliyu Imran, was brutally murdered by a mob in the Gadan-Gayan area of Igabi Local Government Area, Kaduna State. Imran, an Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics 1, was reportedly burnt alive after a police chase involving NDLEA officers ended in a fatal accident. According to reports, Imran and his colleagues were pursuing a suspected drug dealer when the suspect reversed his vehicle, hitting several pedestrians and...

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Relief Materials For IDPs Uncovered In Classrooms in Abuja

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRelief Materials For IDPs Uncovered In Classrooms in Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

Relief materials meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) was hoarded inside classrooms at the Durumi IDP camp in Abuja. The Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Aliyu Ahmed, disclosed that government will probe the alleged hoarding of the relief materials. Ahmed, who was at the Durumi IDP camp to inaugurate a computer centre donated by Brand Life Vision Foundation, embarked on an inspection of the camp and...

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African Union Cautions Against Disintegration of DR Congo

AfricaNewsPoliticsAfrican Union Cautions Against Disintegration of DR Congo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

Two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group entered a second city in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, the African Union, AU, has warned against the break-up of the country. M23 seized the provincial capital, Goma, at the end of January before pushing south in an escalation of violence in the eastern region, which has already endured decades of clashes. Bankole Adeoye, AU’s Peace and Security Commissioner, in a statement issued on Sunday,...

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Nigeria Rejects Proposal To Restructure AU Peace, Security Unit

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria Rejects Proposal To Restructure AU Peace, Security Unit

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

The proposal to create a new department out of the existing Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union (AU) has been rejected by the Nigerian government. President Bola Tinubu, whose statement was delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, during the consideration and deliberation on the AU reforms report, rejected moves to restructure the AU Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security. Nigerian diplomat Ambassador Bankole Adeoye currently...

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Ebonyi: Governor Francis Nwifuru calls for action to end sit-at-home

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEbonyi: Governor Francis Nwifuru calls for action to end sit-at-home

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

The sit-at-home orders often declared by non-state actors in the South-East region on Mondays have been worrisome to Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru as he charged the new General Officer Commanding 82 Division to intensify efforts to end the order. This is contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Dr Monday Uzor, said the Governor made the call when the new General Officer Commanding 82 Division...

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