PANDEF Mourns Passing Of South South Leader, Edwin Clark

NewsNigeriaPANDEF Mourns Passing Of South South Leader, Edwin Clark

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 18, 2025

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has mourned the passing of the leader of PANDEF and chairman of South and Middle Belt Leaders, Chief Edwin Clark at the age of 97 years. A press statement by the organisation, signed by National Publicity Secretary/Spokesman, Olorogun (Sir) Obiuwevbi Ominimini, stated that a mighty iroko tree has fallen. The press statement reads, “With heavy hearts and shock, Prof College Clark of the Clark-Fuludu-Bakederemo family of Kiagbodo, Burutu LGA...

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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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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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Enugu Security Trust Fund Raises Over N3b at the Fundraising Dinner

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Security Trust Fund Raises Over N3b at the Fundraising Dinner

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

Over three billion naira has been raised for the Enugu State Security Trust Fund at the fundraising dinner organized by the Board of Trustees of the Security Trust Fund at the Old Government Lodge in Enugu. An official statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to the Enugu State Governor on Media, Mr. Dan Nwomeh reveals that more than N3billion Naira was realized at the dinner from individuals and corporate bodies. Recounting his administration’s interventions...

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Tony Oneweek Bemoans ‘paltry’ Constituency Project Allocation to Idemili North LGA

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTony Oneweek Bemoans ‘paltry’ Constituency Project Allocation to Idemili North LGA

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)February 17, 2025

Gyration music maestro and former member of Anambra State House of Assembly who represented Idemili North Constituency, Hon. Tony Oneweek Muonagor, has expressed disappointment over the federal government’s allocation of 18 projects totaling N724 million Naira to Idemili North LGA as constituency projects. Hon. Mounagor who was a former Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano, reacting to the story by the West African Pilot News, on the planned Town Hall by Active Citizens Movement demanding...

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Muslim Group Calls for Probe Into USAID’s Alleged Boko Haram Funding

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMuslim Group Calls for Probe Into USAID’s Alleged Boko Haram Funding

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 17, 2025

The Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) has called on the National Assembly to investigate allegations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) may have funded Boko Haram, the terrorist group responsible for thousands of deaths across Nigeria. The allegations stem from claims made by U.S. Congressman Scott Perry during a congressional hearing, where he suggested that USAID had financially supported Boko Haram and other extremist groups. Perry, a Republican representative from Pennsylvania, accused...

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