Breaking: Body Of Late COAS Lagbaja Set For Burial In Abuja  

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBreaking: Body Of Late COAS Lagbaja Set For Burial In Abuja  

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 14, 2024

The remains of late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja set for burial tomorrow Friday at the national military cemetery Abuja has arrived Abuja. The Nigerian Airforce plane NAF 918 carrying the body of the late COAS left the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos around 11 am and landed at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja around 12:15 pm. A guard of honor was accorded to the body of...

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ECOWAS Court Dismisses SERAP’s N50M Suit over Kaduna train attack

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWest AfricaECOWAS Court Dismisses SERAP’s N50M Suit over Kaduna train attack

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 14, 2024

The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Thursday dismissed a suit brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, seeking N50 million in compensation for each victim of the Abuja–Kaduna train attack, which occurred in March 2022. Recall that on 28 March 2022, terrorists bombed a section of the Abuja–Kaduna rail line near Rigasa, Kaduna. The explosion targeted a passenger train carrying over 970 people, resulting in 10 fatalities, injuries, and abductions. More than 150...

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FG Secures $134m AfDB Loan to Boost Food Production Nationwide

BusinessNewsNigeriaFG Secures $134m AfDB Loan to Boost Food Production Nationwide

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 14, 2024

The Federal Government of Nigeria has secured a $134 million loan from the African Development Bank, AfDB, to enhance seed and grain production, according to a press release from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, disclosed this during the launch of the 2024/2025 National Dry Season Farming initiative in Calabar. The event was attended by the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Peter...

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Tinubu Regime Vows to Stop Lukarawa Terrorists from Kebbi, Sokoto States

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTinubu Regime Vows to Stop Lukarawa Terrorists from Kebbi, Sokoto States

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 14, 2024

The National Security Adviser, NSA, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has pledged a determined response against the newly emerged Lukarawa terrorist group in Nigeria’s northwestern region. Speaking at the 2024 Comptroller-General of Customs Conference in Abuja, Ribadu underscored the commitment of the Tinubu administration to eliminate threats posed by the group, which recently established itself along the fringes of Kebbi and Sokoto states. Ribadu revealed that Lukarawa terrorists, who reportedly crossed into Nigeria through Niger’s borders following...

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Ondo Poll: LP Candidate Commends Court’s Judgement Sacking Ebiseni 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOndo Poll: LP Candidate Commends Court’s Judgement Sacking Ebiseni 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 14, 2024

Dame Olabisi Adu Okunniyi, the Deputy Governorship Candidate of Labour Party in the Governorship Elections of Ondo State holding on Saturday November 16th, has commeded the judgement of the Appeal Court in Abuja presided over by Justice H A Barka, which today upturned the previous ruling of the federal high court and sacked Olusola Ebiseni as the Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party in a judgement read by Justice A I Banjoko, a member of...

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PDP Chieftain Faults Makinde Over Comment On Atiku

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Chieftain Faults Makinde Over Comment On Atiku

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 13, 2024

… Says Age Isn’t Limiting Factor A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and an associate of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Dimeji Fabiyi has faulted Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the comment that age should be a limiting factor in considering a presidential candidate in 2027. He described the remarks by Makinde on the qualifying criteria for presidential candidates as portraying the Oyo State Governor as a poor student of history. Fabiyi, a leader...

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CBN Reports 39.77% Rise in 2024 Nigeria’s Foreign Debt Payments

BusinessEconomyNewsNigeriaCBN Reports 39.77% Rise in 2024 Nigeria’s Foreign Debt Payments

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 13, 2024

…State Debt Soars to N11.47 Trillion, Fuelled by Currency Devaluation The Federal Government of Nigeria spent $3.58 billion on foreign debt servicing from January to September 2024, reflecting a 39.77 per cent increase from the $2.56 billion spent in the same period in 2023, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The CBN’s report on international payment statistics indicates that the highest monthly debt servicing expenditure in 2024 was recorded in May,...

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Governor Zulum Launches Summit to Reform Almajiri Education

EducationNewsNigeriaGovernor Zulum Launches Summit to Reform Almajiri Education

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 13, 2024

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has launched a summit to reform the Almajiri education system, a traditional Islamic form of learning prevalent in northern Nigeria. The summit, held at the Musa Usman Secretariat’s conference hall, brought together education stakeholders, religious leaders, and community advocates to discuss strategies for integrating the Almajiri system with formal education. In his address, Governor Zulum highlighted the importance of addressing insecurity by ensuring educational opportunities for all Borno residents. He...

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Abortion: NHRC Urges Borno Govt To Probe Medecins Sans Frontieres

HealthNewsNigeriaAbortion: NHRC Urges Borno Govt To Probe Medecins Sans Frontieres

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 13, 2024

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday called for an evaluation of Medecins Sans Frontieres’ activities and programmes in Borno state. The commission while presenting a report to Borno state absolved the Nigerian military of complicity in the reported termination of about 10,000 pregnancies in the North East. Recall that on December 7, 2022, Reuters published a report alleging that since 2013, the Nigerian military conducted a secret, systematic, and illegal abortion programme in...

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Court Arraigns Three Abia State Govt Workers For Alleged Pension Fraud

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCourt Arraigns Three Abia State Govt Workers For Alleged Pension Fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 13, 2024

Three civil servants with Abia State Government were arraigned before the Federal High Court Umuahia for alleged stealing of pension funds in the state. The suspects were arraigned on six-count charge through a charge sheet dated October 11, 2024, was signed by C. N. Iheji, Senior State Counsel for the Attorney General of Abia State and marked FHC/UM/CR/199/24 between Abia State government and Onyekachi Success Nwabueze, Miriam Azubuike, Victor Chisom Samuel and others. The case...

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