Lawmaker Pushes for Foreign Mercenaries as Fight Against Terror Groups Intensifies

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaLawmaker Pushes for Foreign Mercenaries as Fight Against Terror Groups Intensifies

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 8, 2024

A Nigerian lawmaker has reignited the debate on foreign intervention in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency and banditry by urging the federal government to consider hiring foreign mercenaries. This proposal comes amid ongoing frustration over the continued violence by the terror groups. The lawmaker representing the Chibok/Domboa/Gwoza federal constituency of Borno State, Ahmed Jaha, made the suggestion on Tuesday following the killing of one Onumegbu Ifeanyi, a civil servant in Abia, by a naval...

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Rivers Crisis: APC Asks Rivers Assembly To Impeach Fubara

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRivers Crisis: APC Asks Rivers Assembly To Impeach Fubara

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 8, 2024

As the political crisis rocking Rivers State deepens, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State has asked the State House of Assembly to resume impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The pro-Wike 27 lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Rt. Hon. Martin Amaehwule, were issued the marching orders on Tuesday by the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC in the State, Chief Tony Okocha. Okocha, while briefing journalists in Port...

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Nigerian Woman To Become First African To Ride Motorbike From Kenya To Nigeria

NewsNigeriaNigerian Woman To Become First African To Ride Motorbike From Kenya To Nigeria

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 8, 2024

Ebaide Joy, a Nigerian lady is soon to become the first person to ride on a motorbike from Mombasa, Kenya to Lagos, Nigeria. Ebaide began the journey on March 10, 2024, and she is expected to arrive Lagos by the end of May. The trip will take her through African countries like Kenya: East Africa, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Cameroon and finally Nigeria. The Edo State-born music artiste...

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Senators On Dramatic Posturing Over Seating Arrangements In Renovated Chamber

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenators On Dramatic Posturing Over Seating Arrangements In Renovated Chamber

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 8, 2024

Despite efforts by the leadership of the upper chamber of the National Assembly to douse the tension over the seating arrangements in the Senate, the drama has continued. The Senators who bickered over the same issue last week, faulted the new structure as the Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, described the renovated chamber as a conference room. It will be recalled that complaints last week led to a rowdy session which lasted for about 15...

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Nigerian Govt Dispels Rumours On Setting Up Foreign Military Bases

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigerian Govt Dispels Rumours On Setting Up Foreign Military Bases

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2024

The Federal Government of Nigeria has debunked rumors that the country is discussing with foreign countries the establishment of foreign military bases in some parts of the country. Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation in a statement made it categorically that the government has had no such discussions or proposals and urged the public to disregard the rumors, describing the claims as false. Idris said the government’s statement aims to dispel misinformation and assure...

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Health Facilities in Bauchi Admits 4,384 Children With Severe Malnutrition

HealthNewsNigeriaHealth Facilities in Bauchi Admits 4,384 Children With Severe Malnutrition

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2024

Health facilities in Bauchi State have admitted 4,384 children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) for treatment across 14 Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition Centers in the first quarter of 2024. The State Nutrition Officer, Abubakar Saleh confirmed the development while giving an overview of the nutrition situation in Bauchi State at a two-day State Committee on Food and Nutrition meeting held in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Saleh explained that out of the figure, only...

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Measles Outbreak: Adamawa State Govt Shutdown Schools For One Week

HealthNewsNigeriaMeasles Outbreak: Adamawa State Govt Shutdown Schools For One Week

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2024

Following reported cases of measles outbreak in Mubi North, Gombi, and Yola South LGAs of Adamawa State which claimed 42 lives, the state government has ordered the closure of all schools for one week. According to a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Aisha Umar, the closure which affects both public and private schools is aimed at enabling the State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA) to vaccinate...

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Fuel Scarcity: Civil Servants Calls For Unmask Of Cabals Behind The Problem

BusinessNewsNigeriaFuel Scarcity: Civil Servants Calls For Unmask Of Cabals Behind The Problem

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2024

Due to unending fuel scarcity across the country, the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has called on the Federal Government to unmask alleged cabals behind the act. Dr. Tommy Okon, President of the Association who spoke during the association’s National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Lagos, lamented that the long queues at filling stations are holding the economy down and compounding the suffering, hardship, and difficulties confronting Nigerians, especially workers. He reiterated...

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Ekiti Court Sentences 3 to Death for Armed Robbery

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEkiti Court Sentences 3 to Death for Armed Robbery

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 7, 2024

In a verdict delivered on Monday, 6 May 2024, an Ekiti State High Court sentenced three men to death by hanging for armed robbery. The convicts, identified as Oyebanji Sola, 31; Jimoh Azeez, 31; and Ogunlade Babatunde, 28, were found guilty of robbing occupants of a private student hostel located along Federal Polytechnic Road, Ado Ekiti, on 3 October 2018. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, who presided over the case, stated that the prosecution successfully proved the...

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FG Denies Plans of Foreign Military Base Move After Concerns Raised By Northern Leaders 

National SecurityNewsNigeriaFG Denies Plans of Foreign Military Base Move After Concerns Raised By Northern Leaders 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 7, 2024

The Nigerian government has refuted claims circulating about the potential relocation of a foreign military base to Nigerian soil. This comes after an open letter by Prof. Attahiru Jega, an ex-chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and other prominent northerners, on 4th May 2024, raised concerns about secret plans to relocate foreign troops to the country. “It is important to clearly state that there are only dangers and no gains from such military...

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