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<strong>IGP Deploys Armed Officers As Abuja-Kaduna Train Service Restarts Monday</strong>

5Dec

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IGP Deploys Armed Officers As Abuja-Kaduna Train Service Restarts Monday

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba has directed the deployment of armed operatives to secure the Abuja-Kaduna train services. This was contained in a statement issued by the force spokesperson, Oluwuyiwa Adejobi, on Sunday. Adejobi said the personnel would be drawn from the police mobile force, K-9force intelligence bureau, explosive ordinance unit, and railway police command. The Abuja-Kaduna train service is scheduled to resume on Monday, December 5. The statement added that the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has kept regular contact with the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, and other security agencies in preparation for the commencement of operations. The statement read, “The deployment covers major railway stations along the route and operational coaches...

<strong>13% Derivation: Why I Owe Nobody Apology For Praising Buhari -Wike</strong>

4Dec

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News, Nigeria

13% Derivation: Why I Owe Nobody Apology For Praising Buhari -Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that he does not need to apologise to anyone for commending President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the payment of funds owed to Niger Delta State since 1999. Wike stated this during the 2022 Rivers State honours and awards ceremony, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Saturday. Recall that Wike had on November 18, disclosed that the Buhari administration paid his state and other Niger Delta States funds owed them from the 13 percent derivation fund. The Rivers State governor said the money received from the Federal Government has immensely helped his infrastructural development quests in the state. The governor’s revelation elicited different reactions as Nigerians asked other State governors to account for the fund received....

<strong>You Have Failed To Secure Nigerians, Govs Reply FG</strong>

4Dec

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News, Nigeria, Security

You Have Failed To Secure Nigerians, Govs Reply FG

The governors across the federation under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, have accused the Federal Government of failing in its constitutional mandate to secure citizens which has negatively affected economic activities. The governors said that the spike in poverty level among the citizens was a consequence of the rising insecurity on commercial and agricultural activities. According to them, the failure of the government at the centre to clamp down on non-state actors had permitted “bandits, insurgents, and kidnappers to turn the country into a killing field”. This was contained in a statement issued by the NGF Director of Media and Public Affairs, AbdulRazaque Bello-Barkindo. The statement followed the accusation by the Minister of State for Budget and Na...

<strong>Labour Party Voids Okupe’s Suspension</strong>

3Dec

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News, Nigeria

Labour Party Voids Okupe’s Suspension

The leadership of the Labour Party, LP, has rubbished the expulsion of Doyin Okupe, the director-general of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, over alleged non-financial membership status, political rascality and misappropriation of funds. The party described the expulsion as unconstitutional and maintained that he remains a bona fide member. Okupe who recently decamped to the LP has been embroiled in a tussle with some stalwarts of the party, many of whom allege that he has a penchant for intolerance and financial impropriety. However, the national secretary of the party, Alhaji Farouq Umar, in an interaction with newsmen in Abuja maintained that the party is united ahead of the 2023 general elections. He said that the party had an internal conflict resolutio...

<strong>Aisha Buhari Withdraws Case Against Twitter Critic, Aminu</strong>

3Dec

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Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Aisha Buhari Withdraws Case Against Twitter Critic, Aminu

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari has withdrawn the case against Aminu Adamu, a 500-level student of the Federal University, Dutse. The 24-year-old student was arrested by the police in Dutse for allegedly posting a defamatory tweet on his Twitter handle against the First Lady. Adamu, a student of Environmental Management, was alleged to have posted a plump picture of Aisha Buhari with a caption in Hausa, translated to mean, “Mama is feeding fat on poor people’s money.” He tweeted on June 8, 2022. He was arraigned on Tuesday before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, after almost two weeks in detention and alleged manhandling. Adamu pleaded not guilty and was remanded at Suleja, Niger State correctional facility. See Also: Tweep Remanded I...

<strong>Ogun Police Arrest Two Brothers For Car Theft</strong>

2Dec

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Crime, News, Nigeria

Ogun Police Arrest Two Brothers For Car Theft

The Nigeria Police, Ogun State command has nabbed two brothers for stealing a Toyota Camry in Lagos State. Officers of the force nabbed the suspects on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway while attempting to escape with the stolen car to Imo State. This was contained in a statement issued by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer in the state on Thursday. Oyeyemi said that the suspects who were workers at a car wash, stole the car from a customer who took his car to them for washing. He said, “Police in Ogun State on the 30th of November 2022 arrested two brothers, Emanuel Nwachukwu 28 years. and Sunday Nwachukwu 24 years, for stealing a Toyota Camry with registration number JJJ 661 GJ while on their way taking the said vehicle to Imo state. See Also: Polic...

2Dec

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Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Sentences YPP Guber Candidate To 42 Years Jail Term For Fraud

Bassey Albert, the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, has been sentenced to 42 years in prison by an Akwa Ibom federal high court for fraud. Albert was arraigned in 2019 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a six-count charge of allegedly taking possession of six vehicles valued at N204 million when he was Akwa Ibom State finance commissioner. He reportedly obtained one of the cars from Jide Omokore, an associate of Diezani Alison Madueke, former minister of petroleum. See Also: Tweep Remanded In Prison For Criticizing Aisha Buhari It was gathered that Omokore had dealings with the oil-rich state when he gave Bassey the vehicle. The presiding judge, Agatha Okeke, while delivering judgment on Thursday found the accused gui...

<strong>How State Governors Contribute To Increased Poverty Rate – FG</strong>

1Dec

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Finance, News, Nigeria

How State Governors Contribute To Increased Poverty Rate – FG

The Federal Government has accused state governors of being responsible for the increased poverty in Nigeria. The Minister of State for budget and national planning, Clem Agba, blamed the state governors for prioritizing flyovers and airports to improving the living conditions in rural areas. Agba stated this while interacting with state house correspondents after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the minister, about 72 percent of the country’s poor citizens reside in the rural areas which have been overlooked by the governors. He said the governors focus more on state capitals rather than constructing roads that will help farmers to transport their farm produce from rural areas to urban areas. The min...

Tweep Remanded In Prison For Criticizing Aisha Buhari

1Dec

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Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Tweep Remanded In Prison For Criticizing Aisha Buhari

A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court on Tuesday remanded a 500-level student of the Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Muhammad, in a custodial centre for allegedly criticing the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari. The 24-year-old was accused of tweeting against the first lady of Nigeria. The charge against Aminu read, “That you, Aminu Adamu, of Anguwar Sarakuna, Bauchi, Bauchi State, sometime between May and June 2022 within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did intentionally open a Twitter handle with the name @aminullahie Catalyst and screenshot the image of Her Excellency, Hajia Aisha Buhari, and wrote on it in Hausa language ‘Su mama anchi kudi talakawa ankoshi’ roughly translated to English language to mean ‘Mama has embezzled monies meant for the poor to s...

<strong>World Cup: CAF Congratulates Senegal For Qualifying For Next Round</strong>

30Nov

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News, Senegal, Sports, World Cup

World Cup: CAF Congratulates Senegal For Qualifying For Next Round

The Confederation of Africa Football, CAF, has congratulated the Senegal national football team for qualifying for the round of 16 in the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Recall that the Aliou Cisse’s team beat Ecuador 2-1 at the Khalifa International Stadium to clinch the second position in Group B, behind Netherlands. Watford striker, Ismaila Sarr converted a penalty to put Senegal in front in the first half. Ecuador equalized through Moises Caicedo midway through the second half, scoring from a close range. See Also: Oliseh Hints On Which Country His Son Will Represent However, Senegal restored their lead through Chelsea defender, Kalidou Koulibaly, who scored 12 minutes before normal time. Reacting, CAF in a tweet on its Twitter handle lauded Senegal for the feat. ...