Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari met behind closed door with security chiefs on Thursday several bandits were neutralised as notorious terror kingpin, Bello Turji, narrowly escaped. The president had on Thursday, during the National Security Council meeting in Abuja, in the course of the week, commended security agencies on recent feats achieved in taming issues of banditry and kidnapping in the country. The president, who presided over the meeting, however, charged the security agencies to consolidate on the gains so far achieved on or before December. Buhari had earlier given a marching order to the security chiefs to…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Sunday frowned at the visit by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Olajide Adediran, to traffic law breakers. The state government on Thursday auctioned 134 vehicles impounded for several traffic offences on the ground that their owners ran away and failed to turn up for “court process’’. The exercise generated a lot of reactions, especially on the social media after viral videos showed wailing vehicle owners who considered the auction as a harsh move. The PDP 2023 governorship candidate and his running mate, Ms Funke Akindele, subsequently…
No fewer than 10 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the IDP camp in Uhogua, near Benin, have graduated from various tertiary institutions across the country. The Coordinator of the camp, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, disclosed this on Sunday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Folorunsho explained that the figure represents eight of the IDPs who have completed their courses of studies and graduated earlier and two who recently graduated from the Edo University, Uzairue. According to him, so far 10 of our IDPs have graduated from various tertiary institutions since the inception of the camp…
Plateau United Football Club of Jos beat AS Stade Mandji of Gabon 1-0 in Abuja on Sunday in the second leg match of their first preliminary round fixture in the 2022/2023 CAF Champions League. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that victory meant they advanced to the second preliminary round, after a 3-2 aggregate victory. Both sides had played out a 2-2 draw in the first leg match of their fixture at the Stade Franceville on Sept. 10. The second leg match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium saw Chappy Katoh scoring the only goal for Plateau United…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, says he will dedicate the annual seven days seclusion marking the beginning of Olojo festival to end the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has paralysed academic activities in the nation’s universities. Ooni, who appeared in his usual white traditional attire lace with colorful ancient beads, made this known to newsmen on his way out of the Ile Oodua Palace of Ife on Sunday. Olojo festival connotes a strong indication of God’s creation and the day of the first dawn on earth. It is celebrated annually…
The N1.5 trillion recently recovered from oil and gas companies operating in Nigeria is part of the mess left by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which President Muhammadu Buhari has been clearing in all sectors of the economy. Making this assertion, the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, that the amount was part of tax and fees identified by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (NEITI) in a 2019 report on a N2.6trillion debt owed by 77 companies. “The revelation by the NEITI Executive Secretary, Dr Ogbonnaya Orji…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged the second batch of trainees of the State Community Volunteer Guards to be ready to protect communities of the state from external invaders. The Governor gave the charge Sunday, September 18th, 2022 when he visited the training camp of the Volunteer Guards trainees at the military shooting range, near Ikpayongo, Gwer East Local Government Area. Governor Ortom who was accompanied by the Senator representing Benue North-East Senatorial District, Senator Gabriel Suswam and other top government officials participated in the shooting training. Addressing the trainees who were in high spirits, Governor Ortom commended them…
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been appointed as the National Youth Co-ordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council. The appointment was conveyed in a letter addressed to Bello, signed by the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, in the letter dated Aug. 8, stressed that Bello who was an aspirant in the party’s presidential primaries held in June, deserved the appointment owing to his impressive political achievements and the exemplary leadership he had demonstrated as governor of his state and as a party member. The former governor of Lagos state added that he…
Plateau United Football Club of Jos beat ASO Stade Mandji of Gabon 1-0 in Abuja on Sunday in the second leg match of their first preliminary round fixture in the 2022/2023 CAF Champions League. They have now advanced to the second preliminary round, after a 3-2 aggregate victory. More details later.(NAN)
Tribal emotions are running high. The autopilot of tribal affiliations is throttling ahead of the volatile 2023 elections across Nigeria. Yoruba and Ndigbo are running to their tribal tents in a show of solidarity that is daily confounding the national myth that diversity unites us. Oh no. Not in this election. There seems to be tribal genuflections among the chattering classes that are daily gaslighting any semblance of detribalised impulses. Our tongues are truly different in the preparations for the coming election. We know the road to our villages- our clan, heritage, family, and genetic bloodline. We are now watching…