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Gunmen launched an attack on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) during the parties' rallies in different locations of Anambra State. According to reports, the gunmen also left several other persons injured and set ablaze a car belonging to a leader of Professor Chukwuma Soludo group. Soludo is a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). While the attack on the APC members took place during the party’s rally at Uruagu, Nnewi, the attack on the leader of one of Soludo Support Groups, Nnelsonn Omenugha took place at Nnobi in the Idemili South local government area of the state.

The Senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial district, Danjuma La’ah, has revealed reasons he shed tears on different occasions on the floor of Upper Chambers while presenting motions on banditry attacks in his constituency. The Federal lawmaker stated that some of his senatorial colleagues thought that banditry activities in Southern Kaduna seemed like a Southern Kaduna issue alone. He said, “I have wept times without number, but I knew time shall come and time has come because while I was weeping in the chamber when presenting motions on banditry in Southern Kaduna, I said that one day somehow, that these things will affect every one of us. “Because we were thinking that it was just meant for Southern Kaduna, but tell me which state in this country has not been affected by bandits? “Bandits don’t have friends, they don’t know tribes; they don’t know religion. Whoever, you are and they found you, it’s about money.” The lawmaker said after he presented a motion on insec...

 Chinese Estates Holdings (0127.HK), the second-biggest shareholder of embattled developer China Evergrande (3333.HK), said on Thursday it has sold $32 million worth of its Evergrande stake and plans to exit the holding completely. "The directors are cautious and concerned about the recent development of China Evergrande Group including certain disclosure made by China Evergrande Group on its liquidity," Chinese Estates said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. With $305 billion in liabilities, Evergrande is struggling to meet its debt obligations and investors worry that the rot could spread to creditors including banks in China and abroad. Shares of Chinese Estates jumped as much as 15.1% in early trading to HK$2.51, notching the biggest daily percentage gain since June 2020. China Evergrande stock soared as much as 32% in the biggest daily percentage rise since listing in November 2009, after its unit said on Wednesday it had "resolved" a coup...

Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari has spoken against the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by states, saying the North contributes to the economic development of Lagos and Rivers. Speaking exclusively with Daily Trust , Mr Masari described the agitation over tax collection as a joke. “What is Lagos without the rest of Nigeria? The market Lagos is boasting of is dependent on the larger part of the country. Benin Republic has a port, Togo has a port; do they have the population to back up the ports? Without us providing the demand part, what will be Lagos?” Mr Masari said. “VAT serves them and us. We provide the bulk of the market because without the rest of the states what is Lagos or Port Harcourt?” Mr Masari said. According to him, “Any state that thinks it can survive in isolation is joking. We provide the demand that makes Lagos what it is.” Mr Masari did not speak on how northern states benefit from alcohol taxes generated from southern states while Sharia-bac...

Femi Fani-Kayode had said his maternal great-grandmoth er was a pure Fulani woman precisely from Sokoto state. Going deeper into his family genealogy, Fani-Kayode disclosed: His father, that is my maternal great-grandfath er, was a pure Yoruba man from Ilesha. However, his mother, that is my maternal great-grandmoth er, was a pure Fulani woman from Sokoto. “My grandfather, Sheik Nurudeen Sa’ I’d, who was half Fulani and half Yoruba, got married to my grandmother, Alhaja Abeke Sa’ id (nee Williams), who was a pure Yoruba woman. She was also known as ”Mama Ofin”. She was from Lagos (Isale Eko) and she was the daughter of Alhaji Isa Williams who was a key leader in the Muslim community and the richest businessman and trader in the whole of Lagos in his day.”

Embattled Super Cop, Abba Kyari may not be extradited as it could not be established that he committed a crime on US soil. This is according to a report by a panel setup by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali to look into an indictment on Kyari by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI over his ties to disgraced fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abass, a.k.a Hushpuppi. Kyari entered hot water after the indictment was made public. He was indicted by a US court for being a conspirator in a $1.1 million fraud setup by Hushpuppi against a Qatari businessman. In response to the development, the IGP setup a special panel to investigate Kyari. The panel was headed by DIG Joseph Egbunike. The Panel in a report submitted in August, established that there was communication between Kyari and Hushpuppi as well as infractions on the part of the former IRT boss. According to DailyTrust, the panel didn’t recommend the extradition of Kyari as it couldn’t be established that the de...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised an alarm over the silence of South-East, South-South governors and religious leaders from the zone since the abduction and detention of their leader Nnamdi Kanu. Nnamdi Kanu was reported to have been arrested in Kenya and handed over to the Nigerian government a few months ago after being detained for about eight days by Kenya police. IPOB in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki on Friday, said the attitude of the leaders of the Biafrans has remained a huge disappointment to Biafra land. He then urged the religious leaders and governors from the South to openly condemn the illegal detention of their leader. According to the statement, “We the global family of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu find loathsome and distasteful, the complacent attitude of South-East and South-South Governors and religious le...

The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said governors are afraid of signing death warrants of convicts because they would not want to order the execution and later find out that the person did not deserve to die. Governors in the country have been criticised for being reluctant to signing death warrants of convicts that have exhausted their legal options, a move that has been identified as contributing to the congestion in correctional facilities across the country. But responding to a question in an interview with Trust TV, Governor Ganduje said they were wary of quickly signing the death warrants because the judicial process is “suspicious.” He recalled an incident involving a former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, saying, “At one time he signed the warrant and somebody was executed judiciously. Later on, it was discovered that he was not supposed to have been executed. The judgement was faulty.” He added that following that incident, governors b...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan was today conferred with the title of Aare Akerewolu of Iyin-Ekiti by the paramount ruler of Iyin-Ekiti, Oba Adebola Adeniyi Ajakaiye. The conferment ceremony which was well attended by Federal and state lawmakers was part of the activities to commemorate the first coronation anniversary of the Oluyin of Iyin. Lawan said that the Kabiyesi has demonstrated unity by honouring an Ahmed from Yobe State. The visibly elated Senate President thanked the Oluyin of Iyin, his cabinet and the entire people of Iyin Kingdom for finding him worthy of the title of Aare Akorewolu of Iyin Kingdom. "I believe that what Kabiyesi did is to recognise someone from Yobe State. An Ahmed from Yobe who is coming to Iyin for the first time but has been with Iyin in his life, in his dreams, in his mind, since I met my friend, my brother, my colleague, Distinguished Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, your son. "On behalf of myself, my family and peo...

2023 Presidency: PDP may lose again if northern candidate emerges, says Okupe A former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has warned the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party against presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 presidential election to avoid another major defeat. The PDP chieftain stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Saturday. Okupe argued that the zoning arrangement in the PDP ended with the 2019 presidential election but that some people within the party are insisting on presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 poll. He said major politicians were defecting from the party because of the issue of a northern presidential candidate. He expressed the fears that the party could collapse before 2023 if the gale of defections continues. Okupe said, “The gale of defections in the Peoples Democratic Party has nothing to do with any form of crisis. It is just part of happenings when a general election is approaching “Those who have...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has suspended one of its state’s caretaker chairmen over a congratulatory letter to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. The Gombe State interim chairman of the association, Sunday Congo, had congratulated the minister following his promotion to the rank of Professor of Cyber Security by the Governing Council of Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) at its meeting held in August. Attaining the rank in Nigeria is expected to come with years of teaching and research in the university. His new academic status has generated criticisms from different quarters questioning whether he earned the rank the way many did in the country.

Southern Governor's Forum Meeting Attendance List In Enugu, The Home Base (Zone) That Believed It Is Fair To Have The Presidency in 2023. Look At The Attendance SOUTH EAST Anambra - Absent Ebonyi -Dep. Governor Imo - Dep. Governor Abia. - Dep. Governor Enugu - Governor (Host). SOUTH SOUTH Rivers - Governor Bayelsa - Governor Akwaibom - Governor Delta - Governor Edo - Dep. Governor C/R - Dep. Governor SOUTH WEST Lagos - Governor Ogun. - Governor Osun. - Governor Ondo - Governor Ekiti - Dep. Governor Oyo - Dep. Governor Only The Host Attended. 

A fake soldier fully kitted in military camouflage has been arrested by the operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command after he came into the state from Plateau State, the command announced on Friday, September 17, WonderTV Media reports. The fake soldier, whose name was given as Timothy Emmanuel, aged 28 years and said to be from Bakin Chiyawa village, Quanpan Local Government Area of Plateau State, was arrested along B.A.D Road, Lafia, Nasarawa State, following an intelligence report. He was arrested while wearing military camouflage and in possession of an AK-47 rifle with two magazines and driving a black Toyota Corolla vehicle, all of them said to have been stolen by him. It was gathered that preliminary investigation revealed that the man was never enlisted into the Nigerian Army but got the uniform from his uncle who is a military personnel serving in Borno State. After collecting the uniform in Borno, he thereafter moved to Jos, Plateau State, under the guise o...

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for New York, United States of America, to participate in the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76). The session opened on Tuesday, September 14. The theme for this year’s UNGA is, “Building Resilience Through Hope – To Recover from COVID-19, Rebuild Sustainably, Respond to the Needs of the Planet, Respect the Rights of People and Revitalize the United Nations.” President Buhari will address the Assembly during the General Debates on Friday, September 24 when he will speak on the theme of the conference and other global issues. In the course of the Assembly, the Nigerian leader and members of the delegation will partake in other significant meetings such as; The High Level Meeting to Commemorate The Twentieth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action on the theme “Reparations, Racial Justice and Equality for People of African Descent.” The delegation will also part...

Major CL Datong, who was abducted when bandits broke into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna, last month, has regained freedom. Two senior officers were gunned down in the incident which happened on August 24, 2021. On Friday night, Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Colonel Ezindu Idimah, said Datong was rescued by troops. He said the operations leading to his rescue led to the destruction of several identified bandits’ camps in Afaka- Birnin Gwari areas of the state. He said scores of bandits were killed during the operation, particularly, in the late hours of September 17, 2021. He said the Division in conjunction with the Air Task Force, Department of State Services and other security agencies, immediately swung into action by conducting operations in the Afaka general area to find and rescue the officer after a directed by the Chief of Army Staff. “The troops arrived at a camp suspected to be the location where Maj CL Datong was ...

Wike vowed not to support Jonathan if he defects to APC to contest in the 2023 presidential election. Speaking with BBC Pidgin, the governor, however, pledged to support Jonathan if he runs for the presidency on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He said: “When you said pick ticket, from which party? Is it APC or PDP?. “To pick ticket means you’re representing the interest of a party. I’m in PDP and I will not be involved in anti-party activities. If he is APC, I won’t support him because I’m not into that kind of politics. “It is not about ethnicity for me, but about the party. If he joins APC I can’t support him.” There are rumours of Jonathan planning to defect to the APC ahead of 2023.

Bawa The anti-graft agency boss said issue of terrorism financing is of national security concern that cannot be divulged in public. Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, said he cannot publicly mention those financing Boko Haram and other terrorism acts in Nigeria. Earlier in the week, authorities of the United Arab Emirates listed six Nigerians among those funding terrorism. Asked about those funding terrorism in Nigeria on Channels TV, Mr Bawa said he cannot discuss a sensitive national security issue on national television. “If you are my adviser will you advise me to come on national television to tell the whole world regarding matters of sensitive national security issue?,” Mr Bawa asked. “Certainly, not. But what I want to assure you we are working tirelessly with other sister agencies to ensure that this country is free of terrorism.” The Nigerian government had promised to publish names of those financing te...

The Nigerian Army (NA) has expressed its readiness for effective collaboration with her Indian counterpart on capacity development. The bilateral collaboration would be in the areas of military training, health, technology among others. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya made this known when he received in audience, a delegation from Defence Scoping of India at Army Headquarters, today Thursday 16, 2021. Lieutenant General Yahaya noted that India has enormous potentials that the NA could explore in support of its training and operations. He further stated that Nigeria and India have historical ties that are mutually beneficial. While commending the delegation for the visit, he reiterated that the collaboration would facilitate information sharing and exchange of experiences in military development. He noted that the NA could further develop the capacity of its medical personnel and enhance technological capacity in aid of military operations. Th...

Troops of the Nigerian (NA) Army have been commended for the successes so far recorded in the fight against terrorism, insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities in the country. The Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume gave the commendation when he led members of the Senate Committee on Army on a working visit to the Chief of Army Staff ( COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya at the Army Headquarters, Abuja. Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume while expressing appreciation to the NA for the feat achieved in recent times against BHT/ISWAP insurgency, banditry and other criminalities said the NA under the current leadership has shown commitment and determination to end security challenges bedeviling the country. He added that the NA has recorded tremendous success in all its operations which according to him has led to total disarray of bandits in North West and North East Nigeria. He therefore urged the NA not to rest on their oars until t...

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said he had a dizzy spell while delivering his speech on Thursday. Bawa was speaking at an event organised by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when he collapsed. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, where doctors told him he was dehydrated. The EFCC boss revealed this while speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. “While giving my goodwill message during the programme organised by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), there was a sort of dizziness on me and I had to excuse myself from the stage. “And of course I went straight to the hospital where the doctors confirmed to me that everything about me is okay except for the fact that I’m a bit dehydrated and need to take a lot of water. “Straight away from the hospital, I went back to the office and now I’m back at home,” Bawa said.

Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) today Thursday 16 September 2021 intercepted 2 suspects with 370 rounds of ammunition. The ammunition was concealed in a Toyota Pathfinder car with registration number Plateau LGT 772 JN. Luck ran out of the suspect when the driver of the car attempted to maneuvre the military check point located at Werreng along road Barkin Ladi - Jos in Plateau state. Unfortunately for the suspects, their car hit the barricade at the check point which resulted in the death of one of the suspects. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects Sergeant Azi Jonathan, a 30-year old serving police traffic warden drove the vehicle and Mr Nengak Daniel, a 60 year old were intercepted by the troops during stop and search operation at a checkpoint. The body of the deceased suspect have been handed over to the Police Divisional Headquarters at Barkin Ladi while the other suspect is undergoing further interrogation. Other items recovered from the suspects...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Faruk Yahaya, says bandits, insurgents and kidnappers will be treated “in the language they understand.” He stated this yesterday at the closing ceremony of the chief of army staff combined second and third quarters conference in Abuja. The army chief’s comment came amid increasing attacks by gunmen across the country, leading to killings and abductions. Yahaya said the military remains committed to its duty of ensuring peace and security in the country. “I would like to seize this opportunity to advise those fuelling the crises being witnessed across the country to desist from their unpatriotic acts, as we remain committed to ensuring peace returns to every part of the country in no distant time,” 

The House of Representatives  member representing Tai/Eleme/ Oyigbo Federal Constituency of Rivers State, Promise Chisom Dike, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His defection was announced through a letter he addressed to the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, which was read during plenary on Thursday. His defection was announced through a letter he addressed to the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, which was read during plenary on Thursday. The lawmaker claimed in his letter that he defected from the PDP as a result of the crisis and division in the party in Rivers State. While describing Gbajabiamila’s leadership as accommodating, Dike said he is “Finally home”, adding that the APC was the right party for him.

Latest All People Congress, APC, chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode has stated categorically that the APC he heavily criticised in time past is not the same party he joined. Fani-Kayode, defending his defection to the ruling APC party on Channels TV, explained that the APC he joined is forward-thinkin g, and accommodating. He maintained that he joined the ruling party to promote the unity of the country. Fani-Kayode, when asked if switching side has any financial undertone, took exceptions and termed it “insulting”. “I find that very insulting whether it is coming from your or my critics, I am not the first person that would decamp to the APC, have you asked others this same question? When asked if his return to the APC was his last bus stop, Fani-Kayode stated that he could only speak for the moment and has no regret making the switch. “If you ask all politicians this question, you will get the same answer; nobody knows tomorrow. I have my values and I will continue to work towar...

Joel Igbokwe, who is also the Special Adviser on Drainage Services to Governor Sanwo-Olu, has berated the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the reception accorded Femi Fani-Kayode. Reacting in a post on his Facebook page, Joe Igbokwe, a former spokesperson of the APC in Lagos, stated that the APC is yet to invite him to meet with Buhari despite all his push for the ruling party. shocked He slammed the ruling party for giving a political “charlatan and prostitute” like Fani-Kayode a red carpet welcome. “Despite all my push for APC, Abuja has not given me a phone talk less of inviting me for coffee with the C-in-C. But here is a political charlatan and prostitute being given a red carpet in the seat of power, Abuja,” Joe Igbokwe wrote.

A delegation from kano state led by the state governor Abubakar Ganduje Visits Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London. In recent times, supporters of the former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, for the 2023 presidential project, have been silent following the long absence of their principal from Nigeria. The former governor has spent months in London as a result of ill health. As a result of this, the agitation for him to publicly declare interest for the 2023 presidential election seems to have lost its tempo. Tinubu, who is strongly believed to be nursing the ambition of succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, was last seen in public during the presentation of a book on the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, on April 8 this year.

President Muhammadu Buhari has received accolades on the infrastructural development in the South-East, particularly the second Niger Bridge, which has attained about 70% completion and slated for commissioning before the end of 2022. Oil tycoon, Prince Arthur Eze, gave the plaudits during a private visit to the President Tuesday night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The businessman urged Nigerians to always preach peace as against hate, and draw lessons from countries suffering the effect of war. He pledged loyalty and commitment to the unity, peace and indivisibility of Nigeria, urging President Buhari to stay focused and not be distracted by agitations for separatism rocking some parts of the country. “There are countless Igbos scattered around the nooks and crannies of Nigeria, who live happily in peace, and do their legitimate businesses without complaint of marginalization. No matter what, let’s tolerate one another and always embrace the spirit of peace, forgivenes...

Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) on Tuesday 14 September 2021 burst a drug syndicate and recovered 248 blocks of substance suspected to be cannabis estimated to be about 7.5 million naira. The substance was concealed in a Toyota Camry car with registration number Lagos, KJA 150 EG. The suspects Ex-Corporal Essien Friday, a 60 year old retired Army personnel and 50 year old Ibrahim Ali were arrested by the troops during stop and search operation along road Manchok – Jos in Kaura LGA of Kaduna state. The suspects claimed that they were contracted to convey the illicit substance to Yola, Adamawa State from Ondo State. Other items recovered from the suspects include 18 wraps of Indian hemp ready for smoking, 2 smartphones, 3 travelling bags, one lighter and 2 wallets containing Five Hundred and Seventy Naira (N570) only. The suspects and items recovered have been handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Plateau State Command for further investigation. The C...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned hotels in Nigeria to stop allowing internet fraudsters a.k.a. ‘Yahoo boys’ to congregate in their facilities. EFCC gave the warning on Tuesday on the heels on an operation by the Ibadan Zonal Command that led to the arrest of 56 suspected internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, Ogun state. In custody are Garfar Olamide Taiwo, Fadimaye Habeeb, Badmus Idris, Samuel Victor, Seun Fuad, Alli Isaac, Oyeleke Mubarak, Bolu Soetan, Koleosho Eniola, Saheed Abidemi, Olaewe Tosin, Ayedun Idowu, Oniyitan Ayomide, Akinlabi Precious, Gbadebo Sultan. Others include: Adeyemi Habeeb, Balogun Hassan, Sulaimon Ayub Damilare, Akinsola Usman, Ajibola Femi Sodiya, Ridwan Alani, Olusesi Lanre, Eniatimo Oludare, Taiwo Opeyemi, Akindele Kabiru Johnson Hammed, Idowu Gabriel, Adekanmi Adejumo, Peter Babatunde, The rest are: Okeowo Sunday, Abudu Habeeb, Sabair Rasaq, Ademuyiwa Basit, Toriola Opeyemi, Babayode Abiola, Agbaje Habeeb, Sorinola Oluwat...

Daniya Irmiya. President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said ongoing efforts to reduce poverty in the country continue to grow, with 1.6 million poor and vulnerable households, comprising more than 8 million individuals currently benefiting from the Conditional Cash Transfer program, while N300 billion has been disbursed to farmers. Speaking virtually at the opening ceremony of the 14th Annual Banking and Finance Conference of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, the President said the National Social Register of poor and vulnerable Nigerians had 32.6 million persons from 7 million poor and vulnerable households identified, imploring bankers to play a stronger role in improving livelihoods. “From this number, 1.6 million poor and vulnerable households, comprising more than 8 million individuals are currently benefiting from the Conditional Cash Transfer program, which pays a bi-monthly stipend of N10, 000 per household,’’ he said. President Buhari said the National...

The spokesperson of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Comrade Emma Powerful has warned that anyone seen enforcing non existent sit at home order will be treated like a traitor. We the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to reiterate once again, that we have no other sit-at-home order atfer 14th September. Any other purported sit-at-home including the suspended weekly sit-at-home on Mondays does not exist in the dairy of IPOB. In fact, after September 14, there is no other sit-at-home this week. Any contrary news or speculations to this effect should be ignored. Anybody trying to enforce any sit-at-home order using the name of IPOB is a saboturer, and does so at his peril. If we catch anybody disturbing the peace of Biafrans or residents in Biafra land under the guise of enforcing non-existent sit-at-home order, such a person regret his actions because he will receive the reward of traitors. IPOB is...

Armed bandits have overrun a Nigerian military base in Zamfara, Peoples Gazette has learnt, marking a major setback in the campaign to curb violent crimes across the state. The bandits struck a forward operating base in Mutumji, Dansadau, about 80 kilometres south of the capital Gusau, at about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, The Gazette learnt from military sources. Officials immediately confirmed 12 fatalities, comprising nine Nigerian Air Force officers, two police officers and one Nigerian Army soldier. It was not immediately clear the level of fire that the soldiers returned to prevent the base from being sacked. All slain personnel were evacuated to Yerima Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau and the three wounded have been receiving treatments at a brigade medical facility, officials said. The attackers also seized weapons from the killed service members and set ablaze other equipment in the facility. The number of security forces manning the base was not immediately clear. T...

Prominent Islamic cleric, Dr Ahmad Gumi has called on Fulani ethnic group to ensure they register and obtain voter cards ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country, so they can elect leaders who would provide good governance and protect their interest. The Islamic cleric said this while presenting animals and foodstuffs to the families of Fulani that were affected by insecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic, organized by a pastoral group under the aegis of Bilital Marroobe Pastoralists Association of Nigeria (BILMPAN) in Kaduna. Gumi who cautioned herdsmen, particularly those living in the forests against banditry and kidnapping, stated that their bloc votes is very important in the emergence of any credible leader in Kaduna as well as in the country. He said, “If we want our votes to matter and make a difference, we must work towards bloc voting in the next election. We should be ready to work as a team to succeed."

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has described the anti-open grazing laws enacted by various state governments, particularly in the South as empty. Miyetti Allah National Secretary Saleh Alhassan, who stated this in an interview with Sahara Reporters on Tuesday, said members of the association would not obey the laws. He said the group had instituted lawsuits within and outside the country against the southern governors, especially the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who recently signed the state’s anti-open grazing bill into law, accusing him of trying to destroy herders’ businesses and means of livelihood. “As far as we are concerned, the anti-grazing bill is a satanic bill. We have already initiated legal actions both locally and internationally  against Akeredolu and other governors trying to destroy our means of livelihood,” he said. “All the people promoting the law are in connivance with the devil. How do you disturb people from their normal business without p...

Irmiya Daniya Legendary Nigerian musician, Innocent ‘Tuface’ Idibia has reacted to allegations of infidelity leveled against him by his wife, Annie. Recall that the popular actress had taken to her Instagram account on Thursday night to drag her husband, “2baba” for defying their marital vows and spending a night with his ex-lover, Pero. Annie accused Tuface of always ganging up with his family members to do things that will bring public disgrace to her. She also noted that she deserves better from him having stood by him even when it was obvious his family never liked her or their relationship. The actress also called out Tuface’s brother, Hyacinth Idibia, for housing the singer, his kids and Pero under the same roof. Following the development, she received a lot of backlash from the Idibia family who also accused her and her mum of using ‘juju’ on their brother. They further revealed that their brother, Tuface was dying slowly inside. Also, the singer was also called out ...

No matter the kinetic approach deployed by Govt, even if they shutdown everything in addition to telecoms services; using bombs and guns is always a temporary solution. In fact, it may help escalate the situation beyond expectations as opposed to quenching it. We constantly failed to learn from history in Africa. The worst option from any country is to seek to confront insurgency within its borders with kinetic approach, when in actual facts, the issues keeps recurring due to lack of justice in addition to some politicians failure to lower their guards and deeply get involved in addressing the root causes of the problems bewildering the remote communities. Govt must make conscious effort to mainstream the local communities into the solution to the problem, integrate the local native authorities, connect their leaders to the chain of solutions to the problems. What happened to our masu anguwa? Dagatai, hakimai , masu jimilla? Sarakuna? Etc, what happened to their traditional...

"This morning God told me to tell Biafrans that they are praying a wrong prayer. God say I should tell every Biafran to start praying for gift of spiritual understanding, to identify your helper/help when it comes because spiritual controls the physical. WHERE DID I SEE GOD? Answer: You need another prayer point asking God for spiritual knowledge and understanding to know when God speak to you. VERY IMPORTANT! God speak to people in different ways, through your mind, heart, thinking, conscience etc. You may have missed your helper because you lacked the spiritual understanding to identify when the help comes. Some of you have fought, abuse and insult and chased away your God sent help/ helper because u seriously lack spiritual understanding to have identified him/her or the help, but today you keep praying and God keep answering and saying I have been sending you a helper but you want him dead. I sent you a helper, you planned his assassination in Kenya but I protected...

The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has said the Southeast needs the anointing of God to produce a president in 2023. Umahi made the remark while noting that God would give the country a personality with a “good heart” like President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He disclosed this during an interactive session with State House correspondents after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Umahi said members of different political parties from the South East were working within their parties to ensure that they concede their presidential tickets to the region. Umahi while responding to questions on whether the southeast was working towards a presidential candidate said Southeasterners  in political parties were selling the southeast to their parties. “My position about what you ask is that our people that are in those political parties are making the effort in selling the need for the southeast to produce the next president. “But I think both the governors an...

Political analysts have revealed why former president Goodluck Jonathan has become a preferred candidate for the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections. Recall that governors under the ruling party in November visited the former president to celebrate his birthday with him in his Abuja residence. However, ever since the visit from the APC governors there had been speculations that Jonathan would dump the Peoples Democratic Party for the APC ahead of the 2023 elections. The ruling party is all out to capture important members of the main opposition party to its fold ahead of the elections. Recall that the Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Yemi Akinwonmi, last week led a delegation of party leaders from the South on a visit to Jonathan’s residence in Abuja. The party leaders in PDP appealed to the former president not to dump the party for the APC ahead of the 2023 general elections. The South is demanding for power shift to the region at the end of Presid...

The man right behind the Guinea President holding the umbrella is the leader of today's coup against Alpha Condé. Choose your close circle wisely,the one who holds an umbrella for you today might be the one to hold guns on your head tomorrow. Look carefully around you, your best friend can turn out to be your worst enemy. Those who break bread with you might be the first people to dig up a grave for you! We never know,this world Is full of surprises. Col. Mamady Doumbouya was a French legionnaire before he was personally recruited from France by the Embattled President to head a Special Forces Group, an elite military unit created by Alpha Condé.