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Member of Boko Haram Sect voluntarily surrenders to Nigerian Army
A member of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Yahaya Adamu aka Saad Karami, has voluntarily surrendered to the Nigerian Army. A statement released by the Defence Headquarters today May 29, says Yahaya voluntarily surrendered to troops of 242 Battalion in Monguno on May 24. He is said to have led the last attack on troops in Baga town and equally participated in attacks on Metele, Mairari, Bindiram, Kangarwa and Shetimari (Niger Republic). He is currently in the custody of the military. Credit: LIB
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FG has no Power to seize States’ Funds – Ekweremadu
Senator representing Enugu west, Ike Ekweremadu on Friday, said the Federal Government has no power to seize funds belonging to State Governments. He said this reacting to the implementation of the recent order signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President had signed an Executive Order which provides for full autonomy of the States Houses of Assembly and the Judiciary in which the Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had warned that States that refuse to comply with the Executive Order may have their funds withheld. Reacting to this, Ekweremadu said “the FG has no such powers, the Supreme…
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Nasarawa CAN Chairman’s Abductors demand N20m Ransom
The gunmen who abducted the Chairman of the Nasarawa State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Bishop Joseph Masin, have contacted his family demanding a ransom of N20 million. Recall the clergyman was abducted by seven armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at his place of residence at about 11pm on Tuesday, May 27 according to reports by his son, Peace Masin. The state CAN Vice Chairman, Pastor Tayo Samuel has told New Telegraph that the abductors had contacted one of the victim’s sons and demanded N20 million. “Early this morning (yesterday), the kidnappers contacted one of…
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Nigerian Man beaten to death in India, NIDCOM reacts.
Nigerian businessman, popularly called Sunny Mike, was beaten to death on Wednesday, May 27, at Palam , New Delhi for allegedly stealing from an Indian lady which prompted passers-by to beat him till he passed out. By the time police arrived at the scene, he had died. His body was immediately moved to the morgue. The Nigeria in Diaspora commission (NIDCOM) has reacted to the sad news and sharing a video of his brutal beating via its twitter handle wrote: “Our attention has been drawn to above incident of a Nigerian brutally beaten up in Delhi, India. The Nigerian mission…
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US has belittled AfDB — Obasanjo writes over calls for probe of Akinwumi Adesina
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lashed out at the United States Government over calls forindependent investigation of the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina. Adesina has been accused of embezzlement, preferential treatment of Nigerians in senior appointments and promoting people accused or found guilty of fraud and corruption, an allegation he has repeatedly denied. Obasanjo in his letter urged Kaba Niale, the chairman of the AfDB board of governors to follow laid down processes to protect and preserve the bank. The former President stated that if the bank is not protected following the US’ rejection of exoneration of Adesina by the ethics…
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NCDC should stop Defrauding this country- Kogi Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo
The war of words between the Kogi state government and the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, continued yesterday with the state Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, asking the agency to stop ”defrauding” Nigerians with the Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on Channels Television yesterday evening, Fanwo accused the agency of fraud. According to him, the NCDC has an agenda to spread COVID-19 to all the states in the Federation ” NCDC should stop defrauding this country. I am not one of those who think NCDC is helping this country. I am one of those who think NCDC has an agenda to…
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NDDC Executive Director of Finance, Ibanga Bassey is dead
The acting Executive Director of Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ibanga Bassey Etang is dead. His death is coming just after President Buhari ordered a Forensic Audit of the Commission, and also after the Senate and House of Representatives committees insisted on investigating the activities of the commission The Senior Official of the agency who has been absent from work at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt throughout this week and also conspicuously absent during the flag off of the distribution of Coronavirus palliatives by the agency on May 22, died on Wednesday night after…
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Presidency lists achievements of the Buhari-led Government in the last 5 Years
The Buhari-led Government will be marking its 5th year in leadership tomorrow, May 29 and so Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has taken time to release a statement enlisting the ”salutary achievements” of the President so far. According to his statement, the government swept into office on the wings of Change, and that change has been wrought in nearly all phases of national life as it based its interventionist agenda on security, reviving the Economy and fighting corruption which today cannot be compared to what it used to be. Read his statement below;…
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Biafra: “I don’t want to be President of anything” – Nnamdi Kanu
Leader of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu says he is not interested in being president when the Biafra dream is finally realized. He stated this during his latest broadcast on Radio Biafra adding that his only interest was to ensure the actualization of Biafra and once it is done he will retire. “I don’t want to be president of anything, I don’t want any contract I need nothing from anybody I need absolutely nothing, let Biafra come then I retire, he said “I didn’t want anything, I don’t want your mansion, I don’t want your cars I…
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Buhari writes House of Representative to approve $5.15B Loan
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the house of representative for the approval of $5.15B loan. The loan which has been referred to the House Committee on loans and Debt for consideration, in a letter read by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the resumption of plenary on Thursday morning will be used to finance the 2020 budget deficit, critical projects, and to also finance projects to support some state governors. Recall the National Assembly had recently approved a loan of N850bn for the Federal Government, while another of $22.79bn, which the Senate has already approved, is…
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Nasarawa CAN chairman, Bishop Joseph Masin, has been Kidnapped
The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN ) in Nasarawa state, Bishop Joseph Masin has been kidnapped. Confirming this to newsmen, Peace Masin, son of the clergyman, said the abudctors stormed their home at about 11pm on Tuesday, May 27 “They beat the house help and ordered her to call those who were inside. One of the ladies in the house opened the door and they gained access to the house where they took Bishop Masin away. They were accompanied by seven armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.” Masin said Confirming the incident to newsmen, the state Commissioner for Police, Dogo…
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I’m Innocent of the trumped-up allegation leveled against me- AFDB President, Akinwunmi Adesina
Akinwunmi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has denied all the allegations of wrongdoing leveled against him by some staff of the bank In January, some staff of the AFDB had accused Adesina of 20 breaches of the bank’s code of conduct, including “unethical conduct, private gain, an impediment to efficiency, preferential treatment, and involvement in political activities”. The bank’s ethics committee carried out an independent investigation headed by Takuji Yano and cleared Adesina, insisting he was not guilty on all counts. The US Treasury which owns the largest non-African stake in the bank, disagreed with the outcome of the independent…
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