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Worried by the rising insecurity, civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, claimed the Buhari administration and the military were cool with the spate … [Read more…]
THE Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi has described the current fuel subsidy regime as a scam, saying he would offer an alternative, if elected. Speaking yesterday during a live interview on Arise TV, the presidential candidate said petrol subsidy is not beneficial to the country’s economy, promising that he would … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, expressed disappointment over the country’s intelligence system. “How can terrorists organise, have weapons, attack a security installation and get away with it?” he fumed after visiting the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje attacked by terrorists. According to a statement by Senior Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, … [Read more…]
Buhari won’t give in to terrorists, Senegal trip necessary, as Buhari, Osinbajo visits Kuje Prison Presidency on Wednesday justified President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to Senegal to participate at the summit of the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa in Dakar, Senegal. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, while briefing State House journalists, after the weekly meeting of … [Read more…]
Hours after Kuje prison and Presidential convoy attack, Buhari leaves for Senegal President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday depart Abuja for Dakar, the Senegalese capital to participate in the International Development Association for Africa Summit. The trip comes barely 24 hours after a convoy of cars carrying the Advance Team of security guards, protocol and … [Read more…]
[UPDATED] Kuje Prison Attack: Controversy surrounds Abba Kyari’s whereabouts after attack on Kuje prison …Kyari not missing -NCS Spokesperson Controversy has surrounded the whereabouts of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, after bandits attacked Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, where he was kept. There were earlier reports that gunmen attacked the Custodial Centre in the … [Read more…]
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Salihi Magashi, has confirmed that no fewer than 64 inmates undergoing trial for terrorism were among those that escaped from the Kuje Medium Prison after the attack on Tuesday night. He made the disclosure on Wednesday while giving update over the attack, emphasising that the attackers specifically came to free … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in seven new ministers on Wednesday. The announcement was made on Arise TV morning show today. The ministers sworn-in today will replace former ministers who resigned to partake in the last presidential primary election. Recall that the Senate confirmed, last week, seven ministerial nominees forwarded by the president. Those confirmed … [Read more…]
There is controversy over the whereabouts of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who is being remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. Fears over the whereabout of the Deputy Commissioner of Police came after bandits attacked Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, where he was kept. It was learnt that during the attack which … [Read more…]
The Presidency has confirmed the attack of the advance team to katsina ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Daura for Sallah. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, he has described as sad and unwelcome, the shooting incident near Dutsinma, Katsina State, at the convoy … [Read more…]
Barely 24 hours after he was received by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja, Mohammed Barkindo, the 4th Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC Secretary-General is dead. Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mela Kyari, via his verified Twitter handled @MKkyari tweeted at 4:32: “We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad … [Read more…]
The first six months of the year 2022 witnessed several issues from lifting COVID-19 restrictions to the Russia-Ukraine war. There have also been gory stories of mass shootings in some of the most unexpected places, including schools and churches. According to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit organisation tracking incidents of gun violence in the United … [Read more…]