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Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has criticised Nigeria’s political system, claiming that politicians accused of corruption often appear to be cleared of wrongdoing once they defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Obi made the remark during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, where he also argued that Nigeria’s political parties lack clear ideologies. According to him, the country’s politics has become driven by personal interests rather than principles. “For me, there is no political party in Nigeria Today that has an ideology. There is none. Otherwise, the ideology of the…
Despite efforts by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, and other security agencies in Nigeria, the trafficking of teenage girls to foreign lands and turning them to sex slaves has continued unabated. Young, impressionable girls, often times, below the age of 18 continue to fall victims to the activities of human traffickers who devise all sorts of means including promises of mouth-watering job offers in foreign lands to lure Nigerians girls into forced prostitution, not only in Europe and America but also in other African countries. Last week, a video…
At least three people have been killed in fresh attacks by armed invaders on communities in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State. The attacks, which occurred between Friday and Saturday, also left at least two persons injured, while several cows were rustled and a motorcycle stolen. Chairman of Ohimini LGA, Gabriel Adole, who confirmed the incidents on Sunday, said the gunmen first struck Elulu community on Friday where one person was killed and another attacked before his Bajaj motorcycle was taken away. He said the same group later invaded Agadagba community in an attempt to rustle cattle but met…
A kebbi State High Court Judge, Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza, has been abducted by bandits. The high court judge, it was gathered was abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits in the early hours of Sunday at his home along Zogirma Road in Bunza Local Government Area of Kebbi. Sources who spoke to our correspondent said the attack occurred at about 12:00am on Saturday night shortly after the judge returned from a trip to Sokoto. “He had just returned from Sokoto when the gunmen stormed his residence and took him away,” a source said. He added that, though nobody in…
Suspected bandits have abducted the Chairman of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Hon. Nura Umar Bungudu. The attackers reportedly stormed Bungudu town on Thursday night and headed straight for the council chairman’s residence in the Zango area, less than 20 kilometres from the state capital, Gusau. A resident, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said the gunmen overpowered security personnel guarding the residence, killing two police officers and two vigilantes before whisking away the chairman and members of his family. “They killed two policemen and two vigilantes, including one volunteer vigilante who had been actively helping…
There appears to be no respite from the war between the US and Iran as the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the conclusion of its daily strike for the 13th night in a row on Friday morning. US strikes on cities in the south of the country, including Khorramabad, Jask, Ahvaz, and Bandar Abbas, killed at least four Iranians. The command, in a statement on X, said it targeted Iranian military centres, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities. CENTCOM stated that the aim of the war remains diminishing the Iranian threat to “civilian mariners and…
The Budget Office of the Federation has said no public funds were released to the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) as statutory expenditure controls prevented the appropriation from translating into actual spending. In a statement issued on Friday, the Director General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, said the public had wrongly conflated parliamentary appropriation with government expenditure, stressing that the budgetary provision never advanced beyond the appropriation stage. “The money never moved because the controls held,” Mr Yakubu said. The statement comes amid ongoing investigations into the activities of the PFIPC, whose operations and inclusion in the…
Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, in collaboration with personnel of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service (NN SBS), have arrested three suspected Lakurawa terrorist informants and logistics suppliers in Kebbi State. The development was contained in a post shared on Friday by security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, via his X handle. According to Makama, the suspects were arrested at about 10:45 a.m. on Monday, July 21, during an intelligence-led operation conducted by troops of the Combat Service Intelligence Brigade (CSIB) VII deployed at Kangiwa Village in Arewa Local Government Area of the state. Makama, citing security sources, said…
United Nigeria Airlines has joined Air Peace in suspending flights to and from Benin Airport following a decision by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to close the runway after an excursion involving an Enugu Air aircraft on Thursday. The airline confirmed on Thursday evening that all flights to and from the airport have been cancelled, pending the runway’s reopening. While Air Peace had previously announced the suspension of its Benin operations, United Nigeria Airlines subsequently followed suit, citing the ongoing runway closure. In a statement, United Nigeria Airlines explained that the suspension was a necessary measure in response…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has announced plans by his administration to establish a state-owned commercial airline as part of efforts to create employment opportunities for indigenous pilots. The governor disclosed this during the 40th Kano State Executive Council meeting held at the Government House, Kano, where he received several awards, including a recognition from the Kano State Pilot Association for supporting members to complete their aviation training. According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the proposed airline is expected to commence operations within the next one year. Yusuf said…