Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State said yesterday that local security outfits and vigilantes do not possess the necessary firearms to fight bandits. He particularly said arming Amotekun is a simplistic way of fighting banditry and other crimes, insisting ”they are not up to scratch.” The governor, who stated this on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, described the Ondo’s governor’s plan as a simplistic approach to combating bandits. Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, had called repeatedly on the federal government to approve for the security outfit the right to bear assualt rifles, such as AK-47, to…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved 12,000 metric tons of grains for victims of flood across the country. Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Habib Ahmed, disclosed this in Abuja yesterday during the 2022 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. He said NEMA was also sending out relief materials. He said though the flood in Lokoja, Kogi State, was affecting the transportation of the materials, security agencies had been alerted to ensure the materials were successfully conveyed. Ahmed said the heavy impact of the flood disaster across the country this year was because communities ignored early warnings. …
A 30-second video clip showing the final moments of a former reality TV star, Patrick Fakoya, aka Rico Swavey, at a hospital in Lagos State, has attracted condemnation from members of the public. In the clip recorded by one of the nurses attending to Rico Swavey, the deceased was placed on oxygen as he was unconscious on a chair. It was observed that the nurses were attempting to carry him on a bed when the nurse brought out a phone and started recording him. Another nurse was heard cautioning her colleague against the act. “You people should…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its eight-month strike. Though the union is yet to make an official pronouncement, our correspondent gathered that the decision was taken at the end of the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. Speaking with our correspondent, a highly informed source within the NEC said, “Yes, it has been called off”. When asked for more details, the source said, “the president will release an official circular in the morning”. It was reported that the academic union embarked on strike action on Monday, February…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has declared support for the candidacy of Ifeanyi Okowa, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). At a meeting with some members of the PDP on Wednesday night, Jonathan addressed Okowa as Nigeria’s incoming vice-president. The meeting was attended by party stalwarts, including Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state. “Our incoming vice-president — he has served two tenures as a governor,” Jonathan told Okowa as he held his hand. The former president also wished those contesting for various positions in the 2023 elections “more success”. This is Jonathan’s first public statement…
A Federal High Court, sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Thursday ordered for a fresh primary of the All Progressives Congress in Akoko South-East/ South West Federal Constituency of Ondo State. The court, presided over by Justice Demi Ajayi, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct another election within seven days. A House of Representatives aspirant of the party, Mr. Victor Ategbole, had earlier approached the court to annul the primary on the grounds that the primary, which was won by Mr. Adegboyega Adefarati, did not hold at the designated venue but was held in…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group. Kanu had in his appeal dated April 29 and marked CA/ABJ/CR/625/2022 applied to be discharged and acquitted. Kanu was first arraigned on December 23, 2015, and was later granted bail on April 25, 2017. However, the Court of Appeal on Thursday declared as illegal and unlawful, the abduction Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and quashed…
Big Brother Naija season 3 star, Patrick Fakoya aka Rico Swavey, has died. He was involved in a motor accident a few days ago. Rico had been on life support since the accident. Details later…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for more savings from crude oil revenue to improve Nigeria’s budget deficit and funding. The IMF Divisional Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department, Paulo Medas, spoke yesterday during the Fiscal Monitor briefing at the ongoing IMF /World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC. He said while Nigeria has benefited from higher oil revenues, the fund has not seen an improvement in the deficits as expected because of the large energy subsidies, oil production and pressures on the budge “So, our recommendation is to try to save some of these oil revenues but…
The Senate yesterday passed the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N20,507,942,180,704.00 for second reading. This followed the lawmakers’ consideration of the general principles of the Bill during plenary. Also yesterday, the Upper Chamber adjourned plenary till November 15, 2022 to enable heads of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of government to appear before relevant committees to defend their 2023 budget estimates. The passage of the Bill followed a debate on the general principles of the 2023 fiscal document by the Upper Chamber. President Muhammadu Buhari had, last Friday, laid the 2023 Appropriation Bill, titled: Budget of Fiscal Sustainability and…