Author: Vincent Osuwo

Hon. Sani Yakubu, a member Representing Tangaza/Gudu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has expressed concern that jihadists from Niger, Mali, and Libya, as well as local bandits operating in Tangaza Local Government, had placed a tax on farmers in the area. Tangaza/Gudu Federal Constituency is encircled by two woods, according to Yakubu, who revealed this when presenting a motion in plenary yesterday: Tsauna Forest, which stretches to Gwadabawa, Illela, and Niger Republic, and Kuyan Bana Forest, which also stretches to Gudu and Niger Republic. Yakubu revealed that the militants in the districts had joined forces and threatened to…

President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate to permit his administration to go continue with the processing of a $800m loan facility from the World Bank requested by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari to finance the National Safety Net Programme. The president’s request was in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at the plenary on Thursday. Recall two weeks before the end of his administration in May, Mr. Buhari requested the approval of the Senate to obtain a loan facility of $800m from the World Bank to be distributed to poor and vulnerable households.…

Samuel Ortom, the immediate past Governor of Benue State has described the current state government invading of his automobile workshop as a plot to torment, persecute him. Ortom announced this through his former spokesperson, Terver Akase, in response to the Benue state assets recovery committee raiding his ‘automobile workshop,’ where roughly 30 vehicles were hauled away. According to AIT, the claimed vehicle workshop is located along Makurdi Otukpo road in Makurdi, Benue State’s administrative capital, and is supposedly owned by Ortom. Court stops Kano authorities, Police from arresting Ganduje Akase, in response to the development, described the action as an…

On Thursday, an Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to release the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from prison or charge him to court within seven days. The court ruled in a decision delivered by Justice Hamza Muazu that Emefiele’s continuing incarceration without trial constituted a grave violation of his fundamental human rights. According to Justice Muazu, the Nigerian Constitution was built on the rule of law, which implied that everything must be done in accordance with the law. Fake lawyer gets three years jail term in…

Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has stated his displeasure over the killings, which he described as “mindless bloodletting” in the North Central zone of the country. On Thursday, July 12, 2023, the former Anambra State Governor took to his verified Twitter handle to condemn in totality the violent attacks in Benue and in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. Describing the killings and kidnappings in the states as “worrisome”, Obi stated that “the rising insecurity in the country leading to mindless bloodletting, particularly in the North Central zone of the country, and the…

Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff, has spoken out against amnesty programs for bandits and terrorists in the country. According to the army chief, several amnesty programs have failed to achieve their goals in various states. Beneficiaries of such programs, he claims, perceive the scheme as a way to regroup and attack innocent citizens rather than repent. Army clears Mangu ambush, kills two bandits, others Dauda Lawal, the governor of Zamfara State, paid Lagbaja a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday. He said, “So, I want to appeal to Your Excellency that as we come up with a…

On Wednesday, Vice President Kashim Shettima stated that the Tinubu-led administration was committed to educating girls in order to position them as vital contributors to national progress. “President Bola Tinubu is fully and unequivocally committed to the girl-child education and gender empowerment initiatives,” Shettima made the remarks while receiving a United Nations mission led by UN Deputy Secretary-General and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, Mrs Amina Mohammed, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Olusola Abiola, the State House Director of Information in the Vice President’s Office, stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday titled ‘Tinubu Administration…

AbdulGafar Ayanrinde, 25, was sentenced to three years in prison by an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for falsely portraying himself as a lawyer. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesperson for the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kehinde Adeleke, Ayanrinde committed the crimes between the 18th and 22nd of May 2023 and was apprehended by NSCDC operatives on the 24th. Adeleke went on to say that Ayanrinde, who pretended to be a barrister at law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, misled five unsuspecting members of the public and stole…

Officers of the Anambra State Police Command have reportedly killed two suspected kidnappers, rescued the victim, and recovered a vehicle, arms, and ammunition during a raid. This was disclosed by the new Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Aderemi Adeoye, during a press conference at the command’s headquarters in Awka, Anambra State. Adeoye, who took over as the state’s new Commissioner of Police four days ago, warned that the command does not believe in relocating criminals and their accomplices to other states or locations since the command can deal with troublemakers. Army arrest 12 oil thieves, fake soldier in…

On Monday, July 10, 2023, a Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, convicted and sentenced two ‘pickers’ to jail for money laundering. This was announced in a press statement by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & Publicity, of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The preceding Judge, Justice C.A. Obiozor, sentenced Amadi Amos Obazee and Presley Oteigbe Ibadin to jail for engaging in fraudulent activities. EFCC arraigns Katsina Deputy Accountant General over alleged N261m fraud According to the press release, “the defendants were arraigned by the Commission’s Headquarters on a six count charge bordering on money laundering.…