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Friday, 30 April 2021 05:49

Mbaka to Buhari: Resign now or be impeached

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over the worsening insecurity in the country. Speaking on Wednesday, Mbaka said God is angry with the president over his inaction on the widespread killings across the nation. The Catholic priest asked the national assembly to impeach Buhari if he fails to resign. “I know people will say, Mbaka did you not pray for Buhari, did Samuel not anoint Saul? What are you talking about? Am I the creator of Buhari? God created him, Nigerians trusted him because he did well sometimes ago…

Friday, 30 April 2021 05:48

We’ll avenge killings of Fulani herdsmen in Southeast – Miyetti Allah

One of the umbrella bodies of herdsmen in Nigeria, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has urged security agencies to deal with “terrorists killing” Fulani herders in the South-East. Spokesman for the group, Saleh Alhassan, spoke on Thursday in an exclusive interview withThe PUNCH. He was reacting to the killing of one of the commanders of Indigenous People of Biafra gunned down by security operatives last Saturday. The PUNCH had earlier reported that police operatives and their counterparts from the Nigerian Army and Department of State Services killed an IPOB leader, one Commander Ikonso and six other militia members in Imo…

Friday, 30 April 2021 05:47

Wike imposes curfew in all Rivers LGs

In a move to curb further attacks on security agents in the state, Governor Nyesom Wike has imposed night curfew in all the 23 local government areas of Rivers. Human and vehicular movement is prohibited in any part of the state from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. from April 29 “until further notice”, Wike said in a state-wide broadcast on Thursday. Rivers appears to be the first state to impose a state-wide curfew since the beginning of the attack on security agents, including Nigerian soldiers, in several states in the country’s South-east and South-south regions. In one of the deadliest…

Friday, 30 April 2021 05:46

‘Govt is not doing anything to help these children’, parents of Kaduna kidnapped students cry out

When Linda Peter last spoke to her daughter, the brief phone call left her relieved the teenager was alive but distraught because she could not pay any ransom demanded. Peter’s 18-year-old daughter, Jennifer, was among 39 students abducted by gunmen on March 11 from a forestry college in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna. The captors, who called from the teenager’s phone, threatened to kill the male captives and force females into marriage, but did not specify the ransom sum sought. “The government is not doing anything to help these children,” said Peter, a widow and mother of five who…

Friday, 30 April 2021 05:44

FG declares Monday public holiday for May Day

Federal Government has declared Monday, May 3, public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers Day Celebration. This was disclosed in a statement signed by permanent secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, on Thursday. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Nigerian Workers on witnessing this year’s celebration. According to the statement, he commended them for their patience, understanding and support in driving the policies and programmes of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in its determination to move the country to the next level of socio-economic development. Aregbesola called for more…

Thursday, 29 April 2021 05:52

NNPC says has no money to remit to FAAC for sharing due to fuel subsidy

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has alerted federal and state governments to its dwindling contribution to the federation account as a result of fuel subsidy. It said it would only be able to remit N12.966bn to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee in June after removing fuel subsidy from its income. The corporation, which stated this in a document titled, ‘January to March actual and April to June projected remittance to federation account,” indicated that it would not make any remittance for April and May FAAC after paying fuel subsidy from its revenue. The document, which was attached to a letter written…

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 05:53

Buhari to US: We need your help to tackle worsening insecurity

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, urged the United States to reconsider relocating its Africa Command (AFRICOM) from Stuttgart, Germany to Africa, nearer the Theatre of Operation, and implored the international community to support Nigeria and the sub-region in tackling growing security challenges to avoid spillovers to other countries. He said AFRICOM, which partners with countries to counter transnational threats, should be relocated to Africa to strengthen ongoing efforts to check the spate of insecurity and prevent it from spreading to other nations. A statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted Buhari as stating this…

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 05:51

Nigeria ranked third worst governed country in the world - Report

Chandler Good Government Index has ranked Nigeria as the third worst governed country in the world. The report ranked the country very low in governance, leadership and foresight, scoring the country 102 out of 104 countries with a score of 0.319 points, ahead of Zimbabwe and Venezuela. The 2021 report released in Singapore on Monday by the Chandler Institute of Governance, noted that ability to handle corruption properly is the strongest indicator of good governance. The index, which was the first in the series, scored Nigeria 0.44 on leadership and foresight; anti-corruption 0.45; long-term vision 0.47; strategic prioritization 0.41 and…

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 05:50

'Nigeria is on fire': Senators, Reps cry out, say Buhari, military overwhelmed

Nigeria’s National Assembly called on the presidency, armed forces and police to address the country’s mounting security crisis on Tuesday, with the lower house urging President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency. The resolutions come as a wave of violence and lawlessness sweeps across Africa’s largest economy. Security forces, including the military deployed across most of Nigeria’s states, have shown little ability to stem the tide. “The president should immediately declare a state of emergency on security so as to fast track all measures to ensure the restoration of peace in the country,” said a resolution passed by…

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 05:49

Benue gov talks tough, says daily killings show ‘we don’t have govt at federal level’

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has decried the incessant killings in the state, saying over 70 persons have been murdered in two weeks in Makurdi local government area of the state. Ortom said this while addressing protesting youth at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Abagena village on Tuesday. The youth were protesting the attack by suspected herders on Monday night in which seven persons were killed and many injured. Ortom said the unfortunate development could have been averted if the federal government was proactive. “It is an unfortunate development that what is happening, if the federal government had…

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Wednesday, 28 April 2021 05:47

Rivers bans people entering, leaving at night

Nigeria’s Rivers state will ban people crossing its borders at night due to heightened insecurity, its governor said on Tuesday, as violence and lawlessness surge across the West African country. Rivers lies in Nigeria’s oil-producing heartland, the Niger Delta, where past unrest has crippled crude production as militants destroyed and raided facilities, sending Africa’s largest economy into a tailspin. The ban on people entering or leaving Rivers between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. will take effect from April 28 until further notice, Governor Nyesom Wike said in a statement. Wike cited the killings of police, customs and civil defence officers…

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 05:46

Army warns against sharing of dead soldiers’ photos on social media

Nigerian army has condemned the “indiscriminate” sharing of graphic photos of soldiers killed or injured in the line of duty. Mohammed Yerima, army spokesman, in a statement on Tuesday, said such distribution of soldiers’ photos on social media is insensitive and unpatriotic. He queried the “glee” with which some citizens post the graphic photographs of soldiers who die while serving the country, noting that such actions cause trauma for families of the affected army personnel. He added that the army will, henceforth, take legal action against persons found culpable. “The Nigerian Army condemns in the strongest term possible, the indiscriminate…

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 05:45

We only warned but neither suspended nor fined Channels TV – NBC

National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says it only warned Channels TV and did not suspend the station’s operations over the broadcast of an interview with a leader of an outlawed group, IPOB. NBC has faced criticism since Monday when news of its action against Channels TV was made public. Many Nigerians viewed the alleged suspension of Channels TV by the NBC as an attack on media freedom and independence. In a letter addressed to Channels TV Managing Director on Monday, NBC accused the station of promoting content liable to incite hatred and sectionalism by tolerating the IPOB spokesman’s “derogatory, false and…

Tuesday, 27 April 2021 05:54

US Secretary of State to meet Buhari today over security, economy

PRESS RELEASE Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will embark today, April 27, on his first virtual trip to Africa, where he will visit Kenya and Nigeria and engage with young people from across the continent. Secretary Blinken will begin his virtual travel to Africa meeting with Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) alumni. In a “Ten Questions with Tony” event, YALI alumni will have an opportunity to engage with the Secretary on a range of topics, including the role of youth in the future of Africa, economic development, democracy and good governance, climate change, and health. Through YALI, the United…

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