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INSECURITY: 3,841 KILLED, 4,243 KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA IN 2023The spate of kidnappings in Nigeria is becoming alarming. These mass kidnappings across the country have had devastating effects on the lives of victims and their families.According to data sourced from the National Security Tracker (NST), an initiative of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and the Armed Conflict Location & Event …

TINUBU WARNS FUBARA, WIKE:  END POLITICAL CRISIS IN RIVERS President Bola Tinubu has issued a stern warning that he won’t tolerate the escalating feud between Rivers Governor Fubara and his predecessor Wike threatening to destabilize the state, vowing to end the conflict if they don’t resolve it democratically. The President asserted his neutrality in the ongoing political turmoil in Rivers …

EDUCATION MINISTER INAUGURATES UNN’S SOLAR PROJECT The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has inaugurated the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Phase 1 Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Mini Grid Field Laboratory for the training of staff, students, corporate body, and others on conventional and alternative energy generation. The Minister inaugurated the project in Nsukka as part of activities lined up for …

ENUGU DIASPORA REJECTS  STATE ASSEMBLY GRAZING BILL Enugu State indigenes in Diaspora under the auspices of Concerned Patriotic Enugu Indigenes In Diaspora (CPEIID) have condemned and rejected the recent passing of the grazing bill by the State House of Assembly. To this, the concerned indigenes have asked the State governor, Peter Mbah and the Speaker of the State House of …

GUNMEN KILL THREE POLICEMEN, FRSC OFFICIAL IN ENUGU A wave of terror swept through Orba and Eha-Alumona in Udenu and Nsukka Local Government Areas of Enugu State as gunmen targeted two personnel from both the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps on Saturday. The attack came barely 24 hours after two policemen on a stop-and-search duty were …

29 NIGERIAN ARMY GENERALS RETIRE The Nigerian Army on Friday pulled out 29 generals of the Infantry Corps who retired from active military service. Out of the 29 retired infantry officers pulled out of active service at the Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State, 19 were major generals and 10 brigadiers general. Leading the pack was Victor Ezugwu, a major …

WHY BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION SHUNNED PRINCE HARRY, WIFE VISIT TO NIGERIA The British High Commission in Nigeria has failed to acknowledge the presence of Prince Harry. Harry and his wife, Meghan, arrived in the most populous black nation on earth, on Friday, and there have been different activities to welcome them. The couple was received by military authorities on Friday …

WHY 40 PEOPLE WERE MASSACRED IN ENUGU COMMUNITY – CONVICT Eight years after the tragic massacre of April 25, 2016, which claimed the lives of at least 40 individuals in Nimbo, Enugu State, Mohamed Zurai, the sole individual convicted for the mass murder, has come forward to confess his involvement in the crime. However, he maintains that his role was …

40 NIGERIAN LAWMAKERS MAY LOSE SEATS OVER CONCURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF NASS, ECOWAS PARLIAMENT Over 40 Nigerian lawmakers are likely to vacate their seats for concurrent membership of the National Assembly and ECOWAS Parliament as well as the Pan-African Parliament, if a suit filed against them succeeds. The suit was filed by the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, …

WIKE TO FUBARA: COURT INJUNCTIONS OBTAINED BY MIDNIGHT CAN’T REMOVE RIVERS LAWMAKERS FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, has said that court injunctions obtained by midnight cannot be used to unseat any member of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Wike spoke on Saturday at the grand civic reception held at Ogu-Bolo in honour of Chief George Thompson Sekibo to celebrate his …