ANYAOKU GROUP, THE PATRIOTS, INSISTS ON NEW CONSTITUTION, INAUGURATES COMMITTEE The patriots, chaired by elder statesman and former Commonwealth Secretary General Chief Emeka Anyaoku, have reiterated their call for a new constitution for Nigeria. To advance this cause, the group yesterday inaugurated a 17-member advocacy committee led by Prof. Anthony Kila, a prominent political economist and professor of strategy and …

NIGERIANS PAID N1.048B AS RANSOM TO KIDNAPPERS IN ONE YEAR – REPORT SHOWS Nigerians paid N1.048 billion as ransom to kidnappers between July 2023 and June 2024, a report has shown. The report, released yesterday by the SBM Intelligence, showed that 7,568 people were kidnapped across the country within the period. SBM Intelligence is an Africa-focused market/security intel gathering consulting …

GOV MBAH INAUGURATES STATE-OWNED MEGA ASPHALT PLANT IN ENUGU Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah has commissioned an asphalt production plant built by his administration In furtherance of his campaign promise to construct 10,000 roads in eight years. Inaugurating the plant Thursday, Mbah said the state would also produce the inputs for asphalt production, noting these moves would drastically reduce the …

WHY WE CELEBRATED BICHI’S EXIT – DSS OFFICERSThe reasons the immediate past Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, and the DG of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, resigned from their positions have been revealed.Sources within the Presidency told Saturday PUNCH that President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, questioned the intelligence gathering mechanisms …

POLICE REINTRODUCE CONTROVERSIAL e-CMR, URGE MOTORISTS TO REGISTER The Nigerian Police force has reintroduced the enforcement of the earlier suspended digitalized Central Motor Registry (e-CMR). The Police said e-CMR is an advanced digital system designed to improve vehicle security, fight crime and simplify vehicle registration. This was made known in a post on the Police X handle on Friday. According …

DONALD DUKE SLAMS TINUBU FOR BUYING NEW JET, YACHT WHEN NIGERIANS ARE HUNGRY A former of Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, on Friday, condemned the purchase of a presidential jet and yacht when Nigerians are hungry. According to Duke, it is a failure of leadership for President Bola Tinubu to make this purchases, when Nigerians are going through …

NEWLY APPOINTED SUPER EAGLES COACH, LABBADIA, REJECTS JOB Newly appointed Super Eagles manager, Bruno Labbadia, has turned down the job less than two weeks before crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Benin and Rwanda, according to reports from German publication Kicker. The Nigeria Football Federation had announced Labbadia’s appointment on Tuesday, positioning him as the successor to Finidi …

AGAIN, POLICE INVITE NLC PRESIDENT, AJAERO, SECRETARY GENERAL, UGBOAJA, FOR QUESTIONING The police invitation from the Office of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Force intelligence Department (FID), Abuja dated August 28, 2024, and signed by the Commissioner of Police (OPS), CP Ibitoye Rufus Alajide, was addressed to Ajaero. The Nigeria Police Force has again invited the President of the …

GUNMEN ATTACK SCHOOL IN YOBE, KILL SEVERAL STUDENTS Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Friday, launched an attack on Faudiya School in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State and killed several students.The gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members, invaded the school located in Hausari quarters in Geidam LGA around 3:44am, on Friday. The school belongs to the Islamic Movement in …

CBN GOVERNOR, DEPUTIES GET N10B BULLETPROOF SUVs, JUMBO ALLOWANCES As Nigeria struggles with economic hardship and inflation, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Yemi Cardoso and his four deputies have reportedly acquired bulletproof SUVs worth over N10 billion. According to Daily Nigerian, the CBN officials have been spending extravagantly, including the purchase of ultra-modern armoured vehicles and an increase in …

ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA UNDER FIRE FOR IGNORING VIRAL AUDIO CALLING FOR AFRICAN UNITY AGAINST IGBO Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), is facing accusations of bias following her silence on a controversial audio clip circulating among Nigerians, particularly from the South-West region. The clip features a man and woman of Yoruba descent calling for a united front …

SELECTIVE JUSTICE? AN AUSTRIAN BASED NIGERIAN, IN VIRAL AUDIO, CALLS FOR POISONING OF IGBO CHILDREN WHEREVER THEY ARE FOUND Following statements by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), emphasizing their focus on Nigerian bigots in the diaspora, attention has turned to Kingsley, a Benin man living in Austria with the TikTok handle @papakins18. A user on …

IGP EGBETOKUN, NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ESCALATING INSECURITY IN NIGERIA – FRANCIS NWAPA Human rights and revolutionary activist, Francis Nwapa, has lambasted the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, for inviting the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, to Police headquarters, Abuja for questioning on why he is living on the outskirts of Abuja. Nwapa said …

HYPOCRISY! A man that criticized Jonathan harshly, cannot turn around & claim that the problem of Nigeria in 2024, is spiritual. What changed since then? Nigeria is 10x worst than Goodluck left it. So I suspect a more sinister plot at play here. An attempt to distract & deceive the church. Christ was ‘consistent’ in his teachings; both of the …

55,910 NIGERIANS DEAD; 21,000 ABDUCTED IN 4 YEARS — STUDY A staggering 55,910 Nigerians have been killed, and 21,000 others abducted by terror groups between 2019 and 2023, according to a report by The Observatory of Religious Freedom in Africa, ORFA. The report, released on Thursday, blamed extremist groups, including Boko Haram, ISWAP, and armed herders, for these atrocities. ORFA’s …