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THE INEVITABLE RETURN OF AMBASSADOR EKE AYODELE AS DG NIA & SUDDEN “RESIGNATION” OF AHMED RUFAI Ahmed Rufai from Katsina state resigned as DG NIA yesterday, a post he has been holding since April 2017. He was the most influential of all Buhari’s appointees and the luckiest of all appointees. His reported resignation today was short of FULL DISCLOSURE and …

RIBADU UNDER FIRE AS BANDITS OVERWHELM SECURITY AGENCIESStakeholders have taken a look at the rising wave of terror and banditry, especially kidnapping, in the last few months and blamed the Bola Ahmed Tinubu adminis­tration for its apparent lack of an effective security framework and coordination under Nuhu Riba­du as National Security Adviser.Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes …

POLICE ARREST WOMAN WITH 124 ROUNDS Of AMMUNITION HIDDEN INSIDE PALM OIL Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command attached to the Keffi Division have intercepted and arrested a woman, Hauwa Sani, alongside a two-year-old child, with dangerous weapons. Keffi town is 33 kilometres and about a 40-minute drive from the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The Nasarawa Police Public Relations …

SIX ARRESTED FOR OPENLY URINATING ON RAIL TRACK The Lagos State government has arrested six individuals for openly urinating on the rail track in front of the Nigeria Army Shopping Complex, Arena, Oshodi. The state Commissioner, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab said this in a statement posted on his verified X account on Saturday. He wrote, “6 …

ENDBADGOVERNANCE PLANS PROTEST AGAINST TINUBU AT 79TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY A diaspora group under the platform of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria has said it will emback on protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 79th United Nations General Assembly starting from 10-30 September 2024 New York, in United States of America. The group said it can no longer stand and watch the …

SQUANDERING OF RICHES: 13 PRIVATE JETS, 10 GOVERNORS IN JALINGO FOR WEDDING OF GOVERNOR’S DAUGHTER Vice President Kashim Shettima and 10 governors, along with a minimum of 13 private jets, convened in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, to celebrate the wedding of Keziah Agbu Kefas, the daughter of the Governor of Taraba, and Bitrus Josiah Agbu. The roll call …

COURT ORDERS REMAND OF 124 #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS FOR 60 DAYS A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the police permission to remand 124 protesters arrested during the recent #EndBadGovernance protests for 60 days pending the conclusion of investigations. Justice Emeka Nwite made the ruling on separate ex-parte motions filed by the police, citing the need for further investigation and …

WE MADE N35.9BN IGR IN SEVEN MONTHS – ENUGU GOVT Enugu State Government raked in the sum of N35.9 billion as Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, between January and July 2024. This is in contrast to the sum of N33.9 billion it generated in the entire 2023. Executive Chairman of Enugu State Internal Revenue Service, (ESIRS) Emmanuel Nnamani, made this known …

WHY I RESIGNED AS NIA DG – ABUBAKAR The outgoing Director General of National Intelligency, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, has explained why he tendered his resignation after meeting with the President. According to him, he resigned for some “no serious family issues” In his words: ‘It’s a routine thing from time to time to brief Mr President on situations, on issues …

THREE FACTIONS FIGHT FOR RIVERS APCThe struggle for political space in Rivers State politics has led to emergence of three factions in the All Progressives Congress APC in Rivers State. While the former Governor and immediate past Minister of Transportation His Excellency (Barr. Rt. Honourable Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi held sway as leader of APC in Rivers State chapter there was …