Day: November 28, 2022

2023: Nigerians anxiously asking for violence-free election – Stakeholders

Aminu Imam

As political campaigns intensify and enter a crucial stage ahead of the 2023 general election in Nigeria, there are concerns among stakeholders that the wave of violence could undermine the credibility of the poll. They are, therefore, asking the contenders to play by the rule and ensure violence-free polls. In the last few weeks, since electioneering started, there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of violent attacks on parties’ campaign trains and also on the facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Observers say it is the…

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‘Abuja-Kaduna train service resumes in a week’ – Transport Minister  

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo has said the suspended Abuja-Kaduna train service will resume in the next one week. Contrary to the reports that the service would resume on Monday, the Minister during the inspection said the resumption would take a few more days. According to him, the few days would enable passengers to prepare adequately and get familiar with the newly introduced security measures. Recall that the train service was suspended after an attack by bandits on the rail facility on March 28, 2022. The attack led to…

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Illegal Oil Pipelines: SERAP takes Buhari to ECOWAS Court

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has filed a lawsuit against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to probe the operations of illegal oil pipelines between 2001 and 2022, to name and prosecute those suspected to be involved and to recover proceeds of crime”. The suit was filed by SERAP; Chief Eric Dooh (who is suing for himself as a leader of the Goi community in Gokana local government area of Rivers State, and on behalf of the Goi community), and fifteen other concerned Nigerians. The…

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2023: Middle-Belt presidency agitation leader, Ayom, declares for Tinubu

Aminu Imam

…Donates structures Leader of the Middle-Belt presidency agitations, Moses Ayom has declared support for the presidential bid of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Benue-born philanthropist, who has been playing roles in the economic policies of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, also donated some multi-billion campaign structures to the Senator Abu Ibrahim-led Independent Campaign Council, ICC, of Tinubu. At the weekend in Abuja, he led the national coordinator of ICC and former deputy governor of Nasarawa state, Silas Agara, in company of Pius Akinyelure,…

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4,000 doctors migrating soon – Resident Doctors Association warn

Aminu Imam

…Says it’s now one to 10,000 patients The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has alerted of the plan by 4,000 of its members to disengage their services in the country and migrate abroad for greener pastures, noting that it was now a ratio of one doctor to 10,000 patients in the country. This came as the association expressed worries over the government’s treatment of members. It said with the government’s nonchalant attitudes to members’ salaries, welfare and other deserved packages, the country may be heading to a point where…

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Ned Nwoko slams Wike on Paris Club Refunds

Aminu Imam

..Says he will go to jail for his atrocities The Ned Nwoko Media Directorate has condemned a video where the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, purportedly made wild insinuations against Hon. Prince Ned Nwoko. In the video, the governor dabbled again into the issue of the $418 Paris Club refunds, which the Media Directorate said is the legitimate entitlement of Prince Ned Nwoko, “whose patriotic ingenuity, as a time-honoured lawyer, secured billions of dollars in favour of local and State governments including Wike’s administration as a beneficiary. Recall that Wike…

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Service to Humanity:  ”Late Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina left behind only half a million Naira”, Says son, Babangida  

Aminu Imam

The son of former governor-general of northern Nigeria, Babangida Hassan Usman Katsina, has revealed that, when their father General Hassan Usman Katsina died he only left behind N500, 000.00. Usman made this revelation in Katsina at the weekend, while speaking at the maiden General Hassan Usman Katsina public lecture organised by the Hassan Usman Katsina polytechnic, Katsina. He however noted that their father left behind good name, honesty, discipline and transparency for all to copy. Usman lamented that had it been their father had been alive he would not be…

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