Day: November 30, 2025

Ɗan-Hassan: A trailblazer in FCT water, sanitation

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By Muhammad N. Imam Pioneer Executive Director (ED), FCT Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Directorate (RUWASSA), Dr. Mohammed Ali Ɗan-Hassan, has been extolled as one whose career exemplifies dedication, visionary leadership, and a steadfast commitment to water and sanitation development in the FCT. At his recent retirement ceremony at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre, Abuja, his humility not only became so manifest but it became a platform of praise and admiration. The Acting Director of FCT RUWASSA, Abigail Patricia Ekpenisi, Mrs. Joy Okoro, a former Director, FCT Water Board, and other…

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“Nigeria is failing on security” – Obasanjo warns; backs foreign intervention

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OBJ on failing security

…Tells FG to stop negotiating with terrorists Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has delivered one of his most forceful indictments yet of the Federal Government’s handling of insecurity, declaring that Nigeria’s persistent inability to protect its citizens now justifies seeking help from the international community. Speaking on Friday at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival in Jos, the former president said the scale and frequency of killings, kidnappings and terror attacks show that the country’s security system has “failed woefully”, leaving citizens vulnerable and fearful. “Insecurity has been…

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Tinubu appoints ex-INEC chair Yakubu, 31 others as ambassadors

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Tinubu appoints ambassadors

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after he sent the first batch of three names. This is according to a press statement  issued yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayi Onanuga. In two separate letters to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu asked the Senate to consider and expeditiously confirm 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 nominees as non-career ambassadors. There are four women on the career ambassadors’ list, and six…

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Lawmakers, security chiefs meet in Kaduna to tackle N’West insecurity

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Lawmakers, security chiefs meet

Federal lawmakers, top security chiefs, traditional rulers and senior government officials, including the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, yesterday converged on Kaduna for a ‘Public Hearing of the North-West Zonal Security Summit’, as banditry and mass abductions escalate across the region. The summit, convened by the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on National Security, is themed: ‘Building Robust Regional Collaborations to Tackle Insecurity: Pathways for Securing the Future’. Discussions centred on strengthening inter-agency cooperation to curb terrorism, banditry and kidnappings, especially across the seven states of the North-West – Kaduna, Katsina,…

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Insecurity: Ganduje slams Kano Govt. over calls for his arrest

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Ganduje slams Kano govt.

Former governor of Kano State and immediate-past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has condemned as reckless, baseless, and a sign of desperation the call by the Kano State Government for his arrest over alleged comments linked to the establishment of a militia group. Reacting in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu, Ganduje said the demand for his arrest exposes what he described as Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s “incompetence and inability to confront the real security challenges facing the state”.…

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NBC engages Canal+Africa on MultiChoice merger

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NBC on Canal+Africa MultiChoice merger

…Seeks clarity on content plans, compliance The National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), has hosted a delegation from Canal+ Africa, led by CEO David Mignot, as the media company seeks regulatory direction following its merger with MultiChoice. The visit, according to Canal+ Africa, was intended to formally present the newly consolidated entity to the Commission and obtain guidance on navigating the regulatory and market challenges within Nigeria’s broadcast and pay-TV landscape. Mignot described the merger process as “seamless and dexterous,” while noting the rising pressure from global streaming giants and widespread piracy…

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“There’s also Fulani, cattle genocide in Plateau” – Fulani Forum alleges

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Fulani Forum alleges

A group, known as ‘Concerned Plateau Fulani Forum’ (CPFF), has claimed that as much as Christians in the state keep talking about a Christian genocide, there is also Fulani and cattle genocide being carried out by those they refer to as native militias in different communities across the state. National Coordinator of the group, Saleh Haruna, who made the claim in a statement issued in Jos yesterday, said despite claims by Christians, especially, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo that Fulani militias and herdsmen have been killing Christians in the state for no…

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Genocide: “No Christian persecution in Nigeria”– Bishop Kukah

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Bishop Kukah on alleged genocide

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and Convener of the National Peace Committee, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, has insisted that there is no persecution of Christians in Nigeria, stressing that genocide is determined not by the number of casualties but by intent. Bishop Kukah recently came under criticism after being quoted as urging the international community not to designate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern”, arguing that such a label would heighten tensions, breed suspicion, and allow criminals to exploit the situation – ultimately undermining interfaith dialogue and cooperation…

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Escalating Insecurity: “Banditry, terrorism in Northern Nigeria are self-inflicted” — ACF Chair

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ACF Chair on escalating insecurity

…Says ‘It’s time to declare a war situation’ The Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Board of Trustees, (BoT), Bashir Ɗalhatu, has asked the Federal Government to declare a war situation in Nigeria in view of the unrelenting insecurity in the country. The ACF leader, who was answering questions during a television programme on Friday, stressed that the North as a region was overwhelmed by banditry and terrorism. “It is time for the Federal Government to declare a war situation,” he said as the government’s renewed onslaught against bandits…

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