Author: Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Tinubu approves 18 new aides for VP Shettima

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 18 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants to actualise the agenda of the Federal Government across the different sectors of the economy. The Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, made this known in a statement, on Monday in Abuja. Abiola said that the team comprising six Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants would work in the office of the vice president, Kashim Shettima, to support the “Renewed Hope Agenda” of the Tinubu administration. He said that…

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IPOB/ESN: Troops neutralise combatants in Abia, Enugu

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, and the Nigerian Police have neutralised six combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in different encounters in Abia and Enugu States. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the troops had eliminated three IPOB/ESN gunmen in a fierce encounter during a clearance operation in the early hours of Monday at Igboro Forest, between Arochukwu and Ohafia Local Government…

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Dep. Speaker House of Reps: Action Alliance Fumes over conflicting judgment

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker House of Representatives

The Action Alliance (AA) has expressed dismay over the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal dismissal of the case instituted by it against INEC and APC, challenging the election of Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. It would be recalled that Action Alliance led by Adekunle Omo-Aje had petitioned the tribunal following the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload the name of its candidate submitted for Bende federal constituency of Abia State. The case by Action Alliance’s followed the failure of the Independent National…

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Palliatives Diversion: Nasarawa Assembly probes govt. officials

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has set up a 7-man committee to investigate the alleged diversion of palliatives by government officials and stakeholders in the state. The House charged the committee to ensure that all those involved in diverting palliatives meant for the poor of the poorest are punished according to the laws of the land. Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker of the Assembly announced this on Tuesday under matter of public interest brought by Musa Abubakar (NNPP- Doma South) during plenary in Lafia. The speaker assured that the…

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NAF airstrikes hit scores of terrorists in Borno

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has in an early morning air strike on Monday, dislodged terrorists from their enclaves at Suwa in Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Tuesday in Abuja. Gabkwet said that Suwa was a stronghold of Boko Haram terrorists in Gezuwa general area near Sambisa Forest until it was dislodged by the military and other security agencies.…

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Flood in Libya: 10,000 people missing – Red Cross

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Libyan Flood

About 10,000 people are missing after the devastating flooding in Libya, said the head of the Libya office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Tamer Ramadan made the comment at a UN press conference in Geneva on Tuesday via video link. The storm system known as Daniel began dumping rain on Libya on Sunday, leading to catastrophic flooding in eastern parts of the country. Hundreds of people have already been buried in the particularly hard-hit city of Derna, where two dams burst.

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Kaduna Ministerial Slot: APC group makes case for Engr. Kailani before Tinubu

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Engineer Muhammed Kailani APC Chieftain

The Confederation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint its Director-General, Alhaji Kailani Muhammed, to fill the outstanding ministerial slot for Kaduna State. The group made the call in a statement by its Director, Publicity, Strategy and Communication, Dr Saleh Bin-Ahmed, in Abuja on Tuesday. Recall President Tinubu had nominated the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, as member of his cabinet but the Senate rejected his nomination due to alleged security report. The Senate refused to confirm the…

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Increasing Criminality: CP Garba takes advocacy to Kaduna Mosques, links acts to poor parenting

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Commissioner of Police Kaduna State Musa Yusuf Garba

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Kaduna As criminality and other violent acts increase in Kaduna, the State Police Command Commissioner, Musa Yusuf Garba is taking advocacy to curb the menace to religious houses, while blaming poor parenting as a contributory factor to the acts in the State. Garba made this assertion while speaking at Yahaya Road Jumma’at Mosque on Friday 8th September, 2023 after the congregational prayers where he pleaded with community leaders to take charge of community policing by aiding the security agents with useful information. The Police Commissioner decried…

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Gunmen kill Kaduna Seminarian, set Cathtolic Parish residence ablaze in night attack

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Catholic Parish house in Kamantan, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was on Thursday night set ablaze and a seminarian killed in an attack by gunmen. The Parish in Kamantan is under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area. The attackers were said to have stormed the parish house at about 8:00 p.m. and set it ablaze alongside a vehicle. Sources said the deceased seminarian, Stephen Naman, died from the smoke he inhaled while trying to escape from the grasp of the attackers. When contacted,…

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Zamfara Governorship Tribunal: PDP alleges plan to bribe Judges by APC

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

…No, it is PDP sponsored act against us – APC By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir The Peoples Democratic Party PDP Zamfara State chapter has alleged a plan to bribe the state governorship election tribunal judges to influence the judgement of the ongoing case against her by the All Progressive Congress APC. In a statement signed by the state PDP Acting Chairman, Mouktar Lugga, he alleged that the members of the State House of Assembly are also to be induced financially  to commence the impeachment of the state Governor Dauda Lawal Dare.…

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