Author: Aminu Imam

Tinubu sends delegation to UK to discuss Ike Ekweremadu’s case

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Ike Ekweremadu's case

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-level delegation to meet with officials at the UK Ministry of Justice to discuss the case of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, who has been detained in the United Kingdom since March 2023.  The delegation includes Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, and Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN). Recall that Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and a UK-based doctor, Obinna Obeta, were arrested in June 2022 at Heathrow Airport in London. They were accused of conspiring to traffic…

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Bandits stop harvest in Zamfara, force Sokoto farmers to pay ‘harvest taxes’

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Bandits stop harvest

Farmers in parts of Zamfara and Sokoto States have raised alarm over increasing levies and intimidation by armed bandits, who they say are imposing conditions on communities for this year’s harvest season. Residents told newsmen that despite favourable rainfall in recent years, widespread attacks have turned farmlands into conflict zones, putting farmers in constant fear and threatening food supplies across northern Nigeria. Villagers reported that bandits have introduced what they describe as “harvest taxes,” demanding payments in cash or agricultural produce before allowing farmers to access or harvest their fields.…

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NSCIA rejects US claim of Christian genocide

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…Says designation ‘politically-motivated’ threatens Nigeria’s unity The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs  (NSCIA), has dismissed allegations of a “Christian genocide” in Nigeria and rejected the United States’ redesignation of the country as a “nation of particular concern,” describing both as false, dangerous, and politically driven narratives. Addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday after a meeting of Islamic organisations nationwide, NSCIA Secretary-General, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, said the renewed Western claims of religious persecution in Nigeria were part of a coordinated campaign to destabilise the country. “The violence in parts of Nigeria…

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Cooking gas prices still soaring despite Govt. promises

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Cooking gas price

Weeks after the Federal Government promised to address the rising cost of Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG), known as cooking gas, the commodity has remained expensive across Abuja. A survey published yesterday revealed that cooking gas still sells for as high as ₦1,800 per kg, especially by the roadside retailers. According to reports, the price of cooking gas skyrocketed from ₦1,100 per 1kg to as high as ₦1,800 per kg in various outlets following the recent strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN). Following the…

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Anambra: Soludo re-elected as Governor 

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Soludo re elected

…Dances to popular gospel song after landslide win The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has declared Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) winner of the November 8 Anambra governorship election, securing a second term in office. Announcing the results in Awka yesterday, the Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, said Soludo garnered 422,664 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 99,445 votes. Other candidates trailed behind, including Paul Chukwuma (YPP)…

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Cholera outbreak: Zamfara Gov. distributes intervention drugs across 14 LGAs

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H'Reps on cholera

Zamfara State government has distributed cholera intervention drugs and medical consumables across the state. The cholera intervention drugs is aimed at containing the spread of the disease’s across the 14 local government areas (LGAs) of the State. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nafisa Muhammad Maradun, who flagged-off the distribution at the Drugs and Medical Consumable Agency (DMCA) Store, Samaru Gusau, said the distribution represented the state government’s swift and timely response to the cholera outbreak, stressing that all items were provided free of charge and warned medical personnel against diversion…

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Insecurity: UK warns citizens against traveling to 6 Nigerian states

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UK warns citizens

The United Kingdom (UK)’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), has warned its citizens against traveling to six states in Nigeria, over what it described as escalating insecurity, violent crime, terrorism, and kidnappings across multiple regions. In the latest edition of its ‘Foreign Travel Advice’, published on the website of the GOV.UK yestetday, the FCDO stated that with the increasing insecurity across Nigeria, coupled with kidnappings, violent crimes, and intercommunal violence throughout all regions of Nigeria, its citizens should be mindful where they travel to. The advisory, which listed Borno,…

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Anambra election: “Name, shame vote-buying perpetrators” – SERAP urges INEC

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SERAP to Tinubu2

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to identify, name, and prosecute individuals involved in alleged vote-buying during the Anambra governorship election. In a statement posted on SERAP’s social media pages at the weekend, the group emphasised that impunity for such electoral offenses undermines Nigeria’s democratic process and denies citizens their right to participate in governance. The group wrote, “#AnambraDecides2025: INEC must immediately identify, name and shame and prosecute perpetrators and sponsors of the widespread alleged vote-buying during the Anambra election,…

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Wike extends deadline for FCT property owners by 14 days

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Wike extends deadline

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved an additional 14-day grace period for property owners who violated land use conditions in parts of Abuja to pay a penalty fee of ₦5 million and other related charges. According to a statement issued yesterday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, the new grace period begins on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, and applies to property owners in Asokoro, Maitama, Garki, and Wuse districts. Olayinka said the decision followed the expiration of the…

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Bandits hold fresh ‘peace deal’ in Katsina, Say FG turned them into terrorists

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Bandits peace deal in Katsina

Community leaders and council chairmen from Charanchi and Batagarawa local government areas in Katsina State signed a “peace agreement” with a group of armed men, otherwise called bandits.  The peace meeting, which took place on Saturday, November 8, 2025, was held in Wurma town of Kurfi Local Government Area in Katsina State. According to a report gathered by Militainment News, the meeting was attended by the Chairman of Batagarawa local government area, Hon. Yahaya Lawal Kawo, representatives from Charanci Local Government, traditional rulers, and delegates of the forest-based Fulani community.…

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