Aminu Imam, Author at Voice of Liberty NG

Atiku accuses Tinubu of running ₦8.8tr ‘shadow budget’

July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 Aminu Imam

…Demands probe Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the Tinubu-led APC government of operating a “shadow economy” after an IMF report allegedly revealed ₦8.8 trillion in federal spending missing from official budgets. Citing the Fund’s July 1, 2026 Article IV consultation, Atiku said the money — about 2% of Nigeria’s ₦441.5 trillion GDP — was spent “unaccounted for, unaudited, and hidden from Nigerians” on off-budget projects outside the Auditor-General and National Assembly’s oversight. He called it “the most consequential act of fiscal impunity” in Nigeria’s democratic history. Linking it…

PFIPC: “It’s impossible to deny internal collaborators” – Tinubu’s aide

July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 Aminu Imam

Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Public Affairs, Temitope Ajayi has said it is impossible to deny internal collaborators in the fake agency scandal. There are currently allegations of corruption involving the Chief of Staff to the President and one Prince Mathew Adeniyi Adeyemi, Femi Gbajabiamila. Adeyemi purports to be the Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, (PFIPC). According to earlier reports, the scandal has raised critical concerns about the transparency, accountability, and integrity of the Tinubu administration. As per the allegations made…

Afenifere demands probe into PFIPC saga

July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 Aminu Imam

…Raises questions over Atiku camp’s response The Yoruba pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere has called for a thorough investigation into the controversy surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), saying the affair raises questions that go beyond the actions of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi. In a statement issued on Friday by its National Organising Secretary, Otunba Kole Omololu, the group said the sophistication with which the PFIPC allegedly operated warranted a comprehensive probe into whether other individuals may have assisted, encouraged or benefited from its activities. It noted that many…

Obi warns of looming disaster, as hunger sweeps North

July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 Aminu Imam

In a scathing assessment of the country’s worsening food insecurity, former Anambra State Governor and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has warned that northern Nigeria is teetering on the edge of an avoidable catastrophe. Reacting to a grim new United Nations (UN) report, Obi expressed deep concern over findings that show more than 17 million people across nine northern states are currently facing crisis-level hunger. Described by the World Food Programme (WFP) as the worst food shortage in nearly a decade, the situation highlights a stark irony…

US @ 250: ‘Independence Day parade cancelled over extreme heat concerns’ – LibertyTVR reports from Washington, DC

July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 Aminu Imam

Organisers of the annual Independence Day Parade in Washington, DC, have announced the cancellation of this year’s event due to dangerously high temperatures affecting the United States capital region. The parade, which was scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, as part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, was called off following warnings from weather authorities about life-threatening heat conditions. The US National Weather Service issued an Extreme Heat Warning for the District of Columbia and surrounding areas, forecasting heat index values ranging from…

Banditry: “Hunger fuelling members’ recruitment in the North”, UN warns

July 4, 2026July 4, 2026 Aminu Imam

…Says 17m face ‘worst food crisis in a decade’ The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that worsening hunger in northern Nigeria is pushing some desperate residents into joining bandit and armed groups, as more than 17 million people across conflict-affected states battle the region’s worst food security crisis in nearly a decade. In a statement issued on Thursday, the UN agency said a recent Cadre Harmonisé analysis revealed that over 17 million people in nine northern states are currently facing crisis, emergency or catastrophic levels of food…

FG settles NITEL, PHCN, bank workers’ ₦39bn pension liabilities

July 4, 2026July 4, 2026 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has announced the payment of more than N39 billion in inherited pension liabilities owed to thousands of pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme, saying the settlement fulfils President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to clearing longstanding pension debts. The payment, announced yesterday by the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, covers outstanding liabilities owed to pensioners of the defunct Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), Mobile Telecommunications Limited (M-Tel), Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Assurance Bank, NICON and the defunct People’s Bank of Nigeria. According to PTAD, the payments include N25.05 billion…

Sheikh Gumi condemns Igboho’s arrest of suspected bandits in Yoruba land

July 4, 2026July 4, 2026 Aminu Imam

…Warns against ethnic tension Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has condemned the arrest and public parade of suspected bandits by Yoruba ‘nation’ activist Sunday Adeyemo (a.k.a Sunday Igboho), warning that such actions could heighten ethnic tensions and undermine national unity. According to reports circulating on social media, Gumi cautioned against individuals or groups taking security matters into their own hands, stressing that the responsibility for arresting and prosecuting criminal suspects rests solely with law enforcement agencies. He warned that targeting people based on ethnic identity could inflame divisions and potentially trigger…

“Govt. has been compromised, looks away as Nigerians are killed” — Ex-Naval Chief

July 4, 2026July 4, 2026 Aminu Imam

A retired Nigerian Navy Commodore, (Prof.) Kunle Olawunmi has delivered a scathing assessment of Nigeria’s worsening security situation, alleging that the Federal Government had become compromised and was deliberately looking the other way while citizens were being killed by bandits and terrorists. Speaking at the maiden edition of ‘Boiling Point Extra’, a public policy discourse focused on school kidnapping and the safety of children, the retired naval officer also alleged that hostile foreign interests were playing active roles in fueling insecurity across the country. Olawunmi, a Professor of Global Counter-Terrorism,…

Counter-terrorism: US withdraws military personnel from Nigeria

July 4, 2026July 4, 2026 Aminu Imam

The United States has pulled back many of its troops in Nigeria following the May operation that killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command of ISIS, in the Lake Chad Basin. Commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), Dagvin Anderson, who announced the development on Thursday at a press briefing Luanda, Angola, after the conclusion of the 2026 African chiefs of defence conference, said the US, would however, retain its intelligence partnership with Nigeria. Speaking on security challenges in Africa and the US approach to supporting partners without external interference, the AFRICOM commander…