Author: Aminu Imam

GoG Corridor Criminality: Naval Heads to meet for 2024 Maritime Security Symposium

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Naval Heads to meet

Abuja is set to host the 2024 Symposium on Maritime Security and Sustainable Development in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG), with heads of navies and coast guards from the region converging for the high-profile event. The Nigerian Navy will host the symposium in collaboration with the European Union and the French Navy, according to a statement released by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, on Friday. The symposium, scheduled for November 26–28, will address critical issues in maritime security and sustainability. With a theme centered on: “Maritime Security…

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Grand Coalition: Northern groups unite for 2027 presidency

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Northern groups unite

The League of Northern Democrats, (LND), has reached out to similar other groups in the region, including Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Middle-Belt Forum (MBF), to forge common ground to return power to the region in the 2027 presidential election Addressing members of the ACF on Thursday, during their meeting, the Chairman of the LND, Ibrahim Shekarau, said meeting with other northern groups marked the beginning of a transformative coalition for Northern Nigeria. Shekarau, who spoke through one of the members of the LND, Ibrahim Isa…

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‘Why Nigerians must pay for new national ID card’ – NIMC

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NIMC

The National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), says Nigerians will have to pay for the new multipurpose national identity card due to limited government revenue. The Head of Card Management Services at NIMC, Dr. Peter Iwegbu, who stated this at a two-day roundtable organised for journalists yesterday in Lagos, said that the payment was to ensure that it was produced for only those who needed it. According to him, the decision was made to avoid repeating the mistake of the past efforts to issue physical cards to Nigerians for free, which…

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Sokoto: ‘Bandit Turji collects N6m ransom from community’ -  Security Consultant

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Sokoto Turji collects

Armed bandit leader, Jiya Turji, has reportedly received a ransom payment of N6 million from residents of Sardauna village in Sabon-Birni local government area of Sokoto State. This was posted by  a security consultant, Zagazola Makama, on his handle, who was giving an update on the activities of Turji. According  to Makama, Intelligence sources disclosed that the payment was made by the villagers to secure the release of five of their community members who had been abducted by the gang led by Turji during an earlier attack. “According to locals,…

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BoI raises $5bn, plans N120bn MSME support

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BoI raises

Managing Director of the Bank of Industry, (BoI), Olasupo Olusi, says the bank has raised over $5 billion from the international capital markets through EuroBonds, loan syndications, and green finance instruments since 2017. Olusi disclosed this on Thursday, at the BoI’s 65th anniversary news conference in Lagos, highlighted the bank’s evolution from its establishment as the Investment Company of Nigeria in 1959 to its transformation into the BoI in 2001. The BoI MD noted that the bank also concluded global loan syndication that raised not less than €2 billion in…

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Lassa Fever: 174 deaths recorded from 1,025 confirmed cases – NOA

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Lassa Fever

The National Orientation Agency, (NOA), has disclosed that the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)’s Epidemiological Report of Week-41 indicates that from October 2024 to date, 1,025 cases of Lassa Fever were confirmed across 28 States of the federation, with  174 deaths, representing a fatality ratio of 17%. The NOA Director-General, Dr. Lanre Onilu, disclosed this in a press briefing to mark the commencement of the organisation’s nationwide campaign to create awareness of the preventable measures that will help nip in the bud the infection and spread of Lassa Fever.…

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FG eyes livestock sector reform, investment to curb farmer-herder clashes

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FG on livestock reform

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to resolving the farmer-herder crisis through strategic investments in Nigeria’s livestock sector. Speaking in Rio de-Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, Tinubu stated during the signing of a ‘Letter of Intent’ between Nigeria and JBS S.A., one of the world’s leading meat processing companies. This was disclosed yesterday, in an issued statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.  According to Onanuga, the initiative aligns with Tinubu’s broader agenda for agricultural transformation and economic growth. The statement said…

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ICC Ruling: Israeli PM, Netanyahu faces arrest, as UK pledges to fulfill its “legal obligations”

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Netanyahu faces arrest

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu risks arrest in the United Kingdom (UK) after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against him on Thursday for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Downing Street has indicated that the UK would fulfil its “legal obligations” under international law if Netanyahu were to travel to the country. The warrant, which also names Israel’s former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, stems from accusations of war crimes during the ongoing Gaza conflict. According to the ICC Act 2001, member States, including the UK, are obligated…

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Food Insecurity: ‘65.8% of Nigerians go hungry, now borrow, skip meals for days’ – NBS

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Somalia East Africa Famine

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have disclosed that 65 percent (two-third) of Nigerian households go hungry over dwindling food security. This was contained in the report of the General-Household Surgery released by NBS, on Thursday. According to the survey on consumption , food security, and shock, two out of three households (65.8 percent) indicated being unable to eat healthy, nutritious or preferred foods because of lack of money in the last 30 days. The NBS, however, recorded most of the food security incidents in households in the southern zones…

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Senate approves Tinubu’s fresh $2.2bn loan request

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Senate approves

The Senate, yesterday, approved the $2.2 billion fresh loan request by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The decision was sequel to the consideration and adoption of a report of its Committee on local and foreign debts, chaired by Senator Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto-North). Recall that the President had written to the 10th National Assembly requesting the Senate and House of Representatives to approve a fresh $2.2 billion as external borrowing plan in the 2024 Appropriation Act. The President’s request was contained in a letter read by the Speaker of the House of…

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