Aminu Imam, Author at Voice of Liberty NG

Nigerians Face Double Energy Burden: Cooking gas price jumps 44.5%, as FG set to introduce petrol tax

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

Nigerian households are bracing for tougher times, as rising energy costs and a newly announced petrol consumption tax threaten to stretch already fragile incomes. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the average retail price for refilling a 12.5 kilogram cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas, rose by 44.51 percent year-on-year in July 2025. The price jumped from ₦14,261.57 in July 2024 to ₦20,609.48 in July 2025. The NBS report, published on Tuesday, shows that while there was a modest month-on-month decline of 1.91…

Tinubu heads to France, UK for 10-day ‘working vacation’

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu departed Abuja yesterday, to commence a working vacation in Europe, as part of his 2025 annual leave. According to a press statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, the vacation will last 10 working days. President Tinubu will spend the period between France and the UK and then return to the country, the statement added.

US approves $32.5m lifeline for Nigeria amid growing hunger crisis

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

In a rare but significant policy shift, the United States (U.S.) has approved $32.5 million in emergency assistance to Nigeria to help combat rising hunger, especially in conflict-torn regions. The U.S. Mission to Nigeria confirmed on Wednesday that the funds will be directed toward food aid and nutritional support for internally-displaced people (IDPs), many of whom have been pushed to the brink of starvation by ongoing violence and insecurity. This development marks a sharp departure from the stance taken under former U.S. President Donald Trump, who abruptly suspended most aid…

Alleged criminal activities: Kaduna Police summon el-Rufa’i, 7 other ADC leaders for questioning

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

Kaduna State Police Command has invited former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, alongside several prominent members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), for questioning over alleged criminal conspiracy, incitement of public disturbance, mischief, and causing grievous hurt. A police letter, dated September 4, 2025, and signed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Uzainu Abdullahi, directed the ADC Kaduna State Chairman to produce El-Rufai and six other party members at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) on September 8, 2025. Those listed in…

Over 14,000 schools shut, 1,364 child-soldiers recruited in W’Africa’ in 2024 – UN

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

The United Nations (UN) has raised the alarm on the escalating humanitarian crisis of terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel, revealing that at least 1,364 children were recruited by armed groups in 2024, while over 14,000 schools have been forced to shut down due to insecurity. This was made known on Wednesday by Leonardo Simão, UN Under Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, at the Regional Conference on Combating Emerging Terrorist Groups and Strengthening Sustainable Security in the ECOWAS Region and the…

Nigerians to get NIN, voter card at same centres

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

…As INEC moves to link registration nationwide In a move to streamline citizen identification, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have agreed to deepen collaboration, allowing Nigerians to register for their National Identification Number (NIN) and voter cards at the same time in designated centres. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said the initiative could, in the long run, make the NIMC database the single source of truth for citizenship identification and potentially allow citizens to vote from anywhere in the country. The collaboration…

Obi slams FG over new 5% fuel tax

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

…Says Nigerians ‘can’t breathe’ Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, has criticised the Federal Government over its decision to introduce a 5 percent tax on all refined fossil fuel sales, including petrol and diesel, from January 2026. In a post on his official X handle yesterday, Obi described the move as ill-timed and insensitive, questioning why citizens who are already struggling should face additional financial burdens. Obi wrote: “When will Nigerians truly breathe? A timely and relevant question, as a new 5% tax on all refined…

FCT: Kano Govt. condemns forceful unconstitutional deportation of northerners

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

…Says ‘Abuja is not anyone’s property’ Kano State Government has expressed concern over the repeated deportation of citizens from the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja, to Kano and other states in the North. The state’s Commissioner for Women Affairs, Children and Disabled Persons, Amina Sani-Abdullahi, who made this known yesterday in a statement to newsmen in Kano, said the state government observed that within the last four weeks, several Nigerian citizens, including indigenes of Kano, Jigawa, Katsina, and Kaduna, were deported from the FCT to Kano. According to her, the…

“Declare state-of-emergency on insecurity”, Northern Elders urge Tinubu

September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 Aminu Imam

…Say Nigeria’s stability, regional security under threat The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a ‘state of emergency’ in northern Nigeria, citing the extraordinary scale of insecurity and the government’s constitutional and international obligations to protect lives. The Forum lamented that state security agencies remain overstretched, under-resourced, and in some cases complicit through inaction, leaving citizens vulnerable while eroding public trust in government. In a communiqué issued yesterday by its spokesperson, Professor Abubakar Jika Jiddere, the NEF expressed grave concern over the spate of…

President Tinubu makes fresh appointments

September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 Aminu Imam

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved new appointments in the leadership of recently established federal universities of education. The appointments were conveyed via a statement released yesterday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The President named Engineer AbdulRazaq Abubakar Nakore as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano. Nakore, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, previously served as Executive Secretary of the Rural Electricity Board in Jigawa State. Similarly, Prof. Abdullahi Tukur Kodage was appointed…