The Ekiti State government and a non governmental organisation, Opeyemi Falegan Foundation have disagreed over the allocation accruing to the state and the palliatives from the Federal Government to mitigate the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. While the ODF Founder alleged that the FG palliatives to the state were diverted and politicised just as the monthly allocations could not be accounted for, the state Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said the government was open and had nothing to hide on allocations and palliatives. Falegan, in a statement signed on Thursday, expressed concern over the living conditions of Ekiti people,…
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The Chiefs of Defence Staff in West Africa on Friday called for the return of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to the regional bloc. In January, the three military-led West African nations announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States, accusing the organisation of becoming a threat to its member states. The regional Defence Chiefs stated that their return was crucial to overcoming the insecurity plaguing the region, particularly insurgency. The Chairman of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff and the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa spoke while leading the Defence…
The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye revealed that her husband, Olusola, and President Bola Tinubu, are among the several others who fought for Nigeria’s democracy. Adeyeye made this known on Friday in her interview on the Channels Television programme, Inside Sources. Her comments came on the heels of the recent nationwide #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest which started on August 1, 2024, but has lost popularity after a week. The protest was birthed in reaction by some Nigerians to the economic hardship affecting the standard of living of the citizenry. The demands of the organisers and…
Russia said Friday it was deploying more troops and munitions to a border region where Ukraine had mounted a major ground offensive, as Ukraine said a Russian strike on a supermarket in its east killed 11 people. Kyiv’s troops have been driving into Russia’s western Kursk region since Tuesday in a surprise offensive that appears to be the most significant attack on Russian soil since Moscow invaded in February 2022. Russia’s defence ministry said it was sending columns of military hardware, including rocket launchers, artillery, tanks and heavy trucks to reinforce its defences in the region, state media reported. Around…
The House of Representatives has established a new committee to investigate economic sabotage within the petroleum sector. Notably absent from the list of committee members is Ikenga Ugochinyere, the former ad-hoc chairman and current Chairman of the House Committee on Upstream Petroleum. A few days ago, the House dissolved the previous ad-hoc committee, which had been investigating issues related to the importation of adulterated petroleum products, the non-availability of crude oil for domestic refineries, and other critical energy security concerns. The decision to dissolve the committee followed several controversies since its inauguration. The previous ad-hoc committee, led by Ugochinyere, had…
Gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint at Omata Junction, Nnewi-Oba Road in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the hoodlums invaded the area at about 9:20 am on Friday and threw explosive devices at the police operatives at the checkpoint. It was further gathered that during the attack, one policeman was killed while another was injured. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday. Ikenga added that the state Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Itam, has ordered an intensive manhunt for the gunmen. He said, “The Commissioner…
ActionAid Nigeria has called on the government to provide support for children rescued from infanticide, a practice where children are killed, often due to cultural or societal beliefs. The practice, which is said to be predominant in five out of the six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory: Abaji, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Kwali and Abuja Municipal Area councils have led to killing of twins, Albinos and children whose mothers die while breastfeeding them. The Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu made the plea during a visit by the group’s board members to Vine Heritage Homes in Abuja on Friday.…
The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Organising Committee has demanded the dismissal of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in response to the killing of protesters. This demand was made during a candlelight symposium held in honour of the victims at the Rights House in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Friday. Recall that the committee, based at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, Lagos, had declared three days of mourning for those killed nationwide during the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests. The hunger strike, which was intended to last for ten days, is now on its ninth day as of Friday. Amnesty International has accused…
The wife and two daughters of a Kogi-based journalist, Muhammed Bashir, were among the ten members of the same family kidnapped on Thursday in Kaduna State. Bashir’s wife and his two daughters arrived in Kaduna earlier on Thursday for a holiday with her (the wife’s) family in a suburb of Kaduna. Bashir, a correspondent with the Nigeria Telegraph, disclosed this to colleagues on Friday in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, in a terse statement. “My dear colleagues, please I need your prayers. My two daughters and their mother, including eight others, were kidnapped yesterday by unknown gunmen in Kaduna where…
President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the family of Mr. Issa Hayatou, former President of the Confederation of African Football , who passed away at the age of 77 on Thursday. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday, Hayatou was also one-time acting President of FIFA — the world’s football governing body. “President Tinubu commiserates with the Cameroonian Football Federation, the people of Cameroon, and the African football community. “The President describes the passing of the legendary football administrator as a huge loss, underlining his contributions to the development…