Some yet-to-be-identified assailants on Monday attacked the Umunze Police Station in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Some sources and residents in the area said the assailants stormed the police facility in the early hours of Monday, shooting severally into the air before forcefully gaining entrance into the premises. According to the sources, during the attack, some police officers were shot dead as the assailants caught them unawares while some parts of the premises were set ablaze using improvised explosive devices. One of the eyewitnesses said, “The masked hoodlums shot severally into the air as they marched towards…
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The Minister of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has extended warm felicitations to the Muslim faithful across Nigeria on the occasion of Eid el-Maulud, commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. The minister urged Muslims to reflect on the teachings of the Prophet, emphasising love, compassion, and unity, in a statement by her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Nneka Ikem. “As we celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, let us remember the importance of living in harmony with one another and promoting peace in our communities.” Minister Musawa also expressed deep sympathy to the people…
An erstwhile Attorney-General of the Federation, Kanu Agabi, has lamented the high rate of election rigging in Nigeria, noting that people who are suspicious of the electioneering process have justifiable reasons to do so. Agabi, 78, who served as an AGF under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s programme, Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, on Sunday. He said, “Take the elections for instance. Do you know how many percentages of elections are challenged? Why? Because the elections come under justifiable suspicions. “Those who suspect the elections are justified but if we…
The World Trade Organisation Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has announced her intention to seek another four-year term as head of the trade organisation. She disclosed this in an interview with Reuters on Monday, stating that she hopes to complete “unfinished business” from her first mandate. Okonjo-Iweala, who served as Nigeria’s finance minister, took office in March 2021 as the first female and African head of the 30-year-old trade body. Her current term expires on 31 August 2025. She said, “I would like to be part of this chapter of the WTO story, and I stand ready to compete for the position,”…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (Calabar Zone), which includes Ebonyi State University, Abia State University, Akwa Ibom State University, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, University of Calabar, Cross River University of Technology, and the University of Uyo, has protested the victimisation of its members in various universities across the country, including EBSU, Kogi State University, and Lagos State University. The Union stated that its members are still being denied both their statutory and legal entitlements in some of the nation’s universities, adding that this trend has subjected lecturers to undue victimisation, intimidation, and deprivation. Members of the Union in the…
The National Emergency Management Agency has deployed more staff from other zonal offices to assist in the intervention activities ongoing in the flooded areas in Borno State. NEMA said staff from Yola, Gombe, Jos, and the Abuja offices have been deployed to Maiduguri because of the overwhelming situation. The NEMA spokesman, Manzo Ezekiel, who disclosed this to our correspondent on Monday also noted that the Director General of the agency, Zubaida Umar is also supervising the rescue and intervention activities in the state. “The Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar was here last week Tuesday, and she came here again on…
No fewer than eight persons have been injured and one was reported dead in a head-on collision between two buses on the Third Mainland Bridge, near the Ilaje area of Lagos State on Monday. The crash occurred as the two Mazda commercial buses, with number plates — LND 624 YE and EKY 804 YH, “recklessly engaged in a high-speed chase from Adeniji Adele,” according to a statement by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq. The statement noted that the intervention of the LASTMA officials “facilitated the rapid rescue of eight passengers, all…
An Anambra State-born businessman, Barth Nwibe, has declared his intention to run for the state governorship election in 2025 on the platform of the Labour Party. Nwibe made the declaration on Sunday when he addressed political stakeholders in Anambra Central Senatorial District in Awka Etiti, Idemili South Local Government Area. He said he desired to address the leadership failure in the state, adding that Anambra needs a humble leader who listens to his people and not an all-knowing individual who would not pay attention to the feelings of the masses. He said, “I want to tell you that I am…
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has stated that the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee disbursed N3.473tn to the three tiers of government in the second quarter of 2024. This reflects an increase of N46.77bn (1.42 per cent) compared to the first quarter of 2024. This was disclosed by the agency’s Assistant Director, Communications and Advocacy, Chris Ochonu, in a statement on Monday. Ochonu noted that these figures are part of NEITI’s latest Quarterly Report on Federation Account Revenue Allocations for Q2 2024. Unveiling the report in Abuja, the NEITI Executive Secretary, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, emphasised that “The Quarterly Review…
SaharaReporters’ analysis of the 2024 Fiscal Appropriation Act has shown that President Bola Tinubu’s administration budgeted the sum of N200 million under the Agricultural Research and Management Institute, also known as Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) – Ilorin, Kwara State for the construction of streetlights in Bayelsa and Kano states and rehabilitation of a road in Abuja, outside its jurisdiction. Meanwhile, the analysis shows that the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute – Ilorin got a total budgetary allocation of N3,017,842,441 in the 2024 Fiscal Appropriation Act. The Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute in Ilorin operates under…