Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, has been released from custody after spending about five months in detention. Jalingo had spent 174 days in detention before a federal high court in Calabar granted him bail in the sum of N10 million. He was, however, freed on Monday after perfecting the bail conditions. Jalingo was first arraigned on August 22, 2019 after he published a story on [...]
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Zuwaira Gambo, Borno state commissioner for women affairs, says some of the people regarded as repentant Boko Haram members are victims of insurgency arrested at the wrong place. In 2016, the military launched Operation Safe Corridor, an initiative for the de-radicalisation and rehabilitation of ex-Boko Haram members. But Gambo said the aim of the initiative was to create awareness to other members [...]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, made a success of the privatisation programme his administration undertook. From November 1999 to July 2003, el-Rufai worked under Obasanjo as director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises and the secretary of the National Council of Privatisation where he spearheaded the privatisation of many government-owned companies. In a message to commemorate [...]
Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former minister of education, is set to launch #FixPolitics Initiative in conjunction with the Robert Bosch Academy. Ezekwesili had in September won the academy’s Von Weizsäcker fellowship. The former minister, according to a statement issued by the organisers of the programme, “has spent the last 6 months probing the effect that the poor quality of politics in a country [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh governorship election in Bayelsa state. The supreme court had nullified the election of David Lyon, candidate of the APC who was declared winner of the election in the state in November. The apex court asked INEC to issue certificates of return to candidates of the [...]
A group under the name, National Association of N-Power Volunteers, has accused Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, of holding on to their January pay. There are at least 500,000 volunteers of the N-Power scheme, a component of the National Social Investment Programmes (N-SIP), who get stipends every month, according to the federal government. In a [...]
Just 24 hours before his inauguration as governor of Bayelsa state, the supreme court nullified the election of David Lyon, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was declared winner of the governorship election in the state in November 2019. Lyon was expected to take over the leadership of the state from Seriake Dickson, the incumbent, whose tenure expires on [...]
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, says the people of his state have not lost hope in President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor said this while reacting to the president’s visit to the state on Wednesday. Buhari had visited the state to condole with the people over the Boko Haram attack which led to the loss of 30 lives in Auno, a community near [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari says the youth are endangering their future if they do not cooperate with the government. The president said this on Wednesday during a condolence visit to Borno state where about 30 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday. Buhari said the youth are a larger part of the country’s population and must help the government stabilise [...]
The Federation of Informal Workers' Organisations of Nigeria (FIWON) has asked the Lagos state government to review the ban on okada, saying residents are now forced to trek long distances. The ban on okada and tricycle in 15 local councils became effective on February 1, and despite protests from some quarters, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has insisted that his government [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari left Borno state on Wednesday without visiting Auno, a nearby community where suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed at least 30 people on Sunday. Buhari had headed to Borno from Ethiopia where he attended the African Union summit. TheCable gathered that the president who left the state around 4pm neither visited the scene of the attack nor hospitals where those [...]
Some soldiers at the war front in the north-east have expressed disappointment over the release of 1,400 ''repentant'' Boko Haram suspects. Babakura Jato, commissioner of information in Borno state, on Monday, told The PUNCH that 1,400 had been released in three tranches since Operation Safe Corridor programme was launched. Operation Safe Corridor is an initiative for the deradicalisation and rehabilitation of all [...]
Tope Fasua, chairman of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), has described the de-registration of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a breach of contract. INEC had announced the deregistration of 74 parties on Thursday, saying the action followed an assessment of the parties after the 2019 general election. ANRP was among the parties affected by INEC's action. Reacting [...]
The Diaspora Professional Health Initiative (DPHI) has accused the federal government of frustrating its efforts to improve healthcare in the country. The association comprise of Nigerian medical practitioners who are based in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Africa, among others. A member of the association, who did not want to be named, told TheCable that those in DPHI were [...]
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Hamisu Bala, suspected kidnap kingpin better known as Wadume, has been charged with 16 counts of terrorism, murder and kidnapping -- six months after his arrest. A botched attempt arrest to Wadume had led to the killing of three policemen and a civilian in Taraba state. According to the Punch, the charge was filed by Simon Lough, Anthony Egwu, and Peter Amadi [...]
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