Author: Vincent Osuwo

Ali Ndume apologises to APC over attacks on Tinubu

Sen. Ali Ndume, the Senate’s immediate past Chief Whip, officially apologised to the ruling All Progressives Congress for embarrassing President Bola Tinubu on a live television event. The apology came one month after he was ousted as the Senate’s Chief Whip following an interview he did to Arise TV, alleging that Tinubu had been caged and kept from witnessing the horrors that Nigerians were going through. Following his dismissal, Ndume was promptly replaced by Tahir Monguno, Senator for Borno North. The Senate replaced Ndume following an order made in a letter by the party’s National Chairman, Umar Ganduje, and National…

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Mutfwang condemns killing travellers in Plateau

The Plateau State Government has relaxed the earlier imposed 24-hour curfew in the Jos-North and Jos-South metropolises of the state. This was announced in a statement on Wednesday by Gyang Bere, Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Executive Governor of Plateau State. According to the statement, the decision to relax the curfew comes on the heels of improvements in the security situation within the Jos-Bukuru metropolis. The statement mentioned that residents of the area can now move freely between the hours of 2pm and 6pm daily until further notice. Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, who ordered the relaxation after…

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Cameroon arrests five Nigerian pastors over politician’s abduction

Pastor Desmond Eke, the founder of the Deliverance Ministry of the Good Shepherd in Umuehieta Avu, Owerri West Local Government Area, Imo State, has been convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment for raping his church member’s wife. Justice T. N. Nzeukwu of the Imo State High Court found the pastor guilty for taking advantage of the woman who had placed so much trust in him. The defendant was tried on three counts, including raping the woman, who is also a church member, and supplying a stupefying chemical to her, causing her to become disoriented and weak. According to prosecution…

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Stampedes: Police ban unauthorised distribution of palliatives, funfairs 

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, have said the police, military, and other agencies involved in the management of the #EndBadGovernance protest did not use live ammunition during the protests. Egbetokun stated this at a meeting of security agency heads in Abuja. He said, “The police and the military, and indeed no other security agency involved in the management of this protest, have not deployed excessive use of force. Instead, what we had were attacks on security agents during the protest. From our record, there were no shooting incidents by the police. “The police or military did not use…

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Ukraine, Russia bicker over Nigeria's protests

A 16-year-old #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protester was shot dead by a Nigerian soldier on Tuesday in Zaria, Kaduna State’s Samaru neighbourhood.  Ismail Mohammed, a young demonstrator, has been recognised. Major General Onyeama Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday titled “Unfortunate death of a protester by a soldier in Zaria.” Nwachukwu revealed that the incident occurred on Tuesday, when troops from the Nigerian Army received a distress call to assist in dispersing some hoodlums who had gather in Samaru, burning tires, and attacking security personnel under the guise of protesting. Nwachukwu claimed that the…

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Rivers political crisis costly for Fubara, Wike - Shehu Sani

Former Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial district at the Senate, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday condemned the violence that trailed the nationwide protests in the North, alleging it was an attempt to overthrow the government.  Sani made the assertions speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. The politician alleged that some days into the protest, money and some foreign flags were shared among the youths in the country’s northern region. “A day before the last protest, money was shared with the youths, and Russian flags were also shared. That shows that the whole intent of the…

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The EFCC is having a running legal battle with Court adjourns Yahaya Bello’s trial till Nov 27

The Media Office of Kogi State’s immediate-past governor, Alhaji Yayaha Bello, has denied that he is one of the sponsors of the country’s ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests.  According to a statement made on Wednesday and signed by Michael Ohiare, the assertion was part of a broad conspiracy by the former governor’s adversaries to frame him. The statement made available to the press in Lokoja read, “We have uncovered a high-wired plan by some disgruntled enemies of the nation and persons on the ‘Project Bring Down Yahaya Bello’, to frame him up as one of the sponsors of the #Endbadgovernance protests across…

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Over 11 local vigilante members have been confirmed dead following a fierce gun battle with heavily armed bandits and unconfirmed numbers of vigilantes in the Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

The federal government spent a total of N1.03 trillion to combat insecurity and terrorism between January and June 2024. According to the budget implementation report for the first half of 2024 received by our correspondent via Open Treasury, a website that tracks government spending, the amount indicates a disbursement rate of 42.80 percent from its authorisation of N2.41 trillion, with a balance of N1.38 trillion. Despite this spending, it was discovered that 5,801 Nigerians were slain in terrorist assaults and 4,348 individuals were abducted in the first seven months of 2024. Data from an Indigenous intelligence organisation, Beacon Consulting, revealed…

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Ukraine, Russia bicker over Nigeria's protests

Nigerian security operatives are investigating at least four northern politicians over the use of Russian flags during #EndBadGovernance protests. Multiple sources told The PUNCH that political heavyweights from Katsina, Kaduna, and Kano states were the primary drivers behind the adoption of Russian flags by demonstrators in the north to fan the flames of an illegitimate regime change. “You see, four principal actors have been identified in this issue. They are top politicians from Katsina, Kano, and Kaduna, and the security agencies are closing in on them,” said one of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was…

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Hunger Protest: North worst hit because of hate for Southern President dss

The northern part of the country has been worst hit by the ugly turn of events of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest. Many lives have been lost and private and state-owned properties looted and destroyed as a result of the once peaceful protest that has been hijacked by hoodlums and criminals disguising as protesters. This has necessitated the imposition of curfew in various states, such as Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Bauchi, Yobe, and Plateau State. While many opine that the region is worst hit by the protest because they were ”gaslighted” to protest against the federal government by Peter Obi, the Labour Party…

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