Borno state government and stakeholders including security agencies on Sunday deliberated on ongoing surrendering by insurgents in the state. Speaking at the meeting in Maiduguri, Governor Babagana Zulum said the forum was to reach a common ground by the people of Borno on how to handle the situation for lasting peace in the state. Zulum said so far about 3,000 insurgents had surrendered, adding that reports from Cameroon indicated that about 900 surrendered to the Cameroonian authorities. He explained that a team, comprising security agencies and other relevant organisations, had been constituted to profile the surrendered insurgents in line with…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted three days cloudy and thundery weather conditions from Monday to Wednesday NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted cloudy skies on Monday, with intervals of sunshine over northern region, with prospects of isolated thunderstorms, over parts of Jigawa, Kano, Sokoto and Kebbi States during morning hours. According to it, thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of Taraba, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Bauchi, Jigawa and Kaduna States, later in the day. ”Early morning thunderstorms are expected over parts of Kogi, Kwara and Niger states, while the remainder of the central cities are expected…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it will resolve in six months all contract issues delaying the installation of 18Left Runway Lighting at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The Managing Director of FAAN, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, disclosed this after an inspection tour with the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu, in Lagos on Sunday. Yadudu said the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, had graciously accepted to resolve the protracted contract issues and he agreed to grant them approval to quickly procure a new lighting system. The managing director explained…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says Nigeria accounts for 24,000 missing people, the largest missing caseload on the continent representing over half of those registered as missing in Africa. Mr Aliyu Dawobe, ICRC’s Public Relations Officer, said in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja, that more than 44,000 people across Africa have been registered as missing, with children accounting for over 45 percent of the cases at the time they were missing. “Eighty-two per cent of the missing are registered in seven countries in Africa, namely Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Libya, the Democratic Republic of Congo…
The people of Ugbo in Ilaje council area of Ondo State on Sunday called on the state government to urgently intervene to check sea incursion ravaging the coastal community. They lamented that many residents had been displaced and property destroyed as a result of the sea incursion in the community. The traditional ruler of the community, the Olugbo of Ugbo, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, made the call during the inauguration of Molute/Jinrinwo Development Trust Fund in Ugbo. Akinruntan said that without urgent intervention by the government, the community would go into extinction in a couple of years. He also lamented that…
Lawmakers, state commissioners and other critical stakeholders have expressed concern over dwindling allocation to states from the Federation Account. The stakeholders spoke at the end of a three day workshop on Sunday. The workshop, which was organised by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its State2State Project for six focal states, focused on exploring robust Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) strategies. The Commissioner, Budget and Planning, Sokoto State, Mai Nasara Ahmed, called on states to work towards boosting their internal revenue, saying there might not be much money to share at the federal level in future. He stressed…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered N53 billion from a real estate developer for the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye disclosed this during a meeting with the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee Investigating the Operations of Real Estate Developers in FCT. Owasanoye said that the developer took the money without providing houses for its subscribers. He stressed that the Commission would always deploy its mandates against developers who took public funds with the promise to provide houses for public or civil servants without doing so. The ICPC…
The federal government has postponed the Nigeria at 60 Jubilee Special Award ceremony, scheduled earlier to hold on September 3. Chief Adeniyi Adebayo, the Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, made this known in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Ifedayo Sayo, on Sunday in Abuja. Adebayo said that the Nigeria @60 Award ceremony, was planned as part of Jubilee celebrations of Nigeria’s Independence to honour 60 notable Nigerians, who had made immense contributions to the nation’s growth. The minister regretted any inconveniences the postponement might have caused stakeholders and the general public. Adebayo, however, said that…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a drug kingpin, Mr Ibeh Ejike, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA) Abuja with ingested 87 wraps of cocaine. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the 41-year-old suspect was arrested on Wednesday, August 25, upon his arrival on board an Ethiopian Airline flight 911 from Kigali via Addis Ababa. He said the suspect was taken in for secondary check during which he tested positive to ingestion of illicit substance. “While under observation, he excreted 87 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.884…
Bose Omolayo’s best lift of 141 kg on Sunday was good enough to win gold medal for Nigeria in the women’s power lifting -79kg in the ongoing 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. Omolayo recorded the best lift of 141 kg to take the first position in her category. Nataliia Oliinyk from Ukraine placed second with a lift of 133 kg, while Vera Muratova from Russian Federation lifted 132 Kg to win bronze to take. The 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, which started on August 24 is expected to end on September 5.