The Nigerian Army says troops of Operation Hadin Kai have eliminated six terrorists of Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP), who attempted to infiltrate Dikwa town in Borno on Tuesday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Yerima said that the terrorist elements mounted on five Gun Trucks, some on motorcycles and other foot soldiers tried to infiltrate the town through Gajibo axis. He said that the terrorists were met with superior fire power by troops and air bombardment by Air Task Force. He said the marauding terrorists were thoroughly…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Police Command in Osun says it has arrested five suspects with human parts in Osogbo, the state capital. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olawale Olokode, while parading the suspects in Osogbo on Wednesday, explained that they were arrested based on intelligence policing. He said that the suspects were arrested with two decaying human legs and hands. Olokode further said that the principal suspect had confessed to the crime and stated that the head of their victim was given to another suspect, who claimed to be a pastor with Cherubim and Seraphim Church, for ritual. According to him, all…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) may conduct a second 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for candidates with genuine registration challenges. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Lagos while monitoring profiling of candidates with 2021 UTME registration challenges. “So far, we have just 17, 758 candidates with challenges that had been profiled, nationwide. “At the end of the entire exercise, we may have to conduct another examination for those with genuine cases after the main UTME slated for June 19 to July 3,” he said. He reiterated the board’s commitment to ensuring…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said Nigerians would fare better staying together than break up. Obasanjo stated this in Abeokuta at his investiture as a Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyor (NIS) organised by the Ogun chapter of the Body of Fellows of the NIS. The elder statesman called on agitators for the disintegration of the country to shelve the idea and work for the oneness of the country. According to him, it is better for Nigeria to remain as one indivisible nation than for each tribe to go its separate way. The former president, who acknowledged that Nigeria is…
Forced by the prevailing insecurity and other organised crimes in Nigeria, the Interfaith Initiatives for Peace has convened a meeting to discuss some pressing issues affecting the country. Through an invitation letter dated June 9, 2021, the meeting scheduled to hold on Thursday, at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, will be attended by Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar; Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar and former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan. The meeting will discuss national unity, security, peace, integration, economic revitalization, and development. “I am pleased to invite you on behalf of Interfaith Initiatives for…
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said illicit Financial Flow (IFF) in Nigeria was perpetuated by past corrupt leaders and their foreign accomplices and multinational companies. Executive Director CISLAC, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani and EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa said this at a conference on Illicit Financial Flow (Corruption in Arbitration) on Wednesday in Abuja. Bawa, represented by Mr Abiodun Adebanjo, Head, Research Unit, Department of Policy Research and Statistics, EFCC, said that IFF remained Nigeria’s most pervasive and daunting challenge. “The situation we have seen in Nigeria is that corrupt government officials…
The National Examinations Council, NECO, says it will not extend the registration period for the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, for school based candidates. A statement by the spokesperson of the council, Mr Azeez Sani on Wednesday, said “the registration exercise, which started on 31st March, will close on Friday, 25th June, 2021 and will not be subjected to extension, while the examination will commence unfailingly on Monday, 5th July 2021. “This is to enable efficient and effective planning for the examination logistics required for the smooth conduct of the 2021 SSCE internal. “State ministries of education, commandants, principals,…
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Jos chapter, says that its members will henceforth boycott all postgraduate (PG) activities in the institution. Chairman of ASUU in the university, Prof. Lazarus Maigoro, stated this in a notice of withdrawal issued on Wednesday in Jos. He said that the decision was premised on the refusal of the university management to implement the sharing formula that would take care of payment of the lecturers taking courses at postgraduate level, as approved by the university’s council in 2016. Maigoro said that the union had, in August 2015, written to ASUU President and…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the microblogging platform, Twitter, has approached the federal government for dialogue with a view to resolving the problem that led to the suspension of its activities in Nigeria. Mohammed made this known to State House correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which took place at the presidential villa, Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, he got the message from Twitter seeking dialogue with the government over the suspension order on June 9. He maintained that the social media giant was suspended because it provided an avenue for…
The Group General Manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), Mr Bala Wunti says Nigeria has earned over €1 million from sale of carbon credits through its partnership with TotalEnergies. Wunti disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen on the sidelines of the ongoing 2021 Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS). Carbon credit is a permit that allows holding companies to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. “It is through our partnership with Total that we are able to market our credit position and monitise it and we have earned over one million…