The police in Imo have arrested a 40-year-old man, Uzoamaka Ugoanyanwu, said to be a notorious native doctor who allegedly prepares charms for members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB and members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The Commissioner of Police in Imo Mr Abutu Yaro, confirmed the arrest in statement signed by the command’s spokesman SP Bala Alkana. The CP said the police also arrested nine suspects who took part in the attack on the country home of Gov. Hope Uzodimma. Yaro said the breakthrough followed a painstaking investigation carried out by the command’s tactical units and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s Public Debt Stock is N33.107 trillion (about $87.239 billion), as at March 31, 2021. A statement obtained from DMO’s website says that the total public Debt Stock comprised of the debt stock of the federal government of Nigeria, 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), respectively. The debt stock also includes Promissory Notes in the sum of N940.220 billion issued to settle the inherited arrears of the FGN to state governments, oil marketing companies, exporters and local contractors. The report said that compared to the Total Public Debt Stock of N32.916…
The Presidency says it will present a one hour documentary titled, ”Nigeria: Consolidating Democracy and National Unity,” in commemoration of 2021 Democracy Day slated for June 12. According to a statement in Abuja on Wednesday by the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, the documentary will debut simultaneously on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Channels TV networks this Saturday at 8:00-9:00pm. He said TVC would be showing the documentary at 4:30-5:30pm June 13. The presidential aide revealed that the film featured President Muhammadu Buhari and dignitaries, who were central to the annulled June 12 election and the events that followed,…
The Dangote Group says its 650,000BPD refinery project under construction in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos will be completed by end of December. Mr Edwin Devakumar, the company’s Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, said this on Wednesday in Abuja. Devakumar while delivering a corporate keynote address at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) assured Nigerians that the project would be completed in December. He said: “The refinery has so far achieved considerable milestones considering the global health crisis that hindered the desirable progress. “The project has incurred some delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “As at date, the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday inaugurated e-registration Committee to facilitate electronic registration of its members nationwide. The committee is chaired by the Governor of Edo, Mr Godwin Obaseki, while Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State is the Vice Chairman. The party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, at the inauguration of the committee in Abuja, said that the e- registration was a project dear to the party and had been on the card since 2010. Secondus said that the party decided to digitalise its membership for proper database, due to its size, reach and to move with time. “When…
The Senate has adjourned plenary to June 22 to review its Legislative Agenda. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, announced this after a special session to mark the ninth Senate’s second anniversary. He said that the break was to afford the lawmakers an opportunity to engage with their constituents. “This is so that we come back with new things that we need to add. “We have to review our Legislative Agenda; we need to review the Legislative agenda, because this is two years, there are definitely new things that have come into the arena that were not reflected in the…
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…
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…