The Nigerian troops say they ambushed and killed scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP elements who were reportedly on looting spree at Magumeri axis of Borno State on Monday evening. Thus is also as troops from another sector burst Boko Haram elements who were collecting taxes and levies from Villagers and herdmen in Geidam area of Yobe State. Sources told PRNigeria that following a tip off, troops led by Lt Col Ibrahim Bunu, sighted scores of terrorists around 5pm on about 10 motorcycles heading towards Ngowala ward in Magumeri local government area, laid ambush and eliminated them. The troops who were accompanied…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State today, Tuesday 23, 2021 ruled that it has jurisdiction to entertain the money laundering charge brought against Pastor Osagie Ize -Iyamu, PDP governorship candidate in the 2016 governorship election in the state, and four others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The other defendants are Lucky Imasuen, former deputy governor of Edo State, Chief Dan Orbih, former PDP chairman in Edo State; Tony Aziegbemi and Efe Erimuoghae. The defendants were alleged to have sometime in March 2015 in Benin City directly taken possession of the sum of seven…
A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, presided over by Justice Agatha Okeke has given Senator Albert Bassey, the nod to appeal its earlier ruling, rejecting the Senator’s no- case- submission. Bassey is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a six-count charge of alleged money laundering and for being in possession of six vehicles worth N204 million, provided by one Olajide Omokoro whose companies allegedly executed contracts for the Akwa Ibom State government. The EFCC had through its counsel, M. S. Abubakar, closed its case after calling several witnesses and tendered documents…
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will continue to stand with all her neighbours in the fight against terrorism. The president stated this in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday. The presidential aide said Buhari was reacting to the recent killing of 137 Nigeriens by Boko Haram and Islam in West Africa, (ISWA). President Buhari called his Nigerien counterpart, Mahamadou Issoufou, on phone, to sympathize with him and citizens of the neighbouring country over terrorist attacks. The Nigerian leader condemned the terrorist’s attacks, describing it as heinous. “We send…
In the midst of confessed policy dilemma and other monetary considerations, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has retained the Monetary Policy Rate at 11.5 per cent. CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, who made this known on Wednesday while presenting the communique from the MPC meeting, said that the committee also agreed to hold all other parameters constant. The Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) was therefore retained at 27.5 per cent, Liquidity Ratio at 30 per cent and the Asymmetric Corridor at plus 100 and minus 700 basis points around the MPR. The MPC is retaining all the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted parcels of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and cannabis sativa destined for the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Australia, Maldives and New Zealand. The spokesperson of the Agency, Mr Femi Babafemi in a statement made available to ASHENEWS on Tuesday, said the drugs wet intercepted between Saturday and Monday. According to the statement, the trafficker behind two of the parcels, was arrested after days of surveillance by NDLEA operatives. “Undercover narcotic agents attached to two international courier companies in Lagos made the seizures. “The suspect, who has made useful confessions during interrogations, was tracked…
The most engaging story in Nigeria at the weekend was the reported attack by gunmen on Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom’s convoy. The governor was out in the countryside on Saturday morning, inspecting a farm on Tyo-Mu-Abetse-Gboko Road in Makurdi local government, when gunmen opened fire at his convoy. No one was killed and no one sustained injuries, for which we offer thanks to God. The governor said he ran for two kilometres, which was ill-advised because he could have run straight into the bandits’ hands. Ortom moved very fast to politicize the incident. He said it was an assassination…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Supreme Court against three of its Justices over the imbroglio surrounding the candidacy of the party in the December 5 2020 Imo North Sentorial by-election. The petition was signed by its acting National Chairman and governor of Yobe, Mai Mala Buni. The party accused Justices Mohammed Dattijo, Abdu Aboki and Helen Ogunwumiju of holding nocturnal meeting with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to scheme out the party from the Senate seat. Justice Mohammed Dattijo, during the proceedings to hear the appeal by the APC candidate Mr Chukwuemeka Ibezim on his disqualification by…
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Tuesday shut down activities at the Imo House of Assembly over non implementation of financial autonomy for state legislature. The workers sealed all entrance to the complex, barring staff and legislators from entry. Mr Victor Nnadi, the state PASAN Chairman sais that the action was to press home their demand for legislative financial autonomy. Nnadi said that the association had followed due process in making its demands known without success. “We embarked on this strike to demand for the implementation of the Executive Order No 10, signed by President Muhammadu Buhari in…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari has justified recent approval of $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinery. He made the justification while speaking with reporters at the NNPC Towers, Abuja on Monday. According to Kyari, the award of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract to Tecnimont spA. of Milan, Italy, went through competitive bidding process, transparency and due diligence, Newsdiaryonline reports. He explained that governance structure and tender process included key independent external stakeholders like: Ministry of Finance, Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC),…