The Executive Chairman, Federal Character Commission, FCC, Dr Muheeba Dankaka, says social justice is indispensable and the panacea for building an enduring nation. Dankaka spoke on Thursday in Owerri at a three-day retreat for FCC commissioners and senior officials of Imo government. The theme of the retreat is entitled: “Building Cooperation for Equitable Service Delivery.” Dankaka said that the primary aim of the commission was to ensure a strong, virile and an indivisible nation based on fairness, equity and justice. She said it was also to promote national loyalty and foster a sense of belonging among Nigerians. The Executive Chairman…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The mass circulation of small arms and light weapons among the civilian population has placed Nigeria on the path to self-destruction. When the minister of defence challenged Nigerians to defend themselves against bandits wielding sophisticated weapons, he was telling us the truth we know, that there is no State to defend us, we are on our own, so let’s do what we can. Of course, what he said does not make sense coming from someone with responsibility to defend us. The reason we have the State and give it the monopoly of the legitimate use of violence was to provide…
Barely 12 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari said the Federal government would not give amnesty to criminal bandits, over 200 female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata-Mafara local government area of Zamfara state, have been abducted. The Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, who confirmed the incident on Friday, said security agents had been been mobilized to pursue the bandits. “I can confirm to you now that we have sadly received the report on the abduction of the students of GGSS, Jangebe and right now, am on my way to the school. “At this…
Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has lamented that the federal government under president Muhammadu Buhari has abandoned the state in the face of the daring security challenges in the state. The governor express his hopelessness when he received the Senate Chief Whip, Mr Orji Kalu at the Government House on Thursday. According to the Sani-Bello, after the visit of federal government’s sympathizers and deployment of mobile units, at the moment, he has little or no support from the government at the Centre. “At the moment we did not feel any federal presence here. Yes, agreed the Inspector General of Police…
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The Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr Aghughu Adolphus, has been elected the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Board of External Auditors. A statement by Rotimi Ajayi, Deputy Director, Information, in the Auditor-General’s Office, said the election was conducted on February 23, in line with AU financial rules and regulations. Ajayi said that Adolphus’s tenure was for two years. Meanwhile, Adolphus has expressed commitment to strengthening the AU Board of External Auditors and entrenching accountability and transparency. “We look forward to a fruitful and beneficial interaction during Nigeria’s term of office from 2021 to 2023,” he said. He thanked President Muhammadu Buhari…
…Recover 14-AK47 rifles, 27 other prohibited firearms, 4 POS machines, others Nigeria’s ‘Operation Puff Adder II’, inaugurated by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Muhammad Adamu on 15th February, 2021, in collaboration with operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad of the Force, have arrested 48 criminal suspects (47 male and one female). A statement by the spokesperson of the Force Headquarters, CP Frank Mba on Thursday, said the suspects were arrested for their indictment in cases of armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawful possession of firearms, cybercrime/ financial fraud and other heinous crimes in some parts of…
Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says the Nigeria’s health sector will emerge stronger at the end of COVID-19 pandemic, going by efforts aimed at repositioning the sector. Gbajabiamila said this when he received a report on stakeholders roundtable in the health sector, organised by the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs on Thursday in Abuja. The report titled the ‘Green Book’, was a detailed documentation of sectorial engagements proffering solutions to challenges across the sector. Gbajabiamila charged the House Committees on Health Institutions and Health Services to ensure that the house delivered on its contract with the…
Governor Bello Muhammad of Zamfara on Thursday sacked all Directors-General and Special Advisers in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Bala Bello and made available to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday. “In accordance with restructuring excercise, His Excellency has relieved all Special Advisers of their appointments. “Similarly all the Directors-General are hereby dropped to enable for proper reorganisation of the existing directorates. “Accordingly, both the Special Advisers and the Directors General are hereby directed to hand over the affairs of their organisations to the accounting officers, or the…
Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed, son of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that he has no case to answer in the15-count money laundering charge. Shamsudeen, through his lawyer, Chris Uche, SAN, told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba that the evidence of the prosecution against him was insufficient to prove the case. “My lord, this matter was adjourned for defence, the prosecution having closed his case in the last adjournment. “Having comprehensively review the totality of all the evidence of witnesses called by the prosecution, we have decided to make a no-case…