2023: “Allow Nigerians vote for leaders irrespective of party, religion”, Buhari urges Nigerians

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged leaders to respect the people and allow them “to choose who they like as their leaders, irrespective of political party or religion”. He stated that the people be allowed to choose their leaders from the lowest to the highest “so that it becomes a duty to them (the people) to pay back to the leadership”. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, while receiving the report of the National Security…

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Buhari to flag-off Kaduna-Kano rail project tomorrow 

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kaduna-Kano standard gauge rail line tomorrow, Thursday. This was contained in a statement released yesterday by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transportation, Magdalene Ajani. The groundbreaking would take place at Zawaciki, Dawaki LGAs in Kano State. According to the statement, the new rail project will further boost the president‘s programme of linking the country through rail in order to enhance the economic growth of the nation. Recall that in June 2021, Buhari inaugurated the 157 kilometres…

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Information blackout: NASS suspends Media Censorship Bill

The Nigeria Press Council (NPC) and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Amendment Bill, have been suspended by the House of representatives, Segun Odebunmi, a member has announced. Odebunmi, who is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Information National Orientation Ethics and Values, told newsmen that the suspension is necessary for proper consultations over the Bill. “We have been on this process for a while and right now, we have suspended it for more consultation to happen on it,” he said. Media practitioners and operators have particularly criticised the bill,…

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222 persons killed, 774 kidnapped in second quarter in Kaduna – Govt.

Two hundred and twenty-two deaths linked to banditry and other violent attacks were recorded in Kaduna State between April and June representing the second quarter of the year. Seven hundred and seventy-four others were kidnapped within the period. The revelations came at the State’s Security Council meeting yesterday, where the security summary of the State for the second quarter was presented to the governor. According to the report, Kaduna-Central recorded the highest number of attacks – with 159 deaths, 555 kidnapped persons, and 10 rape cases. The Commissioner of Internal…

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FG commissions electric vehicle charging station in Lagos

The Federal Government has commissioned the first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). The project is the initiative of the National Automotive Design and Development Agency, (NADDC), under the Elective Vehicle Pilot Project. The commissioning, which took place yesterday at the university’s Faculty of Engineering, was attended by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo. Others were NADDC Board Chairman, Senator Osita Izunaso; NADDC Director-General, Jelani Aliyu; UNILAG VC, Prof. Oluwatowin Ogundipe; Chief Executive Officer of Stallion Group, Anant Badjatya, among others. Adebayo…

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Senate rejects Lauretta Onochie as INEC commissioner

The Senate has rejected the nomination of presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, as a commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The rejection yesterday followed the massive outcry that has trailed her nomination, especially from members of the opposition and civil society organisations who claim she is a card-carrying member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Recall that Rivers State governor,  Nyesom Wike,  on Monday rejected the nomination of Onochie as the national commissioner of INEC, accusing the APC of plotting to rig the 2023 general elections. President Muhammadu Buhari had…

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“NIN is useless, security agencies never trace bandits’ calls” – Victims

Some kidnap victims on Monday explained how bandits had been thwarting the Federal Government’s security regulations in the telecommunications sector. Residents of Katsina, Zamfara and Kaduna States, who recounted their experiences in kidnappers’ dens, told newsmen that they made the bandits’ telephone numbers available to security agents. They, however, lamented that nothing was done to apprehend the hoodlums, thus making a mess of the Federal Government’s directives on registration of telephone subscribers and the linkage of SIM with the National Identification Number, (NIN). In Zamfara State, a kidnap victim, Mallam…

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DSS arrests Israeli filmmakers for allegedly supporting IPOB members

The Department of the State Security Service, (DSS), has arrested three Israeli filmmakers for allegedly supporting the Indigenous People Of Biafra, (IPOB), in Nigeria. According to Times Of Israel, Nigerian authorities arrested and interrogated the trio on suspicion that they had come into contact with ‘Biafran separatists.’ According to the Foreign Ministry, the Israeli Embassy in Abuja is following the case closely and is in contact with Nigerian authorities. One of the Israelis arrested is Rudy Rochman, a Zionist activist with almost 95,000 followers on Instagram. Making the flight with him…

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