Day: August 12, 2022

Abuja-Kaduna Train Abduction: President Buhari meets with victims, relatives

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…Says FG will do its best to secure release of remaining abductees President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government is doing everything within its powers to ensure the safe return of the remaining abducted passengers of the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train attack. The president’s media aide, Femi Adesina, in an issued statement yesterday in Abuja, Femi Adesina, said Buhari gave the assurance when he met with representatives of victims of the Kaduna train abduction in Abuja yesterday. He said since the “terrible and cowardly attack by the criminal elements” on March…

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Worsening Insecurity: El-Rufa’i writes Buhari, says terrorists creating ‘parallel’ govt. in Kaduna

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Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, has said terrorists are consolidating their grip on communities in the state with a “parallel” government and “permanent operational base”. The Governor, who reportedly disclosed this in a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari, warned the president of the terrorists’ consolidation. The report said terrorists belonging to Ansaru ‘al-Musulmina fi Bilad al-Sudan‘, or Ansaru in local parlance, are believed to have moved to Birnin-Gwari in the State in 2012, when they broke away from Boko Haram. According to sources, the terrorists that formed Ansaru were…

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2023: “We’ll return Nigeria to Nigerians” – Peter Obi

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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has promised to return power back to the citizens. The former Anambra State Governor spoke at the Labour Party and Coalition for Peter Obi leadership summit in Abuja yesterday. According to Obi, in 2023, Nigerians would no longer allow “drivers that don’t know where we are going” to lead the country, adding that nobody knows where the country is heading. The Summit had coalition groups working for the presidential bid of the former Anambra State governor in attendance. Obi said…

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Insecurity: Over 400 poultry farms shut in Katsina

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The Chairman of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Katsina State chapter, Musa Danhassan, has said that over 400 poultry farms have been shut down due to insecurity in parts of the State. Danhassan, who disclosed this in an interview yesterday, in Katsina yesterday, said that more poultry farmers would run out of business if the Government failed to take decisive action against bandits and kidnappers operating in the state. “This is very unfortunate. The poultry farms were located in flash points where banditry and kidnapping are rampant which forced…

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Alleged N109bn Fraud: Suspended AGF, Ahmed Idris, seeks plea bargain – EFCC

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has hinted to Justice Adeyemi Ajayi, of the High Court sitting in Abuja, that the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, and his co-defendants have reached out to the Commission for a plea bargain to avoid trial. This was revealed by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), at the resumed hearing before the High Court, in Maitama, FCT. Idris and the other defendants are being prosecuted by the Federal Government over the allegation of frittering the sum of N109.4 billion belonging…

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Crude Oil Theft: Nigeria losing 6.132bn gallons annually – Analyst

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…Equivalent to 67m litres of refined product lost daily Latest analysis has revealed that with a barrel of oil containing 42 gallons, Nigeria is losing a whopping 6.132 billion gallons of crude annually to oil thieves. In addition, the country is also losing to oil thieves, about 16.8 million gallons of crude oil, which is equivalent to 67 million litres of refined petroleum products. A public affairs analyst, Bala Zaka, who revealed these, explained that the figures emanated from the summation using 400,000 barrels per day and 146 million barrels…

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Nigeria ranks 4th on IDA debtors’ list with $13bn debt

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Nigeria has moved one spot up in the latest top 10 International Development Association (IDA) borrowers’ list, with $13 billion debt. The IDA, which is a part of the World Bank, helps the world’s poorest countries. Other countries in the top five positions are India in the first position, Bangladesh in the second position, Pakistan in the third position, and Vietnam in the fifth position. Whereas the other top 5 countries reduced their debts between 2021 and 2022, Nigeria increased its debt by 11.11% after accumulating an additional $1.3bn to…

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Nigeria riddled with unfit, corrupt leaders – UN report

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has painted an ugly picture of Nigeria, saying that it is riddled with unfit, corrupt and self-serving leaders. This, it said, has brought the country to its current state where insecurity, unemployment and unfulfilled promises have bred popular scepticism. In a report titled: “Imagine Nigeria”, the UNDP explained that not only that all public sectors and government parastatals in Nigeria have suffered from this decay in governance, but the civil service at the national and State levels are also the sites of the most…

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