Day: September 24, 2023

Criminal Negligence: Northern Peoples Group drags Buhari Tinubu to ICC

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Aminu Imam A voluntary organisation that promotes peace and development in northern Nigeria, the Northern Peoples Group,, Northern Peoples Group says it intends to file a formal communication with the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague against former President Muhammadu Buhari. According to a press statement it issued on Sunday, the group disclosed that it plans to request the ICC to look into the atrocities perpetrated by the former President and his Service Chiefs against the Northern Nigerian peoples, pursuant to Article…

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“Tinubu steering Nigeria through turbulent waters” – Senate President, Akpabio

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…Says 10th Assembly will change Nigeria’s destiny The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration is steering the country through troubled waters, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has affirmed. Akpabio, who stated this on Friday, at a retreat for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly, which was held in Ikot-Ekpene, Akwa-Ibom State, however assured the President and Vice-President Kashim Shettima that they would not walk alone. He said the 10th National Assembly will walk hand-in-hand with them to take the ship of state to ‘harbours of bliss and development’. The Senate President…

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FG receives fresh N535.6bn ($700m) loan from World Bank

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The Federal Government, under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has secured the approval of a fresh N535.6 billion ($700m) loan from the World Bank. The World Bank, which disclosed this in a statement published on the website on Friday, said the new loan is to provide additional funds for an on-going project known as the ‘Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment’. The statement read in part: “The World Bank has approved additional financing of $700m for Nigeria to scale-up the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment programme, whose goal…

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Katsina: “Defend yourselves against bandits” – Cleric tells communities 

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A Katsina-based cleric, Sheikh Musa Ibrahim Faskari, has advised communities ravaged by banditry to take up arms and defend themselves. In a Friday sermon that went viral on social media, the Islamic scholar said Islam encouraged people who were being attacked and killed to take arms and defend themselves. According to him, communities were allowed to take up arms in order to defend five things: religion, lives, wealth, dignity and family. He further said, “We have seen how our towns and villages are full with security agents; but we are…

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Food Insecurity: ‘Biting hunger resulting from low-crop yield leading to mortality in North’ – Stakeholders

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Across Nigeria, in spite of the advent of rainy season which led to heavy rainfall, the annual seasonal farming in northern Nigeria, stakeholders have raised alarm that biting hunger resulting from low crop yield is leading to mortality in the North, resulting in food insecurity in the region. Lamenting the situation to newsmen, a father of five, ‘Malam’ Garba, (not his real name), from an Adamawa community, said he lost his first daughter, A’isha, as a result of hunger resulting from low crop yield. At the burial ground, when Aisha…

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Lagos-Abuja superhighway to be completed in 4 yrs – Umahi

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The Federal Government has revealed that the proposed Abuja-Lagos highway will be completed in four years. Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this in a press conference on Friday. According to him, driving from Lagos to Abuja will take 4 hours on the highway. He also said the road will be made solely with concrete, adding that it is cheaper than asphalt. Earlier, Umahi had said a similar road would be constructed from Port-Harcourt to Lagos. He explained that they would be provided with state-of-the-art facilities for the comfort of…

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UNGA-78: ‘High-level corruption threatens Nigeria’s attainment of SGD-16’ – CISLAC 

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The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, (CISLAC), has expressed regret the high level of corruption, as captured in the 2022 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released globally by Transparency International, where Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points. The Executive Director of CISLAC and the Head of Transparency International in Nigeria, Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani, stated this Thursday, while presenting the Nigeria’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)-16 2022 Shadow Report, at the Salvation Army Auditorium, International Justice Commission, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)…

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FG warns petrol stations operators against adjusting fuel pumps 

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The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA), says it will sanction fuel stations operators who alters petroleum pumps at petrol filling stations. NMDPRA Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed, stated this during an interactive session with commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on Friday, in Abuja. Ahmed said that petrol stations caught dispensing fuel with adjusted fuel pumps would face heavy sanction. According to him, the sanctions to be meted out include revocation of operating licenses, suspension from operation or shut down depending on the gravity…

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Tinubu’s Chicago University academic records: Legal battle to resume in US court tomorrow, Monday

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The legal teams of President Bola Tinubu and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, are poised to rekindle their legal battle over President Tinubu’s academic records from Chicago in a United States court tomorrow, Monday. Recall that a US District Judge, Nancy Maldonado, granted an order on Thursday to stay a directive compelling Chicago State University (CSU) to furnish Atiku’s legal team with President Tinubu’s academic documents. This decision came after Tinubu’s lawyers filed an emergency motion late Thursday night, requesting a delay in implementing…

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