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Security

Anchor Borrowers Loan: DSS raises alarm over planned violent protests

Aminu Imam

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it has uncovered plot by some politically exposed persons to stage violent protests across the country to discredit the Federal Government and security agencies over sundry socio-economic matters. Recall that just last weekend, President Bola Tinubu had directed the security agencies to recover all loans connected to the Anchor Borrowers programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN). According to reports, the President gave the directive after investigations revealed that about N577billion out of the total sum of N1,103,793,587,359,070.00 given out…

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Kaduna Insecurity: Bandits block Birnin-Gwari Road, kidnap over 40 in 9 days

Aminu Imam

Residents of Birnin-Gwari, situated in Kaduna State, have raised alarm that for the past 9 days, bandits and other criminal elements have renewed onslaught on the Kaduna- Birnin-Gwari highway where they kidnapped over 44 persons. The Birnin-Gwari locals said the ugly situation has forced drivers and commuters plying the highway to change to other routes, for fear of their lives. The locals, who said their joy of having a temporary respite from the gruesome acts of the criminals was short-lived, said there was a resurgence of kidnap for ransom by…

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“North will work against Tinubu if PEPT orders re-run”, Says Ohanaeze

Aminu Imam

The Chidi Ibeh-led faction of the pan Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said the North will likely work against President Bola Tinubu, if the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, (PEPT), orders a re-run on September 6. In a statement issued yesterday, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, noted that Northern leadership and political leaders were dissatisfied with Tinubu’s Presidency and were waiting patiently for the tribunal’s verdict to unleash their plan. Ohanaeze added that Northern leadership shut down the planned invasion of Niger Republic by Tinubu-led Economic Community of…

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Escalating Insecurity: Kaduna trains additional 7,000 vigilantes 

Aminu Imam

Governor Uba Sani, of Kaduna State, has flagged-off the training of an additional 7,000 vigilante members to arrest the worsening insecurity in the State. The 7,000 personnel, drawn from all the local government areas of the State, are being trained at the Police College, Kaduna. Recall that banditry and other forms of insecurity in the State have increased in frequency. Just on Friday about nine bandits arrived at Saya-Saya village, Ikara local government area on motorcycles and killed seven people while praying in a mosque. The governor said, at the…

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Kaduna: Governor orders probe into mosque killing

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, on Sunday, directed the Police to investigate the bandits’ attack on Saya-Saya village in Ikara local government area of the State, which led to the killing of seven worshippers in a mosque. This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mohammed Lawal Shehu, released in Kaduna on Sunday. Sani, while describing the killing as wicked and barbaric, vowed that the government would not rest on its oars until peace was restored in all parts of the state. He said,…

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Kaduna: 7 worshippers killed, as bandits invade mosque

Aminu Imam

No fewer than seven people have been reportedly killed as gunmen suspected bandits attacked worshippers in a mosque at Saya-Saya village, in Ikara local government area of Kaduna State. According to local sources, the incident happened around 8 p.m. on Friday, September 1, 2023, when the villagers were performing isha’i (sunset) prayers at a mosque. Five of the victims were gunned down in the mosque, while the remaining two other victims were killed at different locations within the area. The village Head, Malam AbdulRahman Yusuf, confirmed the incident, saying the head…

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Terrorism: “We need help” – COAS cries out to UN Rep.

Aminu Imam

…Says bandits use explosive devices for operations The Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has sought help from the United Nations Office for Counter-Terrorism, to tackle increasing threats in the country as he said bandits have morphed their methodology and now use explosive devices in their operations. Lagbaja made this known on Thursday, when he received the Under Secretary-General, United Nations (UN) Office for Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, in his office in Abuja. The COAS, who expressed the willingness of the military to partner with the UN said…

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Niger Coup: “Diplomacy won’t fail…Nobody wants war” – AbdulSalami Abubakar

Aminu Imam

Former Head of State, AbdulSalami Abubakar, days diplomatic interventions to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic will succeed. AbdulSalami spoke yesterday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS). On Saturday, the former head of state led a delegation which included Muhammad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, and Omar Touray, ECOWAS Commission president, to the Niger Republic. After meeting with deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, Abdulsalami said he would brief Tinubu on the outcome of the discussion. Speaking with newsmen after meeting…

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“Military intervention in Niger, declaration of war against the North” – El-Rufa’i warns Tinubu, ECOWAS

Aminu Imam

After his attempts at ministerial appointment hit the rocks, former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, appears to have regained his voice. In what seems a rebound, he cautioned the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) against military intervention in Niger Republic. According to the former governor, any move in that direction, would mean a declaration of Nigerians in the North who have a relationship with citizens of the embattled country. Dialogue, he argued, remained the only way to resolve the crisis in Niger. Recall that the ECOWAS defence…

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Zamfara: Bandits kidnap 8 NYSC members en route Sokoto camp

Aminu Imam

Gunmen kidnap eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members along a highway in Zamfara on Saturday. According to reports, the corps members were on their way to Sokoto State via Zamfara State, where they were participating in the mandatory national service, when their bus, operated by AKTC, was stopped along the highway in Zamfara. A source stated that 11 corps members were present, but three of them managed to get away from the gunmen. Apart from the eight corps members, the driver of the bus was also abducted, he said. “The…

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