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“INEC To Account For Missing N55.9bn 2019 Election Material Fund” – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), “to promptly account for the missing or diverted N55.9 billion meant for the purchase of smart card readers, ballot papers, result sheets and other election materials for the 2019 general elections.” SERAP said the grave allegations are documented in the...
NAF Commend Pilots’ Bravery, Professionalism After Jet Crash Escape
The Nigerian Air Force has released photographs of two pilots who escaped death after bravely ejecting their aircraft when it developed an in-flight emergency in Niger State. The Force, in a post on its X handle on Sunday, commended the officers for their “exceptional bravery and professionalism.” According to PUNCH Online had reported that the incident occurred on Saturday during a...
Benin Attempted Coup: Soldiers Announces President Talon’s Removal From Office
Military personnel in Benin on Sunday announced that they had ousted President Patrice Talon, although his entourage said he was safe and the army was regaining control. Soldiers calling themselves the “Military Committee for Refoundation” (CMR), said on state television that they had met and decided that “Mr Patrice Talon is removed from office as president of the republic”. The announcement...
FG Clarifies Issues On Subject Choices In New Senior Secondary Curriculum
The Federal Ministry of Education has issued comprehensive guidance to address widespread enquiries from students, parents, school proprietors, and administrators regarding subject selection under the revised Senior Secondary School Curriculum. This is contained in a statement on Saturday in Abuja by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs Folasade Boriowo. Boriowo said the clarification...
APC Govs Forum Support Tinubu On Security Reforms, Re-election
Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu administration’s security reforms and his reelection in 2027. The governors urged Nigerians to remain calm in the face of insecurity, saying government was taking holistic measures to tackle the challenge. Chairman of the PGF and governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, made the declaration while reading the...
IPOB Assures Ndigbo Of Adequate Security During Christmas Festivities
The Indigenous People of Biafra has urged Ndigbo in Nigeria and the Diaspora to return home for the Christmas festivities, assuring them of adequate security across the South-East during the Yuletide. The pro-Biafran group said the South-East remains Nigeria’s “most tranquil” zone and claimed that security conditions in the region have improved despite what it described as “sponsored instability” over...
Wike’s Bloc To Conduct PDP State Congresses, National Conventions
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed its plan to conduct state congresses and eventually a national convention to elect party officials at the state and national level. The chairman of the factional Board of Trustees, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, disclosed this known on Sunday during the opening...
Tinubu Commends Nigerian Soldiers’ Intervention To Foil Coup In Benin Republic
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday commended the Nigerian Armed Forces for their swift intervention in Benin Republic following an attempted military coup in the neighbouring country. Tinubu’s reaction came after loyalist forces in Benin, supported by Nigerian troops and air assets, dislodged soldiers who seized the country’s national television station early Sunday and claimed to have toppled President Patrice Talon. A...
Tinubu, Macron Meet To Collaborate Over Nigeria’s Security Crisis
President Bola Tinubu and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on Sunday held talks on the security crisis facing the country, touching on areas of collaboration. The telephone conversation held as a United States delegation comprising the US ambassador to Nigeria and other top officials parleyed with the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, in Abuja, on the reported Christian persecution and...
“Strangers Won’t Be Allowed Into PDP To Kill our Party” – Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says he and other founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not allow those who joined PDP from other parties to kill the party. Wike said this on Sunday during the 104th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led faction of the party held at the...
