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FG Arrests Kuje Prison Break Masterminds
The Federal Government on Saturday announced the arrest of two top leaders of Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan, an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Nigeria, following a months-long counter-terrorism operation. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, disclosed this at a press briefing held at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja. Ribadu said the intelligence-led operation was carried out between May...
FG Mandates Registration Of Lease Agreements, Warns Of Sanctions For Non-Compliance
The federal government has directed all lessors and leasing companies operating in Nigeria’s equipment leasing industry to compulsorily register their lease agreements, warning that failure to comply may lead to sanctions. This was disclosed in a press release issued by Donald Wokoma, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Equipment Leasing Regulatory Agency (ELRA), and made available to journalists in Abuja...
Primary Election That Produced Ikechi Emenike Was Strange To APC Guidelines — Justice Nyako
The federal high court in Abuja presided over by Justice Binta Nyako has released the last week's judgement which sacked High Chief Ikechi Emenike as the APC governorship candidate in Abia state and holds that the indirect primary election which produced Emenike was in total disobedience to a letter forwarded by the national leadership of APC to INEC that...
FG, Saudi Arabia Open Talks On Iron Ore Processing
Discussions about the extraction and conversion of iron ore into steel have been initiated between Saudi Arabia and Nigeria. A statement signed by the special adviser to the Minister, Kehinde Bamigbetan, on Monday said the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, and the Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy of Saudi Arabia, Khalid bin Saleh Al-Musdaifer, advanced talks on...
Jigawa Gov. Pass Hisbah Board Bill Into Law
Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, has signed the state Hisbah Board Bill into law, establishing the Hisbah Board as a statutory body to bring greater social order and moral discipline in the state. This development comes days after the state House of Assembly passed the bill at its plenary session, aimed at supporting the activities of the Jigawa State Hisbah...
Obasanjo, Fayose Trade Insults Rekindling Old Feud
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Ex-Ekiti governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday renewed their old enmity, with Fayose raining insults on the 89-year-old ex-president, whom he declared “belongs in the zoo”. The feud between the duo dates back to the beginning of the Fourth Republic, when Obasanjo was president and Fayose was governor in Ekiti State. Obasanjo had sent the Economic and...
Sokoto Government Announces Subsidized Sales Of Rice
The Sokoto state government has announced plans to procure 300 truckloads of rice to be sold at subsidized rates to residents. The initiative, which was revealed on Wednesday, is part of the government’s efforts to address the rising cost of food in the state. While addressing pressmen after the State Executive Council meeting, the Commissioner for Local Government, Ibrahim Dadi Adare,...
Edo poll: Ighodalo Advised To Accept Election Outcome
Following Monday Okpebholo's declaration as Gov.-Elect in Edo, the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, was urged to accept the election outcome. The Executive Director of the Initiative for Democratic Advancement and Free Speech, Patrick Osaigbovo, appealed in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. The development comes one week after Ighodalo’s supporters stormed the INEC office in Benin City, demanding what they...
