Day: February 12, 2020

Boko Haram hits Maiduguri after Buhari’s visit

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Residents of Jiddari Polo in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, were currently running for cover following an attack launched by Boko Haram fighters. The attack happened hours after President Muhammadu Buhari paid a condolence visit to the people of the state over the killing of 30 persons on Sunday. A resident told TheCable that the insurgents have been shooting sporadically for over 30 minutes. “We are under serious attack right now. Boko Haram stormed the town hours after the president left,” he said. Buhari had headed to Borno from Ethiopia where…

Victor Olaiya, Nigerian highlife musician, dies at 89

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Victor Olaiya, a veteran Nigerian highlife musician, has passed away at the age of 89. Bimbo Esho, the managing director of Evergreen Music Company, disclosed this in a statement to TheCable Lifestyle on Wednesday — hours after the trumpeter passed on. In the statement, the veteran singer was said to have have died while on admission at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). “The entire music world wish to announce the death of a Legend of Highlife music one of the last man standing, the last of the original Dr.…

MMPN hails appointment of new NAHCON Chairman ….urges him to address hajj challenges

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The Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN) has described the appointment of Alhaji Dhikrullah Olakunle Hassan as the new Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) as apt. In a congratulatory message to the new Chairman which was signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun and Tajudeen Adebanjo, National President and National Secretary respectively, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing a Muslim from the South West, to head the Commission. The apex Muslim body for Media Practitioners in the country said that Hassan’s appointment by Mr President was a demonstration of…

Senate holds valedictory session to honour Uwajumogu

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The Senate on Wednesday held a valedictory session to honour late Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, who until his death represented Imo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly on the platform of the All Progressive Congress. The Session which started at 11:00am and ended 2:35pm, had Senators eulogizing and reliving individual experiences and last moments with the deceased lawmaker who died on December 18, 2019. The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi (APC – Kebbi North), who opened the floor for valedictory speeches described the lawmaker as an icon who had an active…

EXCLUSIVE: Report exposes Diya, Aziza, Magashi for stealing Nigeria’s billion

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While Nigeria’s late dictator, Sani Abacha, relentlessly plundered public wealth, other senior military officers, one of them now a serving minister, were also, helping themselves with huge sums of money from the country’s treasury, an official report has shown. According to the report, the generals used the international banking system to launder their loots in a manner that has all the resemblance of an organised crime syndicate. The funds were proceeds of illegal oil lifting approved by Mr Abacha, a notorious kleptocrat listed alongside Indonesia’s Suharto and Mobutu Seko of Zaire…

Gov. Zulum, the Military, and Boko Haram By Timawus Mathias

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Someone constitutionally empowered must come between Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State and the Military. Both of them need to wage war together against the Boko Haram insurgents at the nation’s jugular these past 10 years and from all that we can see, there is no agreement over methods and evidence of commitment. This has taken the Buhari Administration leaps backwards from giant strides made in the counter insurgency effort. Victory that seemed in sight is now looking like a mirage I understand Governor Zulum very well and I think…