Day: January 28, 2024

JUST IN: Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from ECOWAS

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Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).   The leaders of the three Sahel nations on Sunday issued a statement saying it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the ECOWAS “without delay”.   In the joint statement read on state television, they said they have “decided in complete sovereignty on the immediate withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), alleging that the bloc has “moved away from the ideals…

Hunter kills US-based PDP chieftain

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Honourable Richard Idowu Adeoriokin, an Osun state Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, who is based in the United States, has been killed.   He was reportedly killed by a local hunter in his hometown in Ejigbo, according to Vanguard.   The incident which occurred on Saturday evening, according to eyewitnesses overshadowed the 50th coronation anniversary of the town’s traditional ruler, which the deceased came from his base in the United States of America to attend..   Idowu along with some other prominent sons of the ancient town is said to have…

Ex Beauty queen declared wanted by NDLEA amid drug trafficking allegations

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Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas, a former Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture for 2015/2016 and founder of the Queen Christmas Foundation, has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA personnel raided Ms. Queen Christmas’s residence at Oral Estate in Lekki on Wednesday, January 24, following credible intelligence suggesting her involvement in illicit substance dealings. Shockingly, the ex-beauty queen reportedly fled her Lagos home upon the arrival of NDLEA officials. NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed that during the search of her home, various…

Nigerian Navy destroys illegal Refining sites in Rivers

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The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) BONNY in Rivers State, on Thursday, destroyed some illegal refining sites as well uncovered tapped wellheads in Cawthorne Channel. The Commanding Officer of the FOB, Bonny, Commodore Reginald Adoki described the operation as “a proactive measure to curtail criminal activities while preventing environmental degradation, amongst others”. The operation was carried out in collaboration with the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) PATHFINDER, to dismantle Illegal Refining Sites (IRS) in areas such as the Cawthorne Channel 1, Sodienyekiri and Birakiri in Rivers State. The IRS discovered…

The North is angry! By Festus Adedayo

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Northern Nigeria used to have a cult of power called the Kaduna Mafia. The Kaduna Mafia decided who would become the Nigerian president, which road to build, which to abandon, which industries to be cited and where. When it couldn’t help but hand the reins of power to the south, it determined which weakest link to exploit. The 1976 assassination of Murtala Muhammed and the handing over of power to Olusegun Obasanjo explains this. If the Kaduna Mafia was bothered about the north-centric disposition of Obasanjo, it could have defiantly…

Life and the Burden of Friendship By Abdullahi O. Haruna Haruspice

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In life, there are three people you must navigate carefully with; your family, your friends, and your classmates- these set of persons hold the ace to your triumph and defeat. Whatever you do, consider these people carefully. I will tell you why! All your aspirations are tied to this set of people, as such, it beholds you to be tactical in matters that relate with them. These persons know your growth process, as such, they feel very entitled to whatever you become. We have seen families truncate the rise of…

Oil Pipelines Surveillance: Olu of Warri, PINL, portraying half truths -NDJTF

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The Niger Delta Forum for Truth and Justice (NDJTF), has accused the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwase 111 and Pipelines Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) of averse to the whole truth , stated that a public defence of Mrs oritsemeyiwa Eyesan Vice President, Upstream sector of NNPCL would have been exonerating. A statement released to media men on Sunday by the President, Ejiroghene Marierie challenged the duo and their accomplices of been economical with the truths, stating that the Vanguard newspaper publication of 26th, January on page 23 was face saving.…

AFCON: No Retreat, No Surrender Until Trophy is Lifted, Kalu tasks Super Eagles …hails Team’s victory over Cameroon

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Enthused by their sterling performance and iconic defeat of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire late Saturday night, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has encouraged the Super Eagles of Nigeria to go all out for the trophy. With the overt humiliation of the Cameroonians, the Eagles have successfully booked a place for themselves in the Quarter Finals to now square up with Angola in their next crucial encounter. In a statement by his…

Economic Dialectics Of Insecurity In Nigeria: Kidnappers and Ransom Payment By Adefolarin A Olamilekan

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Arguably, the height of insecurity in Nigeria, begs for high level solutions. Meanwhile, this insecurity, according to some analysts, can be traced to recent increase in proliferation of arms in the country, and huge poverty problems resulting from failure of the Nigerian state’s economic and development policies. Successive governments since the birth of this present democracy in 1999 had only succeeded in sustaining the widening gap between the poor and the rich.   For instance, our reference essentially, speaks to the volume of manifestations and purveyors of insecurity as occasioned…

FAAN, CBN and the short trip to Lagos, by Hassan Gimba

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Nigeria is a country of one week, one issue; but insecurity, spreading over the nation like a cancer in a diseased body, remains constant. However, in some ways, a nation’s behaviour tends to reflect that of its leader’s character. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria’s president, is that kind of person, especially during the home run in the last presidential election. One week he was fighting off pretenders to the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket and the next he was fighting for his “health”. Throughout the campaign, he was either fighting…