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The United Nations has said 10.2 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance in various parts of the country. Edward Kallon, UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, stated this Wednesday during the launch of the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan, HRP, launch in Abuja. Kallon said the affected states include Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe. Giving a breakdown of the figure, he said 1.7 million were internally displaced persons, IDPs; 1.3 million returnees from outside the country and 7.2 million others in various groups. The coordinator, however, added that UN’s primary concern was the 7.7 million people who he…

Two suspected clerics arrested by vigilante men at Ayegun area, Ibadan, Oyo State after severing the body of a corpse buried four days earlier are being quized by the Oyo State Police Command. It was gathered that the suspects, Alfa Hammed Sulaiman and Pastor Akinyele Tope, were arrested with the exhibits last week. Parading the suspects alongside 13 other suspects for being in possession and buying of human parts at the state police command, Eleyele, Ibadan, Mr Abiodun Odude, the state Commissioner of Police, said their arrest led to the arrest of two more suspects by operatives of the special…

A family of six lost their lives at Buzaye village in Bauchi local government area of Bauchi State when a tipper with faulty headlight rammed into their Honda Civic vehicle. Paul Gua, the Federal Road Safety Corp Sector Head of Operations, who stated this Wednesday in Bauchi, said a tipper with a faulty headlight with number plates: BAU 900XR rammed into the Honda Civic vehicle with number plates: AM 163SAP, conveying the family of six. Gua narrated “The tipper collided with the Honda Civic vehicle containing the family of six because its headlight was faulty.” “All the occupants of the…

Staffers of National Health Insusrance Scheme, NHIS, numbering 60, Wednesday openly protested against the reinstated Executive Secretary of NHIS, Prof. Yusuf Usman, who resumed work in the office. Prof. Usman had been suspended from office by Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health, following an indictment by an administrative panel which found him culpable of mismanaging NHIS funds, totaling N919 million and gross insubordination. The staffers, under the aegis of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, led by Mr. Razak Omomeji, the Branch Chairman, called out its members to express their rejection of President Buhari’s decision to…

The presidency’s backing for state and community policing, Wednesday, has elicited mixed reactions from some eminent Nigerians. Why we need state, community police – Osinbajo Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President who disclosed that 15 states have agreed to allocate 5000 hectares of land for cattle ranching and livestock production: “It will be recalled that the Senate had, on November 30, 2017, inaugurated the Ad-Hoc Committee on Review of Security Infrastructure in the Country. This came about because we were increasingly concerned at the spate of crises and insecurity in many parts of the country, and knew that we needed to do…

The 36 governors in the country Wednesday shunned the two-day Summit on National Security organized by Senate in Abuja. The governors who were officially invited to the summit neither attended nor their representatives. The boycott might not be unconnected with the divergent views the governors who in recent past have been faced with some security infrations on how they could control and own state police to contain with such. However, the Presidency threw its weight behind state and community policing to address the prevailing wave of insecurity across the country. Declaring open a two-day Summit, President Muhammadu Buhari, who was…

South Africa’s beleaguered president, Jacob Zuma is said to be negotiating terms to step down as president, according to a top ANC official in a leaked recording published by Timeslive. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) had scheduled a meeting on Wednesday evening of its National Executive Committee (NEC), which has the authority to fire Zuma, but canceled it late on Tuesday after “constructive” talks between new ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa and Zuma. Ramaphosa said Wednesday he was holding direct talks with Zuma over a transition of power and he hoped to conclude their discussions “in coming days.” But leaked…

Chinese Super League club, Hebei China Fortune, are reportedly prepared to meet the €700m release clause of Barcelona’s Argentine wizard, Lionel Messi. Messi recently signed a new long-term deal at the Nou Camp with a €700m release clause. New rules in Chinese football mean any deal would cost Hebei a staggering €1.4bn (£1.2bn). Reports in various European news media said Hebei China Fortune, which signed Javier Mascherano from the Catalan side in January, are preparing another bid for Messi after their first move was rejected. Hebei also signed Ezequiel Lavezzi and reports claimed the two signings were aimed at convincing…

The federal government has announced the appointment of a consortium of banks including Citi Group, Standard Chartered, StanbicIBTC, Whitten-Case and African Practice to handle the $2.5b Eurobond. Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance, stated this while briefing journalists on the USD2.5 billion External Borrowing for refinancing. Adeosun speaking on the impact of the use of the Proceeds of the USD500 million issued in November 2017, hinted that the proceeds, about N162.50 billion, were used to redeem Nigerian Treasury Bills, NTBs, which matured in December 2017. She said: ” The immediate impact was a significant drop in the Bid Rates at the Auctions of…

Four suspected robbery suspect were Tuesday killed in a gun battle with operatives of the Anti -Crime Patrol Squad of the Nigeria Police Force in Sapele, Delta State. Andrew Anieamaka, the Delta State Police Command’s spokesman, who confirmed the incident via telephone conversation with Vanguard, said the hoodlums met their waterloo in the early hours of yesterday when they invaded a brothel along Adeola by Crudas road junction in Sapele. A police source stated that the robbery suspects who were on rampage in Sapele and its environs have been on the police wanted list for some time now. “They robbed…