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All Progressives Congress rank is swelling as Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Tuesday, swore in Chukwuma Frank Ibezim as the Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District. The Clerk to the Senate, Ibrahim El-Ladan, administered the oaths of office and allegiance on Ibezim on the directives of Lawan. “With this oath taking, the Imo North Senatorial District is fully represented,” Lawan said. Recall that Supreme Court on Friday, April 17 declared Frank Ibezim of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Senator-elect in the December 5, 2020 for the Imo North Senatorial district bye-election. He defeated Senator Ifeanyi Ararume of the same party.…

Against audacious incursion into villages and illegal seizure of property by Boko Haram insurgents, Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State, is afraid that Abuja, Nigeria’s capital may not be safe soon. This is as Boko Haram has already infiltrated Niger State, adjoining state to Abuja and had not only hoisted their flags in captured villages, including Kaure village in the Shiroro Local Government of the state. Speaking when he visited the Internally Displaced People, IDPs Camp at the IBB primary school near the Emir of Minna’s palace, Governor Bello said the insurgents have also forcefully allocated, shared married women to…

Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has accused Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma of shunning him. In his 2020 New Year message, the clergyman had said Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a former Senator, would be sworn in as governor. “In spite of all that would happen this 2020, there is hope. In Imo State, there is hope. Hope, hope, hope … hope in Imo State! “Imo people have suffered (but) God is raising a new hope that would be an agent of salvation for them,” he said. Emeka Ihedioha of the…

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says it is investigating reports it ‘killed over 20 Nigerian Army Personnel by accident in an air strike’. News media are awash with reports that NAF fighter jets which erroneously mistook the soldiers to be Boko Haram hit the soldiers though they were in their uniforms. NAF stated on Monday that its attention has been drawn to reports alleging “How NAF Killed over 20 Nigerian Army Personnel by Accident in Air Strike” at Mainok which is about 55km to Maiduguri. ”The NAF wishes to that visuals and reports being circulated are currently being investigated and the…

Gunmen have killed two more abducted students of Greenfield University in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, bringing the death toll to five. The killings in Kaduna state by criminals known locally as “bandits” mark an escalation in the mass kidnappings of students that plague northwest and central Nigeria. “Security agencies have just reported to the Kaduna State Government the recovery of two more dead bodies of Greenfield University students, killed by armed bandits,” Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, announced Monday, April 26. Aruwan stated that two more bodies of the abducted students…

For a second time in less than one year, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has again suspended Channels Television for interviewing the IPOB spokesperson. The commission has also slammed a N5 million fine against the news medium for what it calls ”breaching the broadcast code.” On October 26, 2020, NBC fined AIT, Channels TV and Arise News N5 million each, for allegedly using unverifiable video footages from social media to cover the #EndSARS protests. Channels via its official Twitter handle on Monday, April 26 wrote ”NBC in Buhari regime suspends Channels TV, slams them with a N5 million fine.” In…

Abduction has taken killer’s dimension in Nigeria as some students of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM) in Benue State have been abducted by unknown gunmen.  This is as students of Greenfield University, Kaduna and Federal Mechanisation School of Forestry, Afaka in Kaduna State are still in kidnappers’ den. FUAM authorities have confirmed the abduction, saying an unspecified number of students were taken away at gunpoint on Sunday night. The school’s Director of Information, Protocol and Public Relations Unit (IPPR), Mrs Rosemary Waku made the announcement on Monday, April 26.  Waku said “An unconfirmed number of students of FUAM were abducted at gunpoint…

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume wants the Federal Government to expose the identities of Bureau de Change (BDC) operators so far arrested, calling for trial of the suspects publicly. This is as Ndume representing Borno South Senatorial District ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency has repulsed secret trial for BDC operators nabbed for alleged funding of Boko Haram. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army told reporters “The Presidency said recently that Nigerians would be shocked if it revealed the identities of those who are sponsoring the Boko Haram insurgents. The one-time Borno State Governor queried ”Can you imagine that 400 Bureau De…

The Nigerian Army stormed Mgbidi, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State and engaged in a gun battle with members of the dreaded Eastern Security Network (ESN). In the fierce battle, the troops made up of soldiers, policemen and Naval officers killed the commanding officer of the Indigenous people of Biafra “Ikonso” regarded as the second-in-command to Nnamdi Kanu. Six members were also shot dead and many were injured while their hideout was destroyed. However, analysts see it as extra-judicial killing, opining that the army should have arrested the suspects for trial by court. Nigerian Army’s statement As a…

Amidst worsening insecurity in Nigeria, US government has beamed its security goggle on some high-risk zones infected by kidnapping for ransom, terrorism and other security threats in the country. The government has, therefore, issued a travel advisory, warning its citizens against travelling to Nigeria over the worsening security situation in the country. This was posted on Tuesday, via MyTravelGov, a travel advisory platform managed by the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. The advisory also identified some high-risk zones in the country, where kidnapping for ransom, terrorism and other security threats are recurrent. “Reconsider travel to Nigeria due to crime,…