Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has vowed to bring killers of Yobe villagers to justice. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, and issued today. As contaned in the statement made available to NPO Reports, Tinubu expressed his condolences to the families of the victims who lost their lives during the attack on Mafa village at Tarmuwa local govenment area of Yobe state. The president promised to bring the perpetrators to book as he condemned the attack. The statement read in part, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commiserates with the…

Safiu Kehinde Amnesty International has accused Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of muzzling dissenting voices in the country This was contained in a post on their official X handle today. In what they described as unacceptable, the Humanitarian group condemned the arrest and physical assaults meted on journalists, whistleblowers, and bloggers under Tinubu’s administration. “President Bola Tinubu’s government had over the recent months escalated its spate of harassment, arrests and intimidation of journalists, whistleblowers and bloggers in a reckless and large scale attempt to muzzle dissenting voices in the country. This is unacceptable.” Amnesty International wrote. This is coming few…

Safiu Kehinde In the wake of his declaration as a wanted fugitive by the Nigerian Police Force, British national, Andrew Wyyne, has broken silence over his alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Wyyne expressed his disbelief with the allegation while speaking in an interview with Channels Television yesterday. Reacting to the allegations, Wynne said he was unaware of his fugitive status and oblivious of the claim that he is on the run. He said he has been operating his bookshop at the NLC office for seven years without any form of suspicion. “I am not aware that I…

Safiu Kehinde The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have disclosed plan to monitor the trials of arraigned #EndBadGovernance protesters. This was made known by the NBA President, Afam Osigwe, in a post on his X handle earlier today. Osigwe said he issued directives to all branches of the association across Nigeria to monitor the trials. He also tasked the Nigerian Bar Association Citizens’ Liberties Committee (NBA-CLC) and the newly inaugurated Human Rights Committees to ensure that no defendant suffers injustice. Osigwe further dissclosed that provision will be made for protesters who lack legal representaton. “I have directed the branches of the…

Safiu Kehinde No fewer than 167 illegal migrants have returned to Nigeria after getting stranded in Libya. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). As contained in the statement posted on the agency’s official X handle, NEMA, in conjunction with other stakeholders received a total of 167 Nigerian returnees who were stranded in Libya. The returnees comprising of 77 male adults, 69 female adults, 10 children, and 11 infants, arrived Nigeria on Monday through a chartered flight following their evacuation by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The statement read in…

Agency Report The Police Command in Niger has confirmed the attack on MI Wushishi Estate, Minna by persons suspected to be illegal artisan miners operating near the estate. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Minna. Abiodun said that, “on Tuesday at about 1400hrs, a distress call was received that suspected illegal miners, miscreants and thugs engaged in a fight and were attacking houses in the estate.” He said that a police patrol team, led by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Maitumbi Division, was quickly dispatched to the scene and…

Agency Report A repentant female Boko Haram member, who underwent deradicalization and resettled in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno, Fatima Musa, says she regrets shredding into pieces her National Diploma Certificate (NCE). Musa made this known in Maiduguri during a community dialogue on understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence organised for the repentants and community leaders of Mafa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dialogue was organised by a community-based NGO, Allamin Foundation with support from the British Government under the UKaid. Musa, who was deradicalized with other repentant women by the foundation, said many of them…

Safiu Kehinde The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has vowed that power generation will hit 6,000 Megawatts increase before the end of the year 2024. Adelabu made this assurance in a statement issued yesterday by his Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and Media Relations, Bolaji Tunji. He disclosed that Nigeria’s power generation rose to a three-year high of 5,313mw on Monday. Adelabu, therefore urged Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to take more energy in order to prevent a grid collapse. ”When power is produced and not picked by the DisCos, it could lead to grid collapse as frequency drops. ”Efforts will…

Agency Report No fewer than 3,590 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. NCoS Public Relations Officer, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Abubakar Umar made this known while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Umar said that the total number of inmates in centres across the country is 84,741 comprising of 82,821 males and 1,920 females “as at Sept. 3, 2024. The NCoS spokesman put the total number of Awaiting Trial Inmates (ATIs) at 57,750 comprising 56,303 males and 1,447 females. “The breakdown…

Demands Immediate Reversal of New Pump Price Safiu Kehinde The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the Federal Government of betraying public trust as they demand for the immediate reversal of the new price increase in pump price of petrol across the country. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the Congress’ President, Joe Ajaero and made available to newsmen. Following an alleged directive from the Nigerian Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (NNPCL) on Tuesday morning, which saw pump price of between N568 – N617 per litre increased to N855 – N897 per litre, Ajaero said the…