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By Halimah Olamide Operatives of the Nigerian Army have handsd over a rescued Chibokgirl, Lydia Simon and her three children to the Borno State Government. This was disclosed during the handover ceremony by the Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Waidi Shaibu on Thursday. In his remark, Shaibu briefed newsmen on the significance of the event, recalling that the 2014 abduction of the Chibok girls sparked national and international outrage, culminating in the “Bring Back Our Girls” campaign. He highlighted the military’s efforts to rescue the girls, including operations within terrorists’ enclaves, which have yielded…
By Halimah Olamide Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, has regained freedom. This is coming few hours after some Civil Society Organisations staged a protest at the police headquarters in Abuja, the capital city to demand his release. FIJ disclosed this on Friday on its website. “Daniel Ojukwu, the FIJ reporter who was abducted by men of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Inspector-General of Police, has regained freedom after 10 days in police captivity.” Ojukwu, who went missing last Wednesday with his phone numbers switched off and whereabouts unknown to colleagues, spent a total…
Bonga has been consistent. In 2014, nine years after coming onstream, it achieved half a billion barrels of crude and doubled it in 2023 The managing director of Shell Nigeria, Elohor Aiboni. has explained why Bonga, Nigeria’s first deep-water development has become a a huge success. Aiboni said the field has been an outstanding producer due to effective leadership, cutting-edge technology, continuous improvement, integrated delivery and collaboration with partners and stakeholders. She stated this on Thursday at the 2024 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas in US. She said since coming on stream in November 2005, Bonga has maintained a…
By Halimah Olamide Corruption as it is currently prevalent, will not away soon in Nigeria. This was the conclusion on Thursday by the Director General of the Commonwealth Institute for Postgraduate Studies Prof Anthony Kila at a one day public discourse in Lagos. Kila was not alone in his submission. Other speakers on the theme, Anatomy of Corruption which held at the auditorium of the Centre were also unanimous in their assessment of the state of corruption. Debo Adeniran, Executive Director of the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), Fred Nzeako Public Affairs Analyst, Liborous Oshoma, lawyer and…
I am sitting in a shopping mall in Iraq, face-to-face with one of Europe’s most notorious people-smugglers. His name is Barzan Majeed, and he is wanted by police forces in several countries, including the UK. Over the course of our conversation – both here and the next day at his office – he says he does not know how many migrants he has transported across the English Channel. “Maybe a thousand, maybe 10,000. I don’t know, I didn’t count.” The meeting is the culmination of what had seemed like an impossible task a few months earlier. Together with Rob Lawrie,…
By Halimah Olamide They trapped the students inside the halls and started taking them Bandits on Thursday night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Okene in Kogi, and abducted some students. An eye witness account indicated that the bandits swooped on the university around 9.00 p.m. while the students were reading for their upcoming exams. The source said that the bandits came in through the bush, went into three lecture halls and began to shoot into the air to scare the students. “; the school was thrown into total confusion as fear-stricken students in other halls…
By Halimah Olamide Justice Orji ruled that they must not leave the country pending the conclusion of their N2.7bn fraud trial The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, has on Thursday, barred the embattled former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, his daughter, Fatimah, and son-in-law, Jalal Hamma, from traveling outside the country. Recall that NPO reported that they were arraigned before Justice Sylvanus Orjji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), by the anti-graft agency on Thursday on six counts, bordering on N2.7bn fraud Therefore, Justice Orji ruled that they must not leave the country pending…
By Halimah Olamide Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Command have arrested 29 individuals over internet fraud. The circular stated that the suspects were arrested on Wednesday May 8, 2024. They were arrested following actionable intelligence about their suspected involvement in internet fraud. According to the commission, they were arrested at the Apo, Gwarimpa and Katampe axis of Abuja. Items seized from the suspects include 43 phones, six vehicles and two smartwatches. The commission assured that they will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
By Halimah Olamide The Senate has on Thursday approved a death penalty for persons found guilty of trading hard drugs. The bill titled “National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act (Amendment Bill) 2024” was passed after majority of the senators supported it at the Committee of the Whole. The proposed capital punishment also applies to manufacturing, trafficking, dealing in or delivery of hard drugs by any means. Meanwhile, the maximum punishment in the extant law for offenders is life imprisonment. The bill amended Section 11 of the NDLEA Act prescribing that any person who, without lawful authority; Imports, manufactures, produces, processes,…
Brother Dead in Same Accident By kamil Opeyemi Nigerian ex-international and striker, Tijani Babangida has been hospitalized after a road accident along the Abuja Kaduna expressway. While Tijani’s wife too has been hospitalized, his brother, Ibrahim Tijani was not so lucky as he reportedly died in the same accident. Former teammate, Emmanuel Babayaro, the General Secretary, PFAN, announced the incident in a statement. Though the details of the accident remained sketchy as of the time of filing this report, our correspondent learnt that the accident happened along the Kaduna-Zaria Road. “Comrades! Let us be in prayers for our president, Tijani…