The federal government said that analysis by the Nigerian Intelligence Unit (NFIU) between 2020 and 2021, has revealed 96 financiers of terrorism in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, while presenting details of President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption and terrorism, also said 424…
Six people have been reportedly killed by bandits in attacks on communities in Kagoro District, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Thursday night. Sources said the affected communities include, Zunuruk, Gajere, Maraba and Kukum. According to the source, one person each was killed in Zunuruk, Garaje, Mararaba while three others were killed in…
By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The Senate on Wednesday amended the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, deleting a clause which made direct primary compulsory for political parties. Accordingly, the senate amended Clause 84(2) of the report approved direct, indirect primaries or consensus as procedure for the nomination of candidates by political parties for the various elective positions….
The House of Representatives will on Wednesday, reintroduce the Electoral Act Amendment Bill which was rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari for reworking. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed in his welcome address at the resumption of plenary Tuesday. Buhari had in December rejected the Bill, citing issues concerning the provisions…
The federal government has lifted the suspension on Twitter operations in the country, effective from 12 am, January 13, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement Committee, Kashifu Abdullahi. “The Federal Government of Nigeria directs me to inform…
Former head of the Interim National Government (ING) Chief Ernest Shonekan, is dead. Shonekan died on Tuesday in Lagos, aged 85. He was the Chairman of the ING that succeeded the military junta of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida between August 26 and November 17, 1993. Babangida had constituted the ING after he refused to hand over power…
