Two persons in the convoy of the Advance Team of security guards, protocol and media officers ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Sallah trip to Daura, were reported that have sustained minor injuries in an attack by terrorists near Dutsinma in state. The attackers, according to a statement by presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba, opened fire on the…
By Hon. Ayuba Mohammed Bello I read, with measured concern and quiet disbelief, Abdul Mahmud’s essay titled “Tinubu, Dogara, and the 2027 Mirage: published in amazingtimes.live/ on May 5, 2025. (https://amazingtimes.live/dogara-tinubu-and-the-2027-mirage/ Coming from someone who claims over three decades of friendship with Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, the piece reads less like an intellectual disagreement and…
The federal government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. The minister cited alleged “persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s…
A civil society group – Democracy Watch Initiative (DWI), has decried the continous deteriorating security situation in Zamfara state. In a statement in Kaduna, Sanusi Mohammed, spokesman of the group, said even Gusau, the state capital is no longer safe as a result of activities of bandits. The group accused the state governor, Dauda Lawal,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the maximum weekly limit for cash withdrawals across all channels by individuals and corporate organisations to N500,000 and N5 million, respectively. This was contained in a circular on Wednesday signed by the Director of Banking Supervision Department, Haruna Mustafa. The development comes two weeks after the CBN…
The supreme court has affirmed Kefas Agbu as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba state. In judgement on Friday, the apex court upheld the decision of the court of appeal sitting in Yola which dismissed two suits challenging the eligibility of Kefas to contest the party’s primary. Dismissing the appeals…
