Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said on Friday that the military was gaining nothing from the fight against insecurity in many parts of the country. According to him, the military daily loses troops in the ongoing fight against insecurity across the federation, adding that he has nightmares. Musa spoke during the maiden parley with journalists in Abuja on Friday. The CDS cautioned the citizens against demoralising the troops from effectively discharging their constitutional duties with their actions. He alleged that some individuals and countries were sponsoring Simon Ekpa to destabilise the country. He urged them to desist…

Students across Nigerian tertiary institutions, in partnership with Gender Mobile Initiative (GMI), have donated their pens to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu while soliciting for him to speedily assent to the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill before him. The students gathered the pens from across different campuses and presented them to the president through his Senior Special Assistant on Students Engagement, Sunday Asefon, on Friday in Abuja, in attribution to shortage of pens as a likely factor for the delay in assenting to the bill. One of the students, Abdul Fatima Zara of the University of Abuja said, “The most symbolic tool for…

The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the killing of four notorious terrorist commanders in air strikes within the week. They are Machika, Haro, Dan Muhammadu and Ali Alhaji Alheri, popularly called Kachalla Ali Kawaje. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Buba said that Machika was a top terrorist bomb expert and younger brother of a notorious terrorist (Dogo Gide) while Haro and Dan Muhammadu were specialists in kidnapping and assault operations respectively. He said a synchronised strike between air and ground forces aimed at the same target on Dec.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted all materials from the Kogi State governorship election to Abuja, following orders from the National Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu. The decision to move these materials comes from security considerations. Under strict security, multiple trucks were used to transport the election items, including results and BVAS, to the nation’s capital. An INEC official who spoke on condition of anonymity with Daily Trust said the order was from above and that it was in order to ease the smooth operation of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. The source stated, “The materials…

Ten-man Tottenham condemned Nottingham Forest to a fifth Premier League defeat in six games as they underlined their top-four ambitions at the City Ground. Richarlison’s third goal in two games set Spurs on their way with the outstanding Dejan Kulusevski sealing victory for Ange Postecoglou’s side who had Yves Bissouma sent off in the 70th minute. The result moves fifth-placed Tottenham level on points with Manchester City, although the champions have played a game less. Forest who sit 16th in the table, five points clear of the bottom three, have now won just once in their previous 13 matches in…

Manchester City have a title race on their hands. After four Premier League games without a victory, Pep Guardiola’s men did what champions do last Sunday, fighting back for a 2-1 win over Luton Town to remain within touching distance of Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa. However, with City likely to lose ground next week when they head to Saudi Arabia for the FIFA Club World Cup, three points is a must here, as they face Crystal Palace in their final league game before Christmas. Palace have sometimes been awkward opponents for City in recent years, with only Manchester United (three) winning…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday, December 15, inaugurated the Tertiary Education Tax Funds (TETFUND) N1 billion Central Library Complex with a sitting capacity of 2,000 at Bauchi State University, Gadau. Represented by member House Committee on TETFUND and other services, Hon. Bappa Misau, Tinubu acknowledged TETFUND’s impact on various Bauchi state institutions, emphasising the significant strides made in the Nigerian tertiary education sector. According to him, apart from the Bauchi State University, Gadau, other public tertiary educational institutions in the state such as Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), and Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, College of Education Azare,…

An Ukrainian village councillor set off hand grenades at a meeting, wounding 26 people, national police said Friday, triggering the launch of a terror investigation. The incident took place Friday morning at the headquarters of the village council of Keretsky in western Ukraine’s mountainous Zakarpattia region. A video posted by the police on Telegram showed a man dressed in black entering the door of a council meeting during a heated discussion. He then pulled three hand grenades from his pockets, released the safety pins and dropped them on the floor, triggering explosions as those at the meeting screamed. “As a…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared the sum of N1,088.783 trillion naira to the three tiers of government as Federation Allocation for the month of November. The amount was derived from a gross total of N1.62 trillion naira. The breakdown of the allocation shows that the Federal Government received N402.867 billion, the States received N351.697 billion, the Local Government Councils received N258.810 billion, and the Oil Producing States received N75.410 billion as Derivation. The communique issued by FAAC at the end of it’s meeting revealed that the Gross Revenue available from the Value Added Tax (VAT) increased to…

The Management of the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), in Katsina State, says the remaining four abducted female students of the University have regained their freedom. The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University, Prof. Armaya’u Hamisu-Bichi, confirmed this to newsmen in Katsina on Friday, indicating that the freed female students were part of the five abducted by suspected bandits. They were abducted on October 3 from their rented apartment, behind Mariyamu Ajiri memorial school in Dutsinma. Hamisu-Bichi disclosed that the freed female students would undergo medical check-ups before they were handed over to their families. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that on…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has appealed to the National Assembly to approve the N17bn appropriated for the FCT Administration in the 2024 national budget. Wike made the appeal on Friday when he appeared before the lawmakers to defend the FCT budget. The former Rivers State Governor explained to a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on FCT that the figures are meant to complete abandoned projects and sustain the implementation of critical projects in the FCT. Giving a breakdown of the budget figures, Wike explained to the lawmakers that N5bn was allocated as…

World football governing body, FIFA, has approved a total of 30 Nigerian referees to be placed on the international duty lists for the year 2024. These comprised 11 referees, 11 assistant referees, four beach soccer referees, and four futsal referees. This is contained in a statement by Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Thursday in Abuja. He said the referees included: Basheer Salisu Ogabor Odey Joseph Olufunmilayo Abigael Alaba Nurudeen Abubakar Abdulsalam Kasimu Abiola Elaigwe Hannah Enekole Akintoye Yemisi Eunice Egba Patrick John Madu Ndidi Patience Mustapha Grema Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar. “The 11 persons…