Politics

The Nigerian Senate, through its Committee on Defence, on Friday, decried the paltry ₦2.1 billion allocated to the Defence Industrial Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) for the production of necessary military weapons for the Nigeria Army in the 2022 budget currently before the National Assembly.

Specifically, the committee, chaired by Senator Aliyu Wamakko, was angered by the poor budgetary provisions for the corporation in the next year’s budget proposal.

Director General of DICON, Major General Hassan Tafida, while defending the 2022 budget proposal of the corporation before the committee, said a total of ₦2.1 billion was allocated for capital expenditure.…

The Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Musa Bello, has expressed thanks to Almighty God and the security agencies in the FCT and across neighbouring states for their joint efforts towards the rescue of the 6 persons abducted from the University of Abuja staff quarters at Giri, Gwagwalada Area Council.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that armed men yet to be identified, invaded the staff quarters of the institution on Tuesday and took away victims.

The abducted, however, regained freedom on Friday following the alleged intervention of security forces.

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Former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has lamented that Nigeria is trapped in the web of poverty, insecurity, and bad governance and disunity.

Atiku spoke during a lecture on Thursday organised by Arewaedia and Development Forum in Kaduna which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

He, however, asserted that a united Nigeria was possible if all Nigerians were treated fairly and equally.

He said all Nigerians were faced with common enemy, adding that “it is only through unity that we can surmount and overcome our challenges.”

Speaking on the theme, ‘Unity in Diversity,’ as delivered by …

Ahead of Saturday’s Anambra governorship election, candidates of different political parties on Thursday signed a peace accord in Awka, the state capital.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu was present at the ceremony, which was facilitated by the National Peace Committee.

The National Peace Committee, under the Chairmanship of former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd) and the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Mathew Kukah, was also present at the ceremony.

Anambra and other southeast states have witnessed several ‘gunmen’ attacks recently, casting doubts …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has called off its one-week sit-at-home order across the South-East while also calling on the people of Anambra State to come out and vote on election day.

IPOB said the order was called off following consultations with elders, traditional, and religious leaders from the Southeast.

Spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Thursday evening.

According to Powerful: ‘Following the genuine intervention of our elders, esteemed traditional Institutions /Rulers and Religious Leaders, and after a due consideration of the positive impacts of their engagement, and sequel to the …

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has commended the Federal Government for the approval given to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to intervene in fixing some critical federal roads in the state.

Governor Sani Bello stated this while speaking to journalists at the Government House, Minna, the state capital.

According to him, the intervention in the reconstruction of the federal roads would assist in easing movement within the state as well as reduce the risk of road accidents.

‘Niger State has been at the receiving end for years now. Most of the traffic moving cargos to South-West and

Former governorship candidate of an All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has raised a series of queries on the claims by Governor Nyesom Wike that ₦16 billion has been spent on the ongoing building of a Law school in Port Harcourt.

Peterside, who said he was not opposed to the building of the facility, however, claimed that the contract was awarded from the ‘breast pocket’ of the governor without bidders nor provision in the state budget.

He said the huge spending was not approved by the Rivers State House of Assembly, while due process was not also …

Former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu has criticised the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State.

Moghalu said the tactics used by IPOB harms the people of the South-East greatly.

In a series of tweets, the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said the sit-at-home order by IPOB was a challenge.

He accused the government of failing to handle the issue of IPOB properly.

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According to Moghalu, rather than rely on force, the government should opt for negotiation.

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The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has bemoaned the challenge of overloaded trucks by drivers who ply bad roads in the country.

While decrying the trend by truck drivers and heavy-duty vehicle operators, Fashola said such actions were at the expense of other road users and appealed to the government and citizens to put an end to it.

He made the call during an appearance before the House of Representatives Committee on Works over the 2022 budget proposal defence.

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Anambra State Government has raised the alarm over alleged plot to arrest its officials on trumped-up charges, as a plot to weaken the chances of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Saturday’s election.

A press release by the Anambra State government, signed by the commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba said the plot was being hatched by an unnamed political party.

He said some actors in the unnamed political party planned to use instrument of state to carry out their plot, even without the knowledge of the security chiefs in the State.

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