Security is everybody’s business. It is a flawed assumption that issues of security must remain strictly within the orbit of agencies with the lawed responsibility. Even security agencies cannot function without citizens’ alliance and community help. Simply, they cannot operate in vacancy of citizens’ collaboration and the support of stakeholders and other institutions – both formal and informal. The most fundamental ingredient to addressing crime is intelligence. And intelligence does not jump out from the coloured screen of a computer; it comes from people – of all shades and appliances. It is the reason I believe our traditional institutions and…
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The United States (US) has suggested that the process to find a new director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) needs to be reopened, BBC reports. Robert Lighthizer, US trade representative, during an interview on Wednesday, said the WTO needs “someone with real experience in trade, not someone from the World Bank or a development person.” Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, former Nigerian minister of finance and former managing director (MD) of the World Bank, had got the support of 110 out of 164 member countries but the US opposed her candidacy. The trade organisation operates based on consensus, that is, if one country opposes,…
Some unknown gunmen have reportedly attacked the convoy of Sanusi Muhammad, Emir of Kaura Namoda in Zamfara state, killing eight people on his entourage. Channels TV reports the attack occurred on Thursday night while the Emir was on his way back from Abuja. Three of his police escort were said to be shot dead as well as five other people. More details soon.
The Nigeria Military has dismissed audio of Boko Haram terrorists leader, Abubakar Shekau claiming responsibility for the abduction of over 333 schoolboys in the Kankara area of Katsina State. Speaking on Arise Television’s The Morning Show, on Wednesday, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, Defence Spokesperson, revealed that Shekau was not a person but a “brand and all that needs to be done is somebody using his voice.” “On the basis of the characteristics of terrorists all over the world from the time of Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Al-Shabaab, all of them, wherever they will boost their ego or show relevance, that is what…
Ahead of 2023 presidential election, supporters of Bola Tinubu, Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reportedly set up a presidential campaign council on his behalf. According to a report by The Cable, this comes 24 hours after loyalists of the APC national leader led by Dayo Adeyeye, former minister of state for works, visited Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, on Monday. The group said they were at the palace to seek support for the 2023 presidential ambition of Tinubu. They were said to have moved ahead to set up a presidential campaign council on Tuesday in Ibadan, Oyo…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the corruption allegations levelled against him could have sent him into political oblivion but God did not allow that happen, The Cable reports. Speaking at a book presentation in Abuja on Tuesday, Jonathan said officials of the current administration tagged him and some members of his former cabinet as corrupt. Jonathan was in charge of the country between 2010 and 2015. President Muhammadu Buhari defeated him in the 2015 election and he conceded even before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made a final pronouncement on the exercise. In his remarks at the presentation of…
Tank Muhammad, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has tested positive for coronavirus. According to Vanguard, the CJN is presently in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment. A member of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa disclosed this at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. More details soon.
Inflation rate in Nigeria has increased to 14.89 per cent; highest in 32 months. This is according to the latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday. Food inflation, according to the report, hit 18.30 percent; up 0.92 percentage points from the 17.38 percent recorded in October. NBS explained that increase in the prices of bread and cereals, potatoes, yam and other tubers, meat, fish, fruits, vegetables and oils and fats were behind the rise in the food index. “The urban inflation rate increased by 15.47 percent (year-on-year) in November 2020 from 14.81 percent recorded in…
The World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. The loan facility is a five-year country partnership framework (CPF) that would last from 2021 to 2024. Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, who announced this in a statement on Tuesday, said the loan would focus on four areas of engagement namely, investing in human capital, promoting jobs and economic transformation and diversification, enhancing resilience and strengthening the foundations of the public sector. “This country partnership framework will guide our engagement for the next five years in supporting the government of Nigeria’s strategic priorities by taking…
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of over 300 students from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State. HumAngle confirmed this in a 4 minutes 28 seconds audio released on Monday night by Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the terror group. Shekau said the abduction was done “to promote Islam and discourage un-Islamic practices as Western education is not the type of education permitted by Allah and his Holy Prophet”. “What happened in Katsina was done to promote Islam and discourage un-Islamic practices as Western education is not the type of education permitted by Allah and his…
Gani Adams, Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, has reacted to the recent abduction of over 300 students from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State; the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari. The abduction had occurred on Friday while the President was in the state for a week-long visit. Speaking during his ordination as an Apostle at the Saviour’s Ministries on Sunday in Lagos State, Adams lamented that it was saddening to accept the situation as a parent, but also ridiculous as a leader who knows much about what it takes to lead a country like Nigeria.…
Muhammadu Kirowa, National President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has blamed the rising levels of insecurity on failure of its leaders to pass on to their children the right training and upbringing. Kirowa stated this at the inauguration ceremony of North-Western States executives of MACBAN held in Dutse. He said state Fulani leaders were responsible for the spate of insecurity in their domain as they allowed youths to go on rampage against other citizens. “Before any other person gets kidnapped, about twenty or more Fulani people must have suffered the same fate with payment of…