A retired Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander, Isma’il Tanko Wudilawa, has responded to claims by U.S. lawmaker, Scott Perry that United States Agency for International Development,USAID, is allegedly sponsoring acts of terrorism worldwide, including in Nigeria.
Recall that US Congressman, Scott Perry had alleged that USAID was providing funding to terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram.
The Republican politician representing Pennsylvania said...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has issued a 48 hours ultimatum to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to reverse the newly announced hike in Automated Teller Machine, ATM, transaction fees, calling it “unlawful, unfair, unreasonable, and unjust”.
SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, in an open letter dated February 15, 2025, urged CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso to immediately...
Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke on Sunday raised the alarm that the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, is planning to cause mayhem in the state from Monday, February 17, 2025.
Adeleke made the allegation during a press conference on Sunday.
It was gathered that Oyetola is spearheading moves to enforce a court order which reversed the sack of...
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has called on President Bola Tinubu to prioritize two crucial projects in Bauchi State – reviving oil exploration and initiating the construction of the Bagel Dam in Dass LGA.
He argued that the projects are strategic leverage for Tinubu’s reelection in Bauchi in 2027.
Speaking at the commissioning of a road project...
The administrative panel of inquiry set up by the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo to investigate the financial accounts of the impeached 18 Local Government Chairmen in the state between September 4, 2023 and November, 2024 has allegedly indicted the immediate past Governor of the State, Godwin Obaseki.
Charmingpro reports that a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday by...
The National Examination Council, NECO, has released the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, External results of 84,799 candidates of which 57,114 scored five credits and above including English language and Mathematics, representing 67.35 percent.
NECO also warned that any supervisor caught involved in exam malpractice will not only be blacklisted, but their names will also be circulated to other...
The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NAU, has expelled Goddy-Mbakwe Chimamaka Precious from the institution.
This was announced on Friday in a statement by the Acting Registrar, Victor Modebelu.
Modebelu said the Acting Vice-Chancellor had received the report from the Student Disciplinary Committee on the student’s assault on a lecturer from the Department of Theater and Film Studies.
According to the...
A prominent leader of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has died at the age of 96.
Adebanjo passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday, February 14, 2025, at his residence in Lekki, Lagos State.
The family confirmed his passing in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday.
“He died peacefully this morning, Friday, February 14, 2025, at...
Head of Finance and Compliance at Binance in the United States, Tigran Gambaryan, said the Nigerian government used the cryptocurrency platform as a scapegoat for the repercussions of President Bola Tinubu’s Naira devaluation policy.
Gambaryan disclosed this in a lengthy statement on his official X account on Friday, titled ‘Some Unknown Facts’.
Reflecting on his experience under the Nigerian government’s custody...
Apex lgbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has faulted the recent comments of the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, saying the leader of Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu does not deserve freedom.
Ohanaeze said if former president Muhammadu could release Boko Haram Terrorists, why will the present administration led by Bola Tinubu not do the same by releasing Nnamdi...
