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Nov

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2022

Kaduna Labour Party’s women leader has been assassinated

News2023, Crime, Labour Party, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The Labour Party Women Leader in Kaura, Kaduna State, Victoria Chintex, was on Monday shot dead by suspected assassins. The gunmen reportedly stormed her residence on Monday night and shot her dead while her husband sustained gunshot injuries on his leg. Confirming the incident on Tuesday, Edward Simon Buju, the Publicity Secretary of Labour Party, Zone 3, Kaduna State, described the late women leader as a dynamic, hardworking and dedicated woman who died at a time the party and the country needed her most. While encouraging the people of Kaura Local Government and the party faithful to be law-abiding, Buju…

Nov

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Buhari blames Russia-Ukraine conflict for compounding terrorism in Nigeria

News, Opinion, PoliticsBoko Haram, Crime, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Russia, Ukraine

While the Russia-Ukraine Conflict rages, President Muhammadu Buhari has bemoaned its impact in the Sahel region of West Africa, insisting that it is compounding the Boko Haram crisis, especially in the Lake Chad Basin region. The President used his opening address at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), held at the Conference Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja to lament the situation. According to President Buhari, who doubled as chairman of the summit, illicit weapons and fighters are already infiltrating the region from Russia and Ukraine, a trend that…

Nov

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ejimakor Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer threatens DSS over refusal to release IPOB leader

News, PoliticsAloy Ejimakor, Biafra, Freedom, IPOB, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Opinion, Politics

Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, has threatened the Department of State Services, DSS, over failure to comply with a court ruling ordering his client’s release. Ejimakor warned that failure to release Kanu would trigger prompt judicial measures against DSS. The Special Counsel disclosed this while noting that he had served the DSS a final administrative demand for Kanu’s release. In a tweet, Ejimakor wrote: “Yesterday, I served on the DSS a final ‘administrative’ demand to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in line with the 26th October Judgment of the Federal High Court (Umuahia). Failure to comply will trigger prompt…

Nov

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Court sentences IGP Usman Baba to 3 months in prison

NewsCourt, Next Level, Nigeria, Personality, Police, Politics

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to three months in prison for flouting a 2011 court order. The IGP’s committal followed a suit that was filed by a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigerian Police Force. The court also ordered the payment of N10 million to the applicant, being special and general damages for the unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional denial of his (Patrick’s) rights and privileges as a Senior Officer of the Nigeria Police Force from 1993 till date. The PUNCH reports that the…

Nov

29

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

FCT budget jumps from N329 billion to N607.9 billion in less than 1year

Lifestyle, Metro, News, PoliticsAbuja, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

The House of Representatives has passed the budget of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT for the 2022 fiscal year. The N607.9 billion budget was passed on Tuesday after consideration by the Committee on Supply. The new budget of the ministry shows that the budget of the FCT has increased from N329 billion in 2021 to N607.9 billion in 2022. The breakdown of the budget shows that N403.6 billion has been allocated for capital projects. This allocation is more than the entire N329 billion budget of 2021. N127 billion has been allocated to overheads and N76 billion for personnel costs. The…