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Jun

22

2022

Buhari claims IPOB blowing up oil pipelines, funded by foreign countries

Economy, Metro, News, PoliticsBiafra, Crime, Freedom, IPOB, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

President Muhammadu Buhari has linked oil theft and pipeline vandalism to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Buhari said the vandalism and oil theft carried out by IPOB is responsible for the shortfall of the daily production quota in Nigeria. He disclosed this during a question and answer session with Bloomberg, a United States, US-based publication. The president urged foreign countries to designate IPOB as a terrorist organization. He accused the international communities of funding the separatist group. Buhari claimed IPOB was being funded through international financial networks. “Criminality and terrorism in oil-producing regions hamper production, and it would help…

Jun

22

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Herdsmen invade Enugu community, kidnap six pilgrims

Metro, NewsCrime, Herdsmen, Metro, Nigeria, Security

Suspected armed Fulani men, reportedly wearing police uniforms, last Sunday, invaded Ibite Awhum community, in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State and kidnapped six Christian pilgrims. The victims were abducted near a monastery in the town. A source disclosed that the kidnappers took the pilgrims in broad daylight while they were praying at a popular hill near the Monastery and took them deep into the forest. However, reports emerging g from the community on Tuesday indicated that the victims had been rescued following the spirited efforts of forest guards from both the Udi and Enugu East Local Government councils.…

Jun

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Buhari sends nominees list to Senate to replace ex-ministers

NewsMohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The Nigerian Senate has received the executive communication with the nomination of six names as replacements for ministers that resigned to contest the presidential election. In a letter that was read by the Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said the nominees would replace the former ministers that resigned from his cabinet. The letter read: “In accordance with Section 8 Subsection 2 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I hereby forward the underlisted ministerial nominees for your confirmation.” The nominees are: Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh – Abia StateUmana Okon Umana –…

Jun

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Chukwuma calls for revolution, Buhari’s resignation over Insecurity

Metro, NewsArchbishop Chukwuma, Crime, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Politics, Security

Amidst worsening insecurity in Nigeria, the Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, His Grace, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma has warned that a revolution is coming to chase away those holding the country down. The Archbishop made the call during his pre-Synod press conference on Tuesday. He also asked President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to quit if it cannot find solutions to the security problems facing the country. While noting that the church is very much concerned about the state of the nation, Chukwuma said, “Nigerians should prepare for a revolution, enough…

Jun

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

A motion seeking to override Buhari on Section 84(8) rejected at plenary

NewsMohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Representatives

The House of Representatives has rejected a motion seeking to cause the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the amendment made to Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act 2022. The House at plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Idris Wase, directed the mover of the motion, Hon. Ben Igbakpa, from Delta State to “follow proper procedure.” Recall that the honorable members, shortly after the primary elections, had criticized the amended Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act 2022 after most of them failed to clinch tickets to enable them to return to the House in the…