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Sep

15

2022

Group tells DSS to arrest Sheikh Gumi for alleged romance with bandits, terrorists

Metro, PoliticsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Metro, Nigeria, Politics, Security, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi

For alleged romance with bandits/terrorists, a civil society organisation, under the auspices of Coalition for Peace In Nigeria (COPIN), has advised the Department of State Services (DSS), to without hesitation, arrest a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi. COPIN opined that owing to Gumi’s persistent call on the federal government to grant the terror elements amnesty, he should ordinarily be a person of interest. Pharmacist Emeka Akwuobi and Hajiya Fatih Yakub, the National Coordinator and the Secretary of the group, respectively, in a joint statement issued on Wednesday, said that Sheikh Gumi had a lot of explanations to offer…

Sep

15

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

ISWAP bury 26 terrorists killed in military bombardments in Borno

NewsBandits, Boko Haram, ISWAP, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Security

After sustained aerial bombardments and elimination of terrorists, surviving fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have buried 26 members in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria. The terrorists were eliminated on Sept 9, in a coordinated air strike by the Nigerian military on two camps of the ISWAP in Sigir and Yarwa Kuwa on the fringes of Lake Chad. An intelligence officer told Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad that scores of the terrorists were killed in the airstrikes. The source noted that combat aircraft attacked a gathering…

Sep

15

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Musiliu Smith resigns as Police commission chairman

Metro, PoliticsNigeria, Police, Politics, Security

Musiliu Smith, Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) has resigned from his position. Ikechukwu Ani, PSC Head of Information, confirmed his exit to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The spokesman disclosed that an official statement would soon be issued by the commission. Smith reportedly wrote a notice of resignation to President Muhammad Buhari which has been approved. He is expected to hand over to Justice Clara Ogunbiyi retired, representing the judiciary at the commission. 76-year-old Smith was appointed Inspector General of Police in May 1999 and retired in March 2002. Ogunbiyi, 74, is a former Justice of the…

Sep

15

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Peter Obi is a regional candidate – Reno Omokri

NewsNigeria, Opinion, Reno Omokri

Public commentator Reno Omokri has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi as a regional candidate. Omokri made the claims while speaking on Channels Television Politics Today on Wednesday. He accused the “Obidient Movement” of complying with the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday. Omokri said, “I know they had a sit-at-home yesterday, Tuesday, September 13, 2022. “Now Obidients and Peter Obi who normally have things every day in the South East obeyed that IPOB sit-at-home and this is not the first time. “Previously, IPOB used to have it on Mondays,…

Sep

15

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

NNPC to sign gas pipeline agreement with Morocco

Business, EconomyAfrica, Economy, Nigeria, Politics, World News

the Nigerian National Oil Company (NNPC) Limited said it will sign agreements on the gas pipeline project with Morocco’s National Office for Hydrocarbons and Mines and the ECOWAS Commission on Thursday. NNPCL said the deal is expected to boost the implementation of the 7,000 km Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project. The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline was proposed in a December 2016 agreement between the NNPC and the Moroccan National Office for Hydrocarbons and Mines (Junta Nacional de Hidrocarburos y Minas). In June, the Federal Executive Council authorized the NNPC to enter into an agreement with ECOWAS for the construction of the pipeline. The government…