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Gaza: UN foresees danger as fuel supply set to run out in three days

The Director-General of UNRWA, which supports Palestine refugees, has warned that the agency will run out of gasoline in three days, endangering humanitarian efforts in Gaza, on Sunday. “Water and operational bakeries and hospitals would not exist without fuel. Help won’t get to people in dire need without gasoline. Humanitarian assistance cannot exist without power. “The people, women, and children of Gaza will not be further strangled by fuel,” he declared in a press release....

Yobe: Gov. Buni mourns as Boko Haram murders Customs personnel in Geidam

The family of the officer slain by suspected Boko Haram militants in Geidam on Saturday has received condolences from Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, as well as the Nigerian Customs Service. The Governor expressed his sorrow and regret for the attack on the Customs facility and the officer’s death in a statement sent on Sunday through his spokesperson, Mamman Mohammed. The fact that this awful occurrence strikes us during a period of comparatively calm...

Appeal Court sacks Senate Minority Leader, Mwadkwon, orders fresh election

The Court of Appeal’s Abuja division has overturned Senate Minority Leader Simon Mwadkwon’s victory in the Plateau North senatorial election on February 25. The Appeal Court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to hold a new election within 90 days. The appeals of Chris Giwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Gyang Zi of the Labour Party (LP) were dismissed by the court. Giwa and Zi had challenged the decision of the National/State...

Certificate saga: APC USA urges NADECO against embarrassing Tinubu

The National Democratic Coalition was forewarned by the All Progressives Congress chapter in the United States on Sunday night not to proceed with its scheduled press conference regarding the controversy surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s academic certificate from Chicago State University, citing the university’s confirmation of its authenticity. The threat comes two days after NADECO USA’s Publicity Secretary, David Adenekan, declared that the organization will host a global news conference inside Chicago City Hall on Monday...

Simon Ekpa Insists On Referendum For Biafra

The head of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, Mazi Simon Ekpa, has charged the Nigerian government with targeting Igbos unfairly and with injustice for many years. According to him, there was no turning back once the Biafra referendum was implemented. This was revealed on Friday during a two-day extraordinary Biafra referendum convention in Helsinki, Finland, by Ekpa, a lawyer based in Finland and the Prime Minister of BRGIE. He clarified that self-preservation has turned...

120 suspects arrested, 100 remanded over cultism, says Abiodun’s aide

In the previous three months, at least 120 cultists have been arrested, of whom 100 have been placed on remand throughout the state, according to Sola Subair, the Special Advisor on Security to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State. Assistant Inspector-General of Police Subair, who is retired, stated that the state administration would not tolerate troublemakers and that there was an all-out fight against cultism. Oba Babatunde Ajayi, the Akarigbo and supreme ruler of Remoland,...

Customs CG meets Wike, solicits land for schools in FCT

In order to obtain land in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the construction of schools, Adewale Adeniyi, the acting comptroller general of the Nigeria Customs Service, met with Nyesome Wike, the minister of the FCT today. In a statement released on Friday, Abdullahi Maiwada, the service’s national public relations officer, mentioned this. Adeniyi emphasised the role of FCT in nation-building in the statement, while also congratulating Wike on his appointment. “I think we can...

Wike a satanic person, Christians cannot be trusted with Nigeria’s security: Sheik Gumi

According to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, giving Christians and Southerners control over Nigeria’s national security is risky. The cleric claimed that Muslims appointed to high security posts serve only as symbolic leaders and are not in charge of military leadership. The cleric called Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, “Satan” for hosting the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria in his office during a lengthy 14-minute video sermon that he posted on his official Facebook...

Father allegedly flogs teacher to death in Delta for disciplining son

Nnajiofor Nweke, the father of a teacher at Alihami Secondary School in Agbor, Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta State, is being held by the Delta State Police Command on suspicion of her murder. Following a disciplinary action against the suspect’s son for allegedly stealing palm wine, the regrettable incident happened on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. The suspect’s son, DSP Bright Edafe, and other students allegedly stole two kegs of palm wine from a...

Interior minister vows to curb passport delay

Nigerians living abroad face delays in obtaining passports, but Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has promised to address this issue. He promised to reduce the difficulty of obtaining a passport for people living abroad by setting up more passport desk offices globally by February 2024. Speaking as a guest on Arise News on Thursday, the Minister said something. Nigerians living abroad who had been apprehended would receive their passports in three weeks, according to Tunji-Ojo. His...