The House of Representatives has called on the Chief of Army Staff to establish a military base in Bokkos Local Government Areas and other volatile areas of Plateau State. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion on the urgent need to condemn and investigate the gruesome Christmas eve killings in parts of Plateau state. Moving the motion at the plenary on Saturday, Hon. Ahmed Wase recalled that on the 24th December at 10pm, 12 villages in Bokkos LGA were attacked. The villages were: Ndun, Ngyong, Murfet, Makundary, Tamiso, Chiang, Tahore, Gawarba, Dares, Meyenga, Darwat and Butura…
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Super Eagles Coach, Jose Peseiro, has picked a team of 25 players for the fourthcomi v Africa Cup of Nations. The list container settling three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and eight forwards. Captain Ahmed Musa returns to the squad after he was left out of the starting games to the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification series, while South Africa-based goalkeeper Stanley Nwabili is picked alongside Francis Uzoho and Olorunleke Ojo. 2009 U17 World Cup star Kenneth Omeruo leads the defenceline alongside William Ekong, as well as Olaoluwa Aina, Oluwasemilogo Ajayi, Calvin Bassey, Zaidu Sanusi, Chidozie Awaziem, Bright Osayi-Samuel and…
A group, Ondo state Positive Thinkers on Friday urged Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to seek for an experience hand that would help him stabilise the state as he continues the hunt for a new deputy. Aiyedatiwa was sworn-in as the governor of the state following the demise of Governor Olurotimi Akeredolu who lost the battle against prostate cancer on Wednesday. The governor had been reported to have started consultations across the state and outside the state. However, the President of the group, Balogun Bodeola in a statement issued Friday said the challenge before Aiyedatiwa right now is how to reconcile the…
No fewer than four people were killed while 39 others were kidnapped when blood thirsty bandits invaded Kuduru, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as well as Garam and Azu, two communities under Niger State. On Saturday, December 23, bandits invaded Garam community, which is five minutes drive from Bwari killing a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, while kidnapping 13 other person’s. On Thursday December 28, bandits again invaded Kuduru, which shares a boundary with Garam, and kidnapped 18 persons. Also on Friday, December 29, bandits invaded Azu, killing three people and kidnapping eight…
The federal government has exempted 41 items from paying Value Added Tax (VAT) and import duties as part of fiscal incentives for the presidential gas for growth initiative. The Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun made this known in a circular issued on December 7, 2023. He said the exemption of the 41 items was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to improve the investment climate in Nigeria and to increase the utilisation and supply of gas in the domestic market. The circular reads: “Pursuant to Part 1, Section 5 of the Customs…
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has alleged that there was conspiracy and act of collusion in the Plateau state massacre. It added that the invasion of five communities and the killings of over 70 persons by unknown gunmen in Gashish and Ropp Districts of Barkin Ladi and Bokkos local government areas of Plateau State on Christmas eve had raised national and global concerns about the security of persons in Nigeria, particularly the North Central region of Nigeria. The Minority Leader, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, in a statement issued Thursday day, said what was more sinister was that warnings…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that the federal government would not rest on its oars until victims of the gruesome attacks on communities in Barkin Ladi and Bokkos local government areas of Plateau State get justice and the residents are safe. Shettima gave the assurance when he visited crisis-ravaged communities in Plateau State to condole with the people and state government over the recent killings in Barkin Ladi and Bokkos local government areas of the state. He said: “Now Please accept our heartfelt condolences. Please accept our deepest apologies. Because we won’t rest until you access justice and until…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has directed four Directors of the Commission to proceed on terminal leave. It said the directive was in line with the implementation of a policy mandating all Directors with eight years or more of service to retire from the public sector. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun in a statement issued Wednesday said He said two of them served as Heads of Departments at the National Headquarters, while the other two are deployed as Administrative Secretaries in our State offices. Olumekun noted: “Following the Federal Government Circular HSCF/SPSO/268/T3/2/37…
The Governor of Niger State, Muhammed Bago has said that he didn’t aurthorise the purported ban of the sale of alcoholic beverages in the state. TheHintsNews reports that media report had claimed that the Secretary of the state’s Liquor and Licencing Board, Malam Ibrahim Mohammed said the ban of alcohol takes immediate effect on Monday in Suleja and eight other local governments sharing boundaries with suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). However, Bago in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday described the story as a figment of the imagination of mischief makers in the state. He described the…
President Bola Tinubu has described the former Governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu as a fearless politician. Tinubu in a statement personally signed by him said It was a difficult task to have to pen a tribute and sing a dirge for a departing soul, saying it was a more difficult job in African culture when one is compelled to do so for a younger person. He said, “Here I am having the difficult job of singing a dirge for Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, my beloved brother, confidant, political soulmate, and the Executive Governor of Ondo State. “It is an impossible…