CEP Analysis: What Comes After Zawahiri’s Death
(New York, N.Y.) — Following the Biden Administration’s announcement Monday of a successful drone strike killing al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director and former Coordinator of the United Nations Security Council’s ISIL (Da’esh), al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler outlined his view on the future of al-Qaeda and the hospitable environment […]
Train attack: Bandits release four more Kaduna-Abuja train victims
The abductors of Kaduna-Abuja rail passengers on Tuesday released four more captives. Bandits had on March 28, 2022, abducted over 60 Kaduna-Abuja train passengers after killing 14 and wounding several others. The abducted passengers have since been released in batches. However, a family source of one of the victims told journalist, that among those released […]
Osun APC Youth Laments Loss At Poll. Recommends Strategy To Recapture State
TEXT OF THE SPEECH IN A PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE OSUN APC YOUTH IN OSOGBO ON AUGUST 2, 2022 The good people of Osun, gentlemen of the press, ladies and gentlemen,It is with great sadness that we have come out today to express our feelings on the events recent in our state and the […]
2023:Asake Steps Down As SOKAPU President, Joins Kaduna Gubernatorial Race
Hon. Jonathan Asake has officially stepped down as the President of the Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU), as he joined the Kaduna Gubernatorial race under the platform of the Labour (LP). Announcing his resignation at the party’s Secretariat on Tuesday in Kaduna, he said he officially stepped down to answer the Clarion call of the […]
Pantami attacks Buhari’s plans to impose 5% tax on call, text, data
…vows to use every legal instrument available to fight FG Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, yesterday took a swipe at Federal Government’s plans to impose five per cent excise duty on telecommunications services in the country. He also vowed to use every legal instrument available to fight the decision as, according to […]
Tambuwal’s Commissioner, Moyi joins APC, says PDP lacks trust, focus for efficiency, good governance
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto The gale of defection has continued and fast changing the political landscape in Sokoto state ahead of the 2023 general elections. However, in series , the opposition All Progressives Congress(APC) is squaring up with the latest defection of Col. Garba Moyi(rtd), Commissioner for Careers and Security Matters in the Tambuwal government […]
North-West, South-West lead as INEC registers 96.2 million
The total number of registered voters in Nigeria may have risen from 84 million to 96.2 million. This is according to the latest voter statistics released by the Independent National Electoral Commission which states that 12.2 million voters registered in the Continuous voter registration that ended on Sunday. According to INEC, the North-West geopolitical zone, […]
NiMeT DG warns of excessive flooding in next few weeks, advises citizens to take weather forecasts seriously.
The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof Mansur Bako Matazu, on Monday, warned Nigerians to get prepared for heavy rains in the next two months. Matazu, while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday, said every Nigerian should expect flooding that may wreak havoc across the country in […]
INEC warns of fake online registration portal
Barely 24 hours after it announced the suspension of voter registration across the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has alerted of the existence of a fake online site urging Nigerians to enroll for “voter card pvc” registration The fake online portal also claimed that the Federal Government has approved PVC registration online to […]
Federal govt bans sim card importation
The Federal Government of Nigeria has banned the importation of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami made the announcement on Monday in Oniru, Lagos. He spoke at the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE) organized by the Nigeria Office for Developing Indigenous Telecoms Sector (NODITS) of the Nigerian […]