By Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse The new Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa State, Mr. Bala Bawa Boddinga, has recorded major successes in the fight against crime Barely five days into his tenure he has led operations that resulted in the arrest of livestock rustlers and electricity vandals across Gumel and Malam Madori local government areas. Speaking while parading the suspects at the NSCDC state headquarters in Dutse, Commandant Boddinga said his team carried out swift intelligence-led operations that led to the arrest of Adamu Hassan, a resident of Kantamari village in Guri LGA. Hassan…
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In a historic economic milestone, Nigeria has officially joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), unlocking new pathways to billions of dollars in private sector financing and technical support aimed at driving sustainable development across key sectors of the economy. Director of Information and Public Relations, Muhammed Manga in a statement said the formal accession took place at the 2025 EBRD Annual Meetings in London, where Nigeria was represented by the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun. The move according to the statement makes Nigeria the largest African economy to join…
A company linked to Nigerian gaming magnate, Kessington Adebutu (popularly known as Baba Ijebu), is set to face trial on May 16 over an alleged N50 million debt tied to the high-stakes concession of the National Stadium, Lagos. GreenArps Project Limited, the defendant, is accused of defaulting on payment to a technical consortium that played a pivotal role in helping it clinch the stadium concession in 2023. The consortium, led by Raji Rasaq Adeshina, claims it provided key expertise and services but was left unpaid. The suit, filed in January and marked CV/57/2025, demands the immediate payment of the N50…
***Plan clamp down on members aiding, abetting criminals. By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. THE National Association of Nigeria Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP), Kogi chapter, has pledged to collaborate with security agents in a bid to stem the activities of Yahoo-Yahoo and Yahoo-plus and general crime wave across the state. His Royal Highness, Chief Ibrahim Amodu, Kogi Chairman of the Association, His Royal Highness, Chief Ibrahim Amodu made the pledge while speaking with Newsmen on Thursday in Lokoja. Chief of Amodu noted that such commitment from NANTMP was imperative as criminals now use some members of the Association to commit crimes, citing…
The immediate past Speaker of the Bwari Legislative Arm and leading chairmanship aspirant for the 2026 Bwari Area Council elections, Hon. Chief Julius Adamu, has begun a consultative tour of key political figures, stakeholders, and party executives within the council area. The two-day visit, which took place on Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15, 2025, kicked off with courtesy calls on the incumbent Chairman of Bwari Area Council, Hon. Chief John Gabaya, and the Council Secretary, Hon. Eli Peter Kadanya. During the visit, Adamu presented his PDP Nomination and Expression of Interest Form and sought their support and fatherly…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), alongside family, friends, and legal representatives of Abuja-based engineer and businessman Mr. Audu Friday, has publicly challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over what they describe as a pattern of misinformation, procedural abuse, and rights violations in his ongoing prosecution. At a press conference held in Abuja, Barrister Usman Salifu-Oguche, counsel to Mr. Friday, criticized the EFCC’s recent press release that claimed his client was arrested in Lagos on December 10, 2024, during an “Eagle Flush Operation.” “That arrest never happened,” Salifu-Oguche stated. “Mr. Friday has never been arrested in…
A fresh controversy has emerged in the ongoing terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as his family accused the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) of biased coverage and demanded its removal from court proceedings. The Kanu family, in a statement signed by Prince Emmanuel Kanu, condemned NAN’s reporting of the case, claiming the agency deliberately ignored key defence arguments while amplifying the prosecution’s narrative. They alleged that the agency had become “the megaphone” of the Department of State Services (DSS) and called on Justice James Omotosho to bar NAN from covering future…
A university lecturer, Dr. Christian Okeke of the Department of Political Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has called on the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, to honourably tender his resignation instead of weeping publicly over technical failures that marred the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Reacting to the Registrar’s admission of responsibility and public display of emotion, Dr. Okeke argued that remorse alone is insufficient. “Leadership is about accountability, and honour demands action, not tears. Resignation is the only honourable path forward,” he stated. He described as unacceptable JAMB’s plan to reschedule…
Renowned development economist and Senior Special Advisor to the President on Industrialization at the African Development Bank, Professor Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, delivered a thought-provoking lecture at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on May 14, 2025. The event marked the second stop in the international rollout of his latest book. Titled From Reversal of Fortune to Economic Resurgence: Industrialization and Leadership in Asian Prosperity and Nigeria’s Regress, the book—co-authored with Dr. Oyebanke Abejirin and published by Anthem Press—offers a compelling comparison between Nigeria and several Asian economies that started on similar footing after independence but have since taken…
***Solicit public support By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. THE Nigeria Police, Kogi State Command arrested a total number of 239 suspects for various criminal offences in the last four months across the three Senatorial Districts of Kogi State. The Commissioner of Police, Kogi Command, Miller Gajere Dantawaye, disclosed this during his maiden Press Briefing on the achievements recorded by the command in its ongoing onslaught against criminal elements terrorizing innocent citizens of Kogi state. Dantawaye who assumed duty at Kogi State Command in January, 2025, noted that the Command had recorded some remarkable achievements in the ongoing onslaught against criminal elements from…