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I Wrote Jonathan, Buhari About Isa Pantami's Ties With Terrorists But Nothing Was Done — Borno Cleric The Director-General, Centre for Justice on Religion and Ethnicity in Nigeria, Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa, said he had written three times to the Nigerian government over the alleged ties the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim, has with terrorism. Dikwa, however, said the Nigerian government shunned his petitions on all three occasions. He said he wrote the first letter addressed to the Nigerian government in 2012 during the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration and was invited to stand as a witness…

Senate Probes CCT Chairman, Danladi Umar, Over Alleged Assault The Senate on Tuesday referred a petition against the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Danladi Umar over alleged assault of a guard, Clement Sagwak, at Banex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja. The incident occurred on March 29, 2021. Sagwak had also petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to probe the incident. Senator Istifanus Gyang (Plateau North) submitted a petition on the incident to the Senate on behalf of his constituent, Sagwak. Sagwak, had in his petition dated April 9 2021 and signed by his lawyer, Samuel Ihensekhien, accused…

Chadian Military Picks Idriss Deby’s Son As His Replacement The Chadian Army has announced Idris Deby 37-year-old son, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, a four-star general, as the new leader of the country. I Deby died on the battlefield after three decades in power, the army announced on state television on Tuesday. The shocking announcement came after the 68-year-old was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election that had given him a sixth term in office. The army said Deby had been commanding his army at the weekend as it battled against rebels who had launched a major incursion into the…

Tears As Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno Dies After Fighting Rebels   Chad’s newly re-elected President Idriss Deby Itno who has been in power for three decades has died of injuries while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country, the army said on Tuesday. Deby, 68, “has just breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield” over the weekend, army spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna said in a statement read out on state television. More to follow…  

We Are Not Harbouring Killer Fulani Herdsmen – Hausa Community In Abia Northern community cattle dealers in Umuchieze, Umunneochi LGA of Abia State, has denied harbouring killer Fulani herdsmen and bandits in the state. Speaking to journalists at Umuchieze, the northern cattle dealers said the stories that they were “harbouring bandits, kidnappers, armed robbers and herdsmen” in the cattle market are not true at all. Buba Abdullahi Kedermure, spokesman of the cattle dealers, described the allegation as “a calculated attempt by some disgruntled elements within and outside the cattle market to incite the host communities and the government against us”.…

Cede Mineral Resources Control To Governors: Governor Wike tells Buhari Governor Nyesom Wike also advised President  Buhari’s regime to shun “playing politics with issues of economic development.” Governor Wike and president Buhari Governor Wike and president Buhari On Monday, Governor Nyesom Wike has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to allow states to develop and commercialise mineral resources and pay a royalty to the federal government. Mr Wike made the call when Uchechukwu Ogah, the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Port Harcourt. “The federal government is carrying so…

‘May Allah Rebuke His Blessings’ - Minister Of Communications, Pantami's 'Hacked' Account Curses Deji Adeyanju Over Letter To United States Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami's 'hacked' twitter handle has placed a curse on the convener of human rights group, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju for asking the United States to place him on terrorism watchlist. Adeyanju had in a letter dated April 11, 2021, with the subject, ‘Terrorist Watchlist – Isa Pantami’ and addressed to the Secretary of State, United States Department of State pointed out that Pantami being a senior member of Muhammadu Buhari-led administration,…

Five killed as police, gunmen clash in Anambra Two Policemen and three others were killed in Ukpo, Dunukfia local government area of Anambra when gunmen attacked zone -13 Police Headquarters in the State. The incident, according to sources, occurred in the early hours of Monday. One of the buildings belonging to zone 13 was razed by the hoodlums while no fewer than four vehicles were burnt. The Zonal Police Public Relation’s Officer, Nkeiruka Nwode, confirmed the attack. She said two of their men were wounded and receiving treatment in one of the hospitals while many of their attackers ran away…

Terrorism Comments: Pantami is giving our government bad name, sack him now, says APC Chieftain, Cletus Obun In his argument, Mr Obun recalls the resignation of former Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, who vacated her office over forged NYSC exemption certificates. A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, Cletus Obun, has chimed in on the pressing issue of national security, clamoring for the resignation of Nigeria’s Minister of Information and the Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. Mr Obun, speaking on AIT Monday morning, declared that Mr Pantami should be sacked from his position if he is unwilling to resign in light of…

A progressive forum of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, known as APC Advocates Forum has declared that former governor of Akwa Ibom and Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, as the ‘natural leader’ of the party in the state. The forum, in a statement on Monday in Abuja by its national coordinator, Johnson Essien, however, called on APC’s National Caretaker Committee led by the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni, to call those sponsoring mischief against the minister to order. The group added that “the political sagacity of the former two-term governor cannot be compared to any other person…