…says ‘I gave birth to three children for different husbands’ Ihyi Abdul, the most recently released victim of the April 2014 abduction in Chibok, Borno State, has revealed that she was married to eight men while she was held in Boko Haram captivity. Recently, the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, handed over the rescued Chibok girl and 332 other individuals to the Borno State Government for rehabilitation. During a clearance operation by troops in Sambisa Forest, the 332 persons, including 110 women and 220 children, were rescued from the Bama-Pulka axis. Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Maj-Gen. Waheed…
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The Federal Government has scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday (today) morning in response to a planned nationwide protest slated for August 1. This comes after President Bola Tinubu pleaded with the organisers to shelve the protests and give his administration more time to execute people-oriented programmes. A circular shared with The PUNCH on Tuesday by sources with knowledge of the meeting indicated that all the ministers, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume and the Special Advisers to the President on Policy and Coordination, Hadiza Bala-Usman; Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga and former Minister of Youth…
. President begs Nigerians to shelve proposed action, give him more time…as PDP presidential flagbearer says ‘Leaders of 2012 protests now striving to stifle people’s rights’ President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, took diametrically opposed positions on the planned nationwide protests by some groups in the country. While President Tinubu appealed to Nigerians to shelve their planned protests against bad governance in the country, which has been scheduled for 1st August to 15th August, 2024, the PDP flagbearer lambasted and its agencies for trying to abort the planned August 1 across the country. According to…
Billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola and the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, on Tuesday came to the defence of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote in his battle of wits with the regulatory bodies in the nation’s oil sector. Otedola said Nigerians, particularly the government, should support Dangote by creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. He stressed that Dangote’s contributions must be recognized and supported by all means. The AfDB president, on his part, warned that Nigeria would be the loser because of the virulent criticisms aimed at Dangote and his refinery. Adesina further…
The Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited on Tuesday appealed to well meaning Nigerians to support the infrastructural and manpower development of Nigeria Police Children’s Schools across the country not only to ensure success in moulding the minds that will build a better nation tomorrow, but also to motivate the police personnel to put in their best in the service of securing lives and property of citizens. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the top – notch real estate firm, Ambassador (Dr) Babatunde Adeyemo, made the appeal while addressing parents, teachers and pupils of Police Children School Eleweran, Abeokuta,…
The Conference of Civil Society for Transparency and Accountability (COCTA), an umbrella body of over 500 CSOs, has commended the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, for his commitment to transparency and accountability in revolutionizing farming practices in Nigeria. In a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, COCTA praised the Ministry’s initiatives aimed at: Ensuring food sufficiency, empowering stakeholdersand creating employment opportunities for youths in the agricultural sector The communiqué, signed by National Coordinator Comrade Olumuyiwa Onlede and Haruna Abdulsalam, Director of Communication & Advocacy , acknowledged the Minister’s efforts…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said the planned protest against President Bola Tinubu is politically motivated. Wike urged Nigerians to be patient with Tinubu’s administration and not resort to protest despite the hardship. Nigerians are billed to file out to protest against the biting hunger and hardship under Tinubu’s administration on August 1. But, speaking during the inspection of Apo-Karshi Road in Abuja, the minister said all challenges facing the country can’t be resolved in one day. He assured that the government of President Tinubu is doing everything possible to deliver the dividends of…
Inspector-General of Police, Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, broke his silence on the August 1 planned “Hunger protest” by some Nigerians, saying that the Nigeria Police would respond to it “in a most professional manner.” Egbetokun disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the rank of Commissioners of Police and above. The IGP said the meeting with the Strategic Police Managers was to share intelligence from the various Police Commands in the country and analyse same for the security of the country. “So, we are prepared and I want to…
Original inhabitants of Abuja, under the aegis of the Gbagyi/Gbari Youth Association, have warned anyone, groups or individuals planning to stage a protest within the Federal Capital Territory and its environs, to forget the idea. Gbagyi/Gbari youths and some of their prominent elders issued this warning at a press briefing jointly addressed by its Board of Trustee Chairman, Amb. Ayuba Ngbakp and Comrade Nuhu D. Auta, the President, Gbagyi/Gbari Youth Association. Tension is gradually building up in the country as some Nigerians have been mobilizing to stage a nationwide protest against the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The planned…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, lambasted the Federal Government and its agencies for trying to abort the planned August 1 protest across the country. Atiku, who was also Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, said it is also ironical that those who protested against the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 are the ones trying to stifle other peoples rights to protest. Tension is rising across the 36 states of the Nigerian Federation due to the ongoing plan by some youths to begin a 10-day nationwide hunger and hardship protest to draw…