President Bola Ahmad Tinubu appoints Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) and Economic Management Team Emergency Taskforce (EET). The Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) comprises leading business leaders and key government officials. They are: (1) President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria – Chairman of the PECC (2) Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria – Vice-Chairman of the PECC / NEC Chairman (3) President of the Nigerian Senate (4) Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (5) Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance (6) Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (7) Minister of Agriculture and Food Security (8) Minister…
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President Tinubu honours fallen military officers and soldiers in an emotional address at their burial at the National Cemetery in Abuja. The full text reads in full: It is with heavy heart that I join you today to commit to earth, the remains of our officers and men who died in the course of duty on 14 March 2024 in Okuama Community, Delta State. The officers and soldiers who lost their lives that day were patriots, brave and noble men who gave their lives to defend and protect our nation against internal and external threats. Their sacrifice will be remembered…
Publisher of Desert Herald Newspaper, Tukur Mamu has written to the Attorney General of the Federation, demanding the retracting of his profiling and designated as a “Terrorist (TERRORIST FINANCIER)”. This is contained in a letter dated March 25, 2024, written on his behalf by his lawyer, J.J. Usman (SAN), addressed to the Attorney General of the Federation, which, acknowledged copy was sighted by our correspondent. According to the letter, a seven day ultimatum was handed down for the retraction of Tukur Mamu as a Terrorist Financier or face litigation. “We are Counsel to MR. TUKUR MOHAMMED MAMU (hereinafter referred to…
The President Bola Ahmad Tinubu has condemned the ugly acts perpetrated by kidnappers across the country, declaring that those involved in such crimes must be treated as terrorists. He made the declaration on Tuesday at a Ramadan dinner with members of the Federal judiciary led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, along with retired judicial officers, including two former CJNs, Justice Mahmud Mohammed and Justice Walter Onnoghen. The President also reiterated the government’s resolve to defeat banditry which was earlier made public by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale on Tuesday. The Spokesperson said those who resort…
The notorious bandit leader Dogo Gide, who was causing a lot of terror in the North, is dead. His reign of terror has finally come to an end. Dogo Gide passed away as a result of gunshot injuries sustained during a clash with Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) forces. The encounter took place in the challenging landscape of Madada forest within the Maru local government area on March 12, 2024. Despite suffering serious injuries, Dogo Gide was said to have been covertly taken to a hospital in Mabera, Sokoto, Sokoto State, where he eventually passed away. Dogo Gide, a notorious…
Kano state government has announced its intention to launch a mega relief program that will penetrate to all nooks and cranny of the state as part of efforts to cushion the pain currently faced by citizens due to economic hardship in the country. The State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf made the disclosure on Tuesday at the flag-off ceremony of the distribution of food baskets of relief items donated by King Salman Humanitarian Relief Centre of Saudi Arabia to 2056 vulnerable households across eight (8) metropolitan LGAs of the state. The Governor who was represented by his Deputy, Comrade…
National president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Audu Titus Amba, has condemned state governments owing primary school teachers, salaries running into several months in spite of the current harsh economic situation in the country. He, however, called on the federal government to through constitutional amendment, make the first 9-year of basic education a core responsibility of the state governments to address the challenge of non-payment of salaries of teachers by the local government councils. He said, “I urge the minister of education to lend his voice through the Federal Executive Council (FEC) by urging them to cause…
President Bola Ahmad Tinubu has approved the appointment of Major-General Adamu Garba Laka as the new National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre in the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). The appointment is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Tuesday. It said General Laka served in various capacities in the North-East, Nigeria, where he deployed tactical means to degrade terrorist groups He also served in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo under the United Nations and was part of the Nigerian contingent in the…
Following the recent invitation of the Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, by the Department of State Services (DSS), he has confirmed that he had a productive interaction with the DSS on how best to tame the crime in the country. Reports have shown that the scholar earlier made displeasing statements on the military on their fight against banditry calling for more non-kinetic approach. Gumi who wrote, Tuesday on a confirmed social media platform under the heading “Only one person is above the law: The Innocent!”, saying the invitation was necessary and he had a productive interaction with the security…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has included the son of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, among those to be sent to the State Assembly for confirmation as Commissioners. Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso and three other nominees made the list submitted to the state Assembly on Tuesday, Others on the list include Adamu Aliyu Kibiya, Usman Shehu Aliyu, Abduljabbar Garko. Confirming the executive list at plenary on Tuesday, the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Jibril Falgore said the screening of the Commissioner nominees will begin early next week.