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The Finnish government has assured Nigeria of collaboration on the case of the factional leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, who resides in Finland. Finland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Elina Valtonen, provided this assurance during a press briefing in Abuja, on Tuesday. Ekpa, who resides in Finland, leads a faction of IPOB known as Autopilot, which has been pushing for the creation of an independent state of Biafra, encompassing Nigeria’s South-East and parts of the South-South regions. He is also alleged to have played a key role in instigating violence in Nigeria, particularly through the enforcement…
The Federal Government has traced at least ₦83 billion in cryptocurrency and fiat money that was allegedly channelled towards the recent nationwide protests. This revelation was made during a presentation by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, at the inaugural meeting of the Council of State, convened by President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. According to Ribadu’s presentation, the funds include $50 million in cryptocurrency, of which $38 million has been blocked across four cryptocurrency wallets. Additionally, ₦4 billion in fiat money was reportedly contributed by various political actors in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, and Katsina. The…
The federal government said a committee has been set up to work on salary of medical doctors and other health professionals. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, said over 17,000 doctors were trained in Nigerian universities in the last five years, but more than half of them left the country for other countries. He regretted that young doctors trained leave the country. Speaking in an interview with Channels TV, on Tuesday, Pate explained that the federal government plans to provide a conducive environment for not just medical doctors but all health workers. He added that…
Kano South Senator, Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, has disclosed that senators get N21 million monthly as running cost. Sumaila, however, disclosed that he earns one million as monthly salary. He spoke in an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday morning. According to the lawmaker: “My monthly salary is less than N1million. After deductions, the figure comes down to a little over N600,000. “Given the increase effected, in the Senate, each Senator gets N21million every month as running cost.” This comes as former President Olusegun Obasanjo accused members of the National Assembly of contravening the law by fixing bogus salaries and…
A Nigerian woman named Favour Igiebor, who tore up her husband’s passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, could face a jail term as punishment for her actions if found guilty, according to the Nigeria Immigration Service Act of 2015 (as amended). The NIS had on Monday revealed that it had launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of a man’s passport by his wife, identified as Favour Igiebor, stating that she had been summoned for questioning. In a statement, the spokesperson for the NIS, Kenneth Udo, described Igiebor’s action as a violation of Nigerian law. The investigation…
The Kano State Police Command said on Monday it had transferred the 76 suspects arrested for flying Russian flags, including a foreigner to the Force Headquarters, Abuja, for discreet investigation on charges of sedition. The Commissioner of Police in Kano State, Salman Garba, disclosed this on Monday while giving an update on the suspects arrested during the nationwide hunger protest that turned violent in the North. Garba said the press conference was “to provide a comprehensive update on the recent violent incidents that resulted in wanton destruction and looting of government and public properties in Kano State instigated by hoodlums…
The former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, paid a courtesy visit to his successor and incumbent Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Darelasisionline.com reports that this is Ambode’s first visit to the Lagos State House after exiting as a one-term governor of the state in 2019. In a post via his Instagram page on Monday, Sanwo-Olu said he and Ambode had a conversation about the future of Lagos and building on the solid foundation currently in place. Sharing photos of the visit, Sanwo-Olu wrote, “Today, I welcomed my brother and predecessor, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, back to Lagos House on a…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced an investigation into the controversies surrounding a video of a woman who was captured destroying her husband’s passport after a fallout at the airport. A viral video captured the female traveller identified as Favour Igiebor destroying the Nigerian Standard Passport – said to belong to her husband – at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. The NIS has also extended an invitation to Favour in order to get her own side of the story. The video generated a lot of reactions from social media users online who berated the Immigration officers…
Nigeria’s aspirations for a medal in the current Paris Olympic Games, Tobi Amusan, has crashed out of the tournament. Darelasisionline.com gathered that Amusan finished third in the semi-finals of the women’s 100m hurdles. The 27-year-old competed in lane six during the first heat of the event on Friday. The reigning world champion and world record holder finished behind Alayasha Johnson from the United States, who clocked a time of 12.39 seconds, and Devynne Charlton from the Bahamas, who recorded 12.50 seconds. Amusan’s time of 12.55 seconds was insufficient to qualify her for the finals. This achievement comes amid Nigeria’s disappointing…
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has described the recent proposed protest asking Igbo people to leave Lagos and other Southwestern states as arrant nonsense. George, who is a Lagos indigene, spoke on the sidelines of an interactive session with the media on the State of the Nation, held at his office in Ikoyi. According to him, those spreading such hateful campaigns were not Lagos indigenes but people who came from neighbouring states and were accommodated in the state. George recalled that former President, Nnamdi Azikwe, who is of Igbo extraction, became the…