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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has vowed to drag the foremost Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti Allah, to the International Criminal Court, ICC, over invasion and killings in the state allegedly carried out by armed Fulani herdsmen. The resolution was made known by the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Michael Gusa, who hinted that killings going on in the state has escalated. He explained that it was important for the government to take necessary action since from available records, the masterminds of genocide in the state were already known by their victims. The Commissioner who noted a recent…
Governor Nyesom Wike has ended the era of denial of women rights of inheritance in Rivers state as he signed into law three new bills passed by the State House of Assembly. He signed the Rivers State Prohibition of the Curtailment of Women’s Right to Share in Family Property Law No. 2 of 2022 alongside the Rivers Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshots Law No. 3 of 2022, and the Rivers Pension Reform (amendment) Law No. 4 of 2022. Hinting on the significance of the law, the Governor said he could not comprehend why it…
The National Security Council has declared the National Task Force on Prohibition of Illegal Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light Weapons Chemical Weapons and Pipelines Vandalism (NATFORCE) an illegal organisation. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the Council’s meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. He said the highest executive security body passed a vote of confidence on the security chiefs in the ongoing fight against terrorism. Aregbesola, who jointly addressed correspondents along with the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, said the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration hopes to end security challenges…
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to present Nigeria’s 2023 budget in October. Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila gave the disclosure in Abuja after inspecting hearing rooms 028 and 234 of the Lower Chamber. SPY Reporters gathered that the rooms will serve as the temporary chamber due to the ongoing renovation of the House complex. “I am hoping that the budget will be presented latest by first week of October”, NAN quoted him saying. The lawmaker added that configuration of the temporary chamber would be done before September 20, date for resumption of plenary. “We…
Nigerian government has assured that irregular migration and illegal transnational activities across Nigeria’s international borders will soon be a misadventure of the past. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shaibu Belgore gave the pledge in Lagos state while addressing the 3rd International Security Management Course at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA). Belgore said his ministry, through the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), has evolved new ways to improve border control, management, monitoring and protection. According to him such innovations would confront 21st century evolving challenges posing as threat to Nigeria’s internal security. The permanent secretary decried how illicit movement of…
Hunger has compelled Internally Displaced Women in Borno state to have sex as means of survival. Gubio camp which have an estimated number of 27,000 IDPs who are mostly women and children has been described as one of the state’s most neglected camps. Women and girls residing in the camp now engage in sex for survival. An exclusive report by HumAngle says Fati Umar, originally from Doron Baga community near Lake Chad, said that when they arrived at Gubio Camp in Maiduguri four years ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed relief items. But for the past year this assistance…
Mother of the governor of Ondo State, Evangelist Grace Akeredolu has passed on. SPY Reporters gathered the deceased transited in her sleep. Her demise was confirmed by Richard Olatunde, a media aide to the governor of Ondo State. “She is survived by her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other family members. “Further announcements will be made by the family in due course,” the statement read.
Former Inspector General of Police, Musiliu Smith, has resigned as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) SPY Reporters gathered the former police boss was asked to resign by the Board of the Commission. His resignation has took effect from Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Our source hints that Smith is expected to hand over to Retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi representing the judiciary at the commission. The commission and the Office of the Inspector-General of Police had been at loggerheads over which body has the right to conduct recruitment into the Force. The NPF had dismissed an advertisement by PSC…
The Nigerian government and the French Development Agency (AFD) have signed a grant agreement of €25 million for the Northern Corridor Project jointly funded by the European Union and the AFD. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, and the AFD Country Director in Nigeria, Xavier Muron, signed the agreement in the presence of the Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann, and the Head of Cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Cecile TASSIN-PELZER. The Northern Corridor Project, being implemented by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), is meant to strengthen low-carbon…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has faulted protesting students for taking laws into their hands. This is a ‘swift’ reaction by the government after some group of students under the auspices of the National Association of Nigerian students, NANS, blocked the very busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola while speaking to State House Correspondents at the end of a Federal Executive Council meeting said the Constitution of Nigeria recognizes and protect citizens’ right to public protests but does not empower any Nigerian to inflict pain and inconvenience on innocent citizens. Fashola…