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By Deborah Nnamdi Popular controversial activist and social media critic, Martins Otse, also known as Verydarkman has revealed that not a single dime from his NGO funds is missing. In a video shared on Tuesday, the outspoken social critic expressed disappointment with Nigerians for accepting the story without proper investigation and for resorting to insults directed at him and his mother. He said, “No money is missing, my money is secured. The way people are so excited about bad is really sad. I told my website guy, shut the website, let us use this people catch cruise. Nobody bothered to…

By Deborah Nnamdi At least seven terrorists belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, have been killed in an explosion. The development reportedly occurred while the terrorists were attempting to prepare improvised explosive devices, IEDs. Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, disclosed this in a post on his X.com handle on Tuesday. Makama said that impeccable sources confirmed to him that the incident occurred on December 30, 2024, in a locality between Ba’anfani and Koleram in the far Lake Chad Basin of Borno state. He disclosed that the explosion happened during the assembly of…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Kano State government has enrolled prison inmates in its healthcare contributory scheme, to enhance free and quality healthcare services for those in custody. This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Kano command, Musbahu Kofar-Nasarawa, in a press statement on Monday. Kofar-Nasarawa said the Executive Secretary of the Kano State Healthcare Management Agency, Dr Rahila Aliyu-Mukhtar, announced this during her visit to the State Controller of NCoS, Mr Ado Salisu, in his office. She further stated that the enrolment was approved by Governor Abba Yusuf to provide free access to basic…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigerian Navy has announced plans to deploy armed fighter drones to intensify the fight against illegal oil bunkering and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, disclosed this during the flag-off ceremony of Operation Delta Sanity 2 at the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder Jetty in Port Harcourt on Monday. Ogalla stated, “In January 2024, the Nigerian Navy launched a Special Maritime Security Operation in the Niger Delta codenamed Operation Delta Sanity. The special operation was designed to curb oil theft, pipeline vandalism, and other criminalities towards ensuring a…

By Deborah Nnamdi Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, says continued over-dependence on oil by Nigeria will only lead to inequality, greater poverty among Nigerians, and mass unemployment. Abbas made this statement at the 14th convocation lecture of the Al-Hikmah University in Ilorin on Monday, adding that Nigeria should harness its abundant resources and human capital to diversify its economy. The Speaker explained that to secure Nigeria’s economic future, the country must decisively move beyond oil and develop sustainable pathways for inclusive growth. “With dwindling oil revenues, global shifts toward renewable energy, and the increasing need for job…

By Deborah Nnamdi A Magistrate Court sitting in Ijebu Imusin Magisterial District of Ogun State has sentenced one Abiodun Ajao to 6 years imprisonment for stealing a customer’s car. He was sentenced on a three-count charge bordering on stealing, conversion, and malicious damage, which contravenes Sections 390, 434, and 451 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State. Ajao, a mechanic based in Lagos, was arrested in Ijebu Imusin by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ijebu East Central Division, Esure Ijebu Imusin. The 27-year-old convict reportedly drove the Honda Accord from Lagos to Idona, Ijebu…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will take over the South-South states ahead of the 2027 elections. Akpabio said he defected to APC to ensure that the ruling party claims all the states in the South-South ahead of the 2027 elections. The Senate President spoke while receiving Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State at his residence in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Anietie Ekong, Akpabio said winning the states would change the developmental trajectory of the South South region…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days. Tedros made this call in a post on his official X handle on Monday. “Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat. “We repeat: stop attacks on hospitals. People in Gaza need access to health care. Humanitarians need access to provide health aid. Ceasefire!” He added. The Israeli military had said that Hamas militants were…

President Bola Tinubu has expressed his profound joy at the re-opening of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, WRPC, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, describing it as another remarkable achievement in 2024 that has strengthened Nigerians’ hope in his administration. The Warri Refinery returned to operation weeks after NNPC Limited restarted the 60,000 Barrels per day at the Port Harcourt Refinery in November. President Tinubu who spoke through the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, expressed his administration’s determination to ramp up local refining capacity and make Nigeria a hub for downstream industrial…

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