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Jul

17

2025

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Musings on Muhammadu Buhari

Opinion

By Azu Ishiekwene I met him several times after he became Nigeria’s president in 2015, but the meetings did not change my impression of him as an enigma. Yet, as history peels back layer after layer of Muhammadu Buhari’s place, we may discover the essence of his beguiling simplicity. Tight-lipped and taciturn, a soldier in bearing and character, his life was marked by complex dimensions that shaped his political and personal trajectory. Escape routeBorn on December 17, 1942, in Daura, northwest Nigeria, in a region now fraught with banditry and violent crimes, Buhari began his military career by joining the Nigerian…

Jul

17

2025

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Courts Jail Four Persons For Internet Fraud

Crime

Justices Mahmud Abdulgafar and Sulaiman Akanbi of the Kwara State High Courts on Monday, July 14, 2025 convicted and sentenced Olaitan Abdulwahab Damilare, Maruf Quadri Kolawole, Habeeb Abiodun Jimoh, and Mubarak Moruf to jail for fraud. They were prosecuted by Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on separate charges that border on cheating, impersonation and obtaining under false pretences. While Damilare, Kolawole, and Jimoh were prosecuted before Justice Abdulgafar, Moruf was prosecuted before Justice Sulaiman Akanbi. The charge against Damilare reads: “That you, Olaitan Abdulwahab Damilare (a.k.a Fav), sometime in January, 2024 or thereabout at Ilorin, Kwara State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced one Michael, a white man to send you…

Jul

17

2025

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Alleged N6.9bn Fraud: EFCC To Appeal Fayose’s Acquittal

News

Sequel to the judgment of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, acquitting and discharging a former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose from an alleged money laundering case preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Commission says it is already studying the ruling with a view to appealing it. The former governor was re-arraigned on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, alongside Spotless Investment Limited on an 11-count charge bordering on money laundering and stealing to the tune of N6.9bn ( Six Billion Nine Hundred Naira).…

Jul

17

2025

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Alleged $6b Mambilla Project Fraud: Court Admits More Evidence Against Ex-Minister, Olu Agunloye

News

Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, admitted additional evidence from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye. Agunloye is facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on seven-count charges, bordering on official corruption and fraudulent award of Mambilla Power Project contract to the tune of $6billion (Six Billion US Dollars). The additional evidence are an investigation report of the Mambila HydroElectric Power Project, the defendant awarded to Sunrise Power &Transmission Company Limited and a warrant of arrest on Jide Sotinri. They were marked “Exhibit…

Jul

16

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Insecurity: Taraba ALGON Chair, Hassan, Debunks LG Boss’s Kidnapping Claims

News

By Athanasius Okerafor, Jalingo Chairman, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in Taraba State, Dr. Aminu Jauro Hassan, has debunked alleged attempted kidnapping claims by Gassol Local Government Area (LGA) Chairman, Hon. Sadique Abubakar. This was contained in a signed statement issued to journalists on Wednesday, July 16, in Jalingo, the State capital. Dr. Hassan, who described the alarm raised by the Chairman as false and misleading, called on residents of Jalingo LGA and the State to disregard the claims, and go about their normal businesses. The statement was titled: 'How Gassol Local Government Chairman Lied About Kidnapping Attempt…

Jul

16

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Mbah’s Security Team Storms Eha-Amufu With Surveillance Helicopters

News

*Residents Rejoice Over Improved Security *Bishop Of Church Deserted Since 2021 Set To Resume Service By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Residents of Eha-Amufu in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State have expressed joy and confidence over the continued improvement on security of their communities under the Governor Peter Mbah administration. Stakeholders, the youth, women and other members of Eha-Amufu community made their feelings known when they trooped out en masse to receive Gov. Mbah’s security team, led by his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Security, Vincent Onyeabor, who stormed the Ogbete, Eha-Amufu Joint Task Force (JTF) Security Camp with…

Jul

16

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Alia, A Monumental Disaster, Has No Capacity To Govern – Prof Ityavyar

Interviews

Professor Dennis Ityavyar is a University don. He served the Benue State Government as Commissioner for eight years and aspired to serve the state as Governor but was not given the ticket. In this interview with a select group of journalists in his Makurdi residence , Professor Ityavyar rated Governor Hyacinth Alia low in performance as Governor, describing him as a monumental disaster. To him, Alia has no capacity to rule Benue State . He also spoke on his desire to run for governorship again, among other things. SAM TYAV was there for People&Politics. Excerpts: Q: For the purpose of…

Jul

16

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Atiku Quits PDP, ‘Why I Dumped Party That Made Me VP’

News

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja From the political party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on which platform he became Nigeria's Vice President (1999-2007) for two unbroken terms, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has resigned. He described the decision as heart-breaking. The party won successive presidential elections in the country from the dawn of the Fourth Republic in 1999 to 2015 when its last holder, Goodluck Jonathan,lost to the opposition Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Buhari reportedly died last Sunday in a London hospital and his remains were buried with full state honours in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State, North-West Nigeria,on Tuesday,…

Jul

16

2025

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Buhari Was Neither A Good Man Nor A Good President

Opinion

BY DOMINIC KIDZU The Nigerian political and busines elite are insuferably pretentious and miserably hypocritical to the dead, in the way they pay them generous epithets that tell little of the story of their lives, in retrospect. Unfortunately, one of my overarching bankruptcies is that I am unable to put on a bold face to these ungainly platitudes; base fawnings, false affectation and what some might tragically call crocodile tears. I thank the Almighty that history is written with the ink of cold, hard, immutable facts, not sentiment, or the tongue-tied monologue of the usually lice- infested memory of politicians…

Jul

15

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Buhari’s Remains Buried In Daura

News

The body of deceased former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday afternoon at a London hospital, was interred today in Daura, his hometown in Katsina State, after a solemn state funeral in accordance with Islamic rites. The state funeral, attended by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, former Vice Presidents Yemi Osinbajo and Atiku Abubakar, as well as former Minister of Transportation and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, featured prayers, military honors, and tributes that echoed across the political spectrum. Other heavyweights present include former governors Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Yahaya Bello…