Author: TheScrutinyNG

At least two soldiers, the son of a village head, two commanders of civilians Joint Task Force members among others were killed when suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists ambushed a military convoy along Dikwa- New Marte in Marte local government area of Borno state. Vanguard reports that the attack is coming few days after suspected terrorists wreaked havoc by slaughtering farmers in Ashigashiya village of Gwoza local government area which shares border with Mandara Mountains of Cameroon Republic. This is as Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) and former Chairman Senator Committee on Army decried the renewed Boko…

The Federal Government has set a May 2025 timeline for the completion of the 47-Kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, saying the project would be ready then. The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, gave the assurance while inspecting an evacuated but now refilled section of the road that had served as a refuse dumpsite. Umahi said that the construction company was reliable and would achieve one kilometre of concrete pavement in a day, hence the stipulated duration of the project would still be attained. According to him, squatters along the corridors of the site will soon be dislodged for failure to…

Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has assured the Edo State governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, and his deputy, Dennis Idahosa, that his palace is always open for them to visit at any time. This is as the monarch advised the duo to implement their campaign promises on assumption of office. He spoke at his palace when he received Okpebholo and Deputy Governor-elect Dennis Idahosa who presented their certificates of return to him on Tuesday. The governor-elect and deputy governor-elect will be sworn in on November 12. Oba Ewuare II said: “God works in mysterious ways. This…

Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State Petroleum (Oil), has assured that the reforms that has been carried out in the nation’s oil and gas sector has restored confidence of investors. The former federal lawmaker noted that before the ending of the year, the Federal Government is expecting a whopping $50 billion investment coming into the oil sector as a result of the reforms. The minister hinted of a total deregulation of the petroleum downstream sector, saying it is the way to attract investment. Lokpobiri, who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday on the policy direction of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…

The Federal Government has unveiled ‘Nutrition 77 Initiative’ to tackle nutritional challenges in all the 774 local government areas in the country. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, the initiative is a comprehensive nationwide nutrition programme aimed at addressing malnutrition and food insecurity. The initiative was launched on Tuesday Vice President Kashim Shettima and it was  endorsed by the National Economic Council (NEC), wherein it seeks to improve nutritional outcomes across all 774 local government areas. It was during a roundtable with development partners…

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has said the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the Inspector General of Police, IGP Egbetokun, should be held responsible for the arson current going on in Rivers State. This is as Timi Frank Al’s said the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the political unrest in Rivers is coming too late, biased and skewed in favour of a faction loyal to Wike in the state. The president had on Monday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to maintain law and order…

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the arrest of those responsible for attacks in some local government secretariats in Rivers State. The coordinated attacks are coming on the heels of Saturday’s local government election in the state where hitherto unknown APP cleared the chairmanship seats. Thus, the pro-democracy group accused the Rivers State Police Command and the Department of State Services (DSS) of negligence, alleging that their failure to act on intelligence allowed the attacks to take place. “The attackers should be treated as terrorists,” HURIWA emphasised, urging the DSS to “arrest those responsible” and…

It’s okay to hanker after the career profile of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, you had better excuse his current job, writes Shola Oyeyipo. The office of the Chief of Staff to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has suddenly acquired a larger than life aura. The powers believed to be domicile in that office are now synonymous with that of the president himself. The progression of that office, through the window of time, started in recent years. Rising from the backwaters of official obscurity, akin to the civil service rule of “being…

French authorities have ordered Omar bin Laden, a son of slain Al Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, to leave the country over posts on social media, France’s interior minister announced on Tuesday. Born in Saudi Arabia, where he spent his early years, Omar bin Laden, 43, has also lived in Sudan and Afghanistan. He left his father at the age of 19 and eventually settled in Normandy in northern France in 2016, taking up painting. France’s new interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, said on X (former Twitter) that Omar bin Laden had lived in the department of Orne in Normandy as…

The Federal High Court in Abuja in a suit brought before Justice Emeka Nwite has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Julius Abure as the substantive Chairman of the Labour Party. Justice Nwite on Tuesday delivered the ruling validating the Abure-led leadership of the party.  He also validated the March 2024 Nnewi convention of the Party that produced the national leadership, while issuing an order compelling the INEC to recognise the leadership.  Recall that the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) had accused the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, and…