Author: TheScrutinyNG

Civilians are among the dozens of people killed in an attack by militants in Burkina Faso, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Jihadist rebels affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group have waged a grinding insurgency since 2015 in Burkina Faso that has killed thousands and displaced two million people. The latest attack was carried out by armed men in the village of Barsalogho in north-central Burkina Faso on Saturday, multiple sources said. Denouncing the “cowardly and barbaric attack”, Communications Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo said it was carried out by “hordes of criminals”. The assailants targeted…

The Chairman of the All Progressive Congress in Kogi State, Abdulahi Bello, has urged the opposition to support the administration of Governor Usman Ododo in moving the start forward. He made the call while reacting to the Supreme Court judgement affirming the victory of Ododo during the November 11, 2023, governorship election. Bello, in a telephone chat with our correspondent shortly after the court judgement, said “I feel elated for the Supreme Court verdict of today. “It’s a demonstration of the court as the last hope of the common man. I will advise the opposition noise makers to put a…

The Supreme Court has affirmed the re-election of Senator Duoye Diri as the Governor of Bayelsa State after dismissing the appeal of Timipre Sylva, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the November 11, 2023 off-cycle election. A five-member panel of the Apex Court headed by Justice Lawal Garba, on Friday affirmed the Court of Appeal decision of July 15 which deemed Sylva’s appeal as an abuse of Court process for filing two notices of appeal. Citing a section of the 1999 Constitution, the Apex Court panel held that the APC Governorship candidate has only one right to appeal…

PIDOM NIGERIA, a prominent anonymous whistleblower, has gone missing, and his social media accounts have been compromised, this is according to David Hundeyin a close friend and colleague. Hundeyin said he received a suspicious message from PIDOM’s Twitter account, leading him to investigate the situation. In his latest tweets, he had accused the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi of romance scam with one Ms Fagbule. He also accused him of swindling her of the sum of $180,000 with a promise of marriage through Facebook. The Ooni denied the allegations. In another tweet, he also accused Umara Zulum, son of…

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a short trip to France on a brief work visit. The President, who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the early hours of Friday, left for France on Monday. President Tinubu is scheduled to swear in the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun this morning at the Council Chambers in the state House. Justice Kekere-Ekun will succeed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who bowed out on Thursday after clocking the retirement age of 70 years.

Political consultant and strategist, Temi Okesanjo, recently provided insights on the current challenges facing the nation. When asked what advice she could give to the President based on her experience advising in the former presidency, Okesanjo remarked, “It’s difficult to provide effective advice without adequate knowledge of internal complexity in the presidency.” However, she managed to offer some critical recommendations that could bolster the administration’s effectiveness. In her commentary, Okesanjo emphasised the need for better coordination across the entire government architecture, particularly to ensure that the impact of initiatives meant to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal is…

Emmanuel Ayoola, former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), is dead. Musa Aliyu, ICPC chairman, announced Ayoola’s death in a statement on Wednesday. Ayoola, who was the second ICPC chairman, died on Tuesday at the age of 91. He served as the commission’s chairman between 2005 and 2010, after succeeding Mustapha Akanbi. Ayoola served the country in various capacities. He was appointed as a high court judge in 1976 and rose through the ranks to the supreme court. He retired as a justice of the nation’s apex court in 2003, having attained the mandatory…

The Federal Government has announced a hike in the cost of obtaining Nigeria’s international passport. Spokesman of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), DCI Kenneth Udo, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday night in Abuja, said the move is “part of efforts to maintain the quality and integrity of the Nigerian Standard Passport.” According to him, the new charges take effect from 1st September, 2024. “Based on the review, the 32-page passport booklet with a 5-year validity previously charged at Thirty-five Thousand Naira (N35,000.00) will now be Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000.00) only, while the 64-page passport booklet with a…

The Rivers State Government has confirmed two cases of the deadly Mpox infection in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, confirmed the development at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Oreh said the state had already put its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre on high alert to respond to further emergencies. “Recently, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control stated that there are 39 confirmed cases of mpox across the country. “Out of this number, Rivers State has two confirmed cases of Mpox. “We have deployed our medical teams to respond to all emergencies at the…

By Kassim Afegbua Politics carries with it an ensemble of contradictions and unforced errors. It ridicules those who think they have climbed to Olympian heights, humbles those who display unrestrained arrogance and generally dazes those who are mere opportunists in politics. The Edo 21st September election is a contest between light and darkness, between homeboy and cowboys, between affection and disaffection, between performance and promise. On a lighter note, between the beauty and the hideousness. For the first time, let’s have a fine face to adorn our space. Last week, I had the privilege of being in a high-powered meeting…