Author: TheScrutinyNG

The Federal Government has announced plans to bolster its anti-banditry operations with the acquisition of 50 new aircraft scheduled to arrive between now and next year. The initiative aims to strengthen security efforts in the North-West region and across Nigeria as terrorists occupied the Kainji National Park in Niger State. The Chief of Air Staff, Marshal Bala Abubakar, disclosed on Wednesday that the air fleet would include 12 AH-1 attack helicopters, 24 M-346 attack aircraft, 12 Augusta Westland 109 helicopters and two Casa 295 medium airlift aircraft. Abubakar stated this during the inauguration of new facilities at the 213 Forward…

Following the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country, at least 21 persons have been confirmed dead in Lagos State, with 401 suspected cases reported to the state Ministry of Health, with an increasing number of severe gastroenteritis cases across multiple local government areas, LGAs, in the state. Announcing the development in an update on the disease in Lagos, the Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr. Kemi Ogunyemi, disclosed that the total number of cholera cases has increased to 401 across the state, with Lagos Island, Kosofe, Ikorodu and Eti Osa recording the highest numbers.…

The governor of Louisiana signed a bill Wednesday requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom in the conservative US state, reigniting the debate over separation of church and state. The legislation, the first of its kind in the nation, mandates that the biblical text be on display starting in 2025 in all public school classrooms from kindergarten through state-funded universities. “If you want to respect the rule of law, you gotta start from the original law given — which was Moses,” Jeff Landry, Republican governor of the southern state, said at the bill’s signing ceremony. The…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, has gone for broke by announcing the expulsion of former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, and the party’s vice national chair, South-south, Chief Dan Osi Orbih from the party. Shaibu was the deputy of Governor Godwin Obaseki before his impeachment and removal for allegedly leaking classified government documents among other allegations. The chapter said in a statement issued by the State Publicity Secretary, Ogie Vasco, that Shaibu and Orbih were expelled for anti-party activities. Vasco said the chapter also expelled, for the same reason, Omoregie Ogbeide Ihama, a former House of Representatives’ member,…

The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed his readiness to enter into a negotiation with the Federal Government. Kanu took the position on Wednesday, at the resumed proceeding on the seven-count terrorism and treasonable felony charge the FG entered against him before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. His team of lawyers, led by Mr. Alloy Ejimakor, noted that Section 17 of the Federal High Court Act, made provision for amicable resolution of such matters. Ejimakor, notified the court of the decision of his team to explore the option, after he…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cautioned the immediate past Rivers State Local Government Chairmen whose tenure has expired against any conduct capable of disrupting the peace in the State. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, issued the words of caution in a statement in Abuja, on Wednesday. According to him, the PDP notes that the three-year tenure in office of the former Local Government Executive Councils in the state has expired. This, he explained, was due to the effluxion of time under the relevant State Law establishing the Rivers State Local Government Council Administration. Ologunagba said,…

Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has asked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Nyesom Wike to remain focused and concentrate in the nation’s Capital because he has a lot to do and leave Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and the people of the state alone. The Elder statesman who stated this in an Interview with African Independent Television, AIT on Tuesday however accused the former Rivers State governor and the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and his successor as the masterminds of what he described as politics of…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has described the performance of troops in the recent operations to clear the remnants of terrorists in the North-East as outstanding. Lagbaja made this known in an interview with newsmen in Maiduguri, where he celebrated Eid-el Kabir with the troops of the North East Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai. Lagbaja assured the troops of sustained support to continue delivering on their assigned tasks of restoring peace and security in the region and Nigeria in general. “My visit to the Theatre Command this afternoon is to come and say thank…

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN On June 12, 1993, Nigerians from all walks of life trooped out en-masse to participate in what is still adjudged as the best election in the history of our nation. They voted massively for Chief MKO Abiola as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Their joy was however cut short by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (Retd) who announced the annulment of the said election. What is today known as June 12 is the collective resistance to the cancellation of that election. What does June 12 represent for Nigeria? The main symbol…

Yunusa Tanko, the Chief Spokesperson, Peter Obi/ Datti Baba-Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council for 2023, says reforming the electoral process is much more needed now than the proposed single- tenure rotational presidency, to deepen democracy. Tanko, also a former National Chairman of the defunct National Conscience Party (NCP), said this in an with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. He said reforming the electoral process would guarantee the emergence of credible leaders across all levels of government. According to him, deepening democracy to guarantee emergence of credible leaders should be one of the key things to consider in the…