Former militant leader, Asari Dokubo has lamented over President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments. Asari said this while reacting to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi’s call for Nyesom Wike to be removed as FCT Minister. Addressing this in a video which has gone viral, the former militant leader stated that Abuja was built with oil money from non-northern regions. He also said that it was built on the premise of “no man’s land”. He went on to lament …
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Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale, with the Forbes’ award A Nigerian, Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale, Co-founder/Chief Visionary Officer (CVO), Digital Encode Limited, has emerged as Forbes Best of Africa Outstanding Digital Trust Leader of the Year 2023. The award is another testament to Dr. Obadare, a well-recognized subject matter expert with numerous successful engagements to his credit in Africa. A letter of notification of his nomination, signed by Mark Furlong, President, Custom Solutions Media, for Forbes Media, reads: “Through …
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of private military contractor Wagner Group, has marched his mercenary forces into the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in what many have described as a declaration of civil war on the Russian state. Read here Prigozhin had vowed to take all necessary steps to topple Russia’s military leadership, hours after the Kremlin accused him of “armed rebellion”. Here’s what is known about the leader of the Wagner Group; Born in 1961 in Russia, Yevgeny Prigozhin …
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has approved the reinstatement of the Emir of Yandoto, Aliyu Garba Marafa, who was suspended for conferring a traditional title to a notorious bandits’ kingpin, Ado Aleiru. Recall that the monarch bestowed the traditional title of Sarki Fulani to the bandit on Saturday, July 16, 2022. The Emir asserted that he decided to give the title to Aleiru because of the pivotal role he played during a peace process arranged between the …
A suspected Boko Haram leader was on Sunday July 31, arrested by operatives of Department of State Services in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. Daily Trust reported that the suspected Boko Haram leader was arrested at Ijaye area of Abeokuta. It was also learnt that the suspect initially put up a resistance before bowing to the superior power of DSS operatives during the operation carried out at night. A security source told the publication that the suspected terrorist …
Leader of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno State has died from injuries he sustained from an explosion which was reportedly triggered by mines planted by Boko Haram insurgents. The incident which occurred at Maliya village, Mandaragarau ward in Biu Local Government Area of Borno, also left 5 others injured. Ibrahim Maliya Saidu was the planning secretary of CJTF in Biu, before the incident which claimed his life. Top Cjtf member, Mohammed Aliyu who confirmed Maliya’s death, described him …