President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday said those involved in the kidnapping should be treated as terrorists. The President made the comment at a Ramadan dinner with federal judicial officials led by Nigeria's Chief Justice Olukayode Aliwula.
Tinubu condemned the “reprehensible acts” committed by kidnappers across the country, saying those who seek to kidnap children are cowards and incapable of resisting the might of the Nigerian military.
Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal, who met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, has sounded the alarm over escalating banditry in the state and called for immediate intervention by the Federal Government to quell the violence. The governor expressed concern to state House correspondents about the recent spike in attacks and emphasized the urgency of the situation.
The Nigerian military has reportedly released more than 200 suspects detained in connection with Boko Haram terrorist activities. The military said the suspects had been ruled out as having any ties to the Boko Haram group.
The detainees were reportedly handed over to the Borno state government on Tuesday for proper reintegration into society. The development comes in the wake of the controversy over the release of 137 kidnapped school children in Kaduna.
The Kaduna State Government has moved the released Kuriga schoolchildren to a facility where they will undergo psychosocial therapy and counseling before being handed over to their parents. was taken to
The arrangement, which is said to be under the supervision of the Ministry of Welfare and Social Development and the Ministry of Health, will ensure that rescued children are in good mental health and psychological condition before being reunited with their families. The purpose is Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has called on the federal government to interrogate persons alleged to have close links with bandits and to decisively address the insecurity gripping the country's northern regions.
The bishop made the comments on the sidelines of Madonna University's 25th anniversary celebration. Desert Herald publisher Tukur Mam has given the federal government a seven-day ultimatum to withdraw the terrorist financing charges against him.
The federal government last week named Mumm as one of the suspects involved in domestic terrorist financing. Mumm is listed among his 15 entities, including nine individuals and his six Bureau De Change operators and businesses. In a letter to the federation's attorney general through his lawyer, Mam said no court had jurisdiction to convict him of terrorist financing, adding that he would seek redress in court once the ultimatum expires. Ta.
On Monday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio attended the 148th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Switzerland, and had the opportunity to visit the office of World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. He discussed promoting the “export” of primary products from Nigeria and Africa in general.
During the meeting, Senate President Godswill Akpabio called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Akpabio told parliament that collective action must be taken to end the war and prevent further deaths of children, also stressing the need to put egos aside for peace and to achieve a ceasefire. He argued that Congress should not end without taking action.
Permi Nubi, a content creator who embarked on a solo road trip from London to Lagos, on Tuesday shared a photo of her wrecked car, revealing that she was involved in an accident.
Father Emmanuel Ede, the founder of Nigeria's Madonna University, has become a hot topic on social media after boasting that female students who enter the university as virgins are guaranteed to graduate as virgins because they are inculcated with high moral standards. There is.
The pastor made the statement on the occasion of the university's 25th anniversary, emphasizing the university's focus on morality and discipline, but also saying that the university has a history of cult worship, hard drug use, sexual abuse and exam fraud. , said there was no record of bullying and zero crimes. Tolerance of sexual immorality.
