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As Insecurity Worsens, Nigerian Government Backs Airline To Start Abuja-Kaduna Flights

Aero Contractors The Nigerian Government appears to have given up the possibility of protecting commuters on the 185km Abuja-Kaduna Road as Aero Contractors got its backing to start flights on the route. Dozens of travellers including federal lawmakers and top government officials have either been kidnapped or killed along the road despite assurances from the government and security agencies. Aero Contractors “I want to assure Nigerians that Kaduna-Abuja Road is now safe. We have cleared the road, we have arrested a lot of kidnappers and some of them were fatally injured during the confrontation we had with them. “The road is now cleared for use by travellers and our patrol teams comprising combined security services are there constantly working each day,” Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, told Journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. See Also PhotoNews PHOTONEWS: Fears As Gunmen Attack Abuja-Kaduna Train Twice On Monday, Governmen...

Lagos Residents Cry Out Over Policies Of Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu, Oba Oniru, Elegushi

Some Lagos residents have accused the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of policies that have affected them negatively. Also accused of cruel actions against residents are Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Gbolahan Lawal Oniru of Iru Kingdom, and Saheed Elegushi, Oba of Ikate-Elegushi. According to some Lagos residents, who spoke with SaharaReporters, the COVID-19 pandemic affected the world in ways many never envisaged. Despite this, they claimed Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu and other government officials are using the period of the pandemic to further torment and strangle residents. “Policemen have increased extortion on many roads, land-planning groups have increased demolitions of legal properties and the government continues to create policies that benefit them to the detriment of millions.  “It started with the ban of commercial motorcycles that witnessed approximately 20,000 residents lose their means of livelihood in February 2020. It got wor...

Boko Haram Terrorists Kill Nigerian Army Commander

A Nigerian Army commander identified as Colonel DC Bako, has been killed by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. The senior military officer lost his life on Monday in an ambush set up by the insurgents, according to a report by HumAngle. Bako was Commander of Sector 2, Operation Lafiya Dole, the team combating terrorism in the North-East region of the country, before he was killed. See Also Military Armed Bandits Kill Nigerian Air Force Personnel In Kaduna 0 Comments 1 Week Ago Confirming the incident, Ado Isa, spokesperson for Operation Lafiya Dole, said the colonel died in a military hospital where he was receiving treatment after the ambush. Isa said, “Operation LAFIYA DOLE wishes to intimate the general public of the demise of one of our gallant and finest war heroes Col DC Bako. It could be recalled that the professional, gallant senior officer who always led from the front and a patriotic Nigerian, led a patrol to clear Boko Haram terrorists from Sabon Gari-W...

Rejoinder To Award-winning Disaster Minister Sadiya Faruq’s Op-ed: “Reward For Hard Work Is More Work” By Matthew Africa

Nigerian Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in Nigeria, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, was recently adjudged the best minister in twelve months of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term by Transparency Watch. Instead of rolling out the red carpet to celebrate the achievement, she humbly told me that it calls for more work and not celebration. In her opinion, which appeared on TheCable online newspaper, Nneka Ikem in an article disingenuously captioned “Reward for hard work is more work” to analyze her paymaster as the best minister in twelve months of President Buhari’s second term. A script given to her by those she is serving at their pleasure. It is important that we note that the people she is doing the hatchet job for are largely responsible for most of today’s ills in Nigeria and they are wholly responsible for the extreme poverty, ignorance a...

EXPOSED: How Customs Officials On Illegal Duty Extort, Harass Motorists On Ore-Benin Road

The Uncompleted Filling Station The Custom Okada Man Cash Withdrawn The Custom Team Leader PoS Point At Akinjagula The Eatery Opposite The Filling Station The Custom Officer Car A man, who identified himself as Adeniyi only, has explained how some officials of the Nigeria Customs Service in Efosa, a town along Ore-Benin Expressway, extort and harass car dealers and owners of fairly used vehicles. The man also accused personnel of the Nigerian Army of conniving with the customs officials to extort members of the public along the axis. He asked the Nigerian Government, Inspector-General of Police, Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service and the National Assembly to investigate the matter and help stop the daily harassment of motorists by the law enforcement officials. He said, “When corruption becomes open and robbery becomes legal, then a country is in a big mess. When drivers pass Ore heading towards Benin, at the army check-point directly opposite Levant Qu...

The Limits Of Bullionvanism As An Effective Political Strategy By Rèmí Oyèyemí

Remi Oyeyemi “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”          – Frederick Douglas. Bullionvanism is coined to define the concept of deploying a deluge of cash coveyed by bullion van(s) to influence the political process to determining the outcome of an election. The process would include the buying over of vote canvassers, the voters themselves, thugs and touts hired to intimidate voters, the official election umpires, election monitors, journalists covering the election, prospective election tribunal members, lawyers to handle cases and judges that would preside on particular cases. The belief that money could turn “black to white” or vice-versa had fostered thiss mercantilist approach to politics where the welfare of the public takes the background and kleptomania clearly isolated as the main goal. Thus the bullionvanist had engaged in kleptomania in a weird combination of allopathic and homeopathic propor...

Mali’s Ex-Defence Minister, Ba N’Daou, Named Transition President, Junta Leader Appointed As Vice President

Colonel Assimi Goita, the junta leader of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) which overthrew Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was appointed vice president Former Mali Defence Minister and retired colonel, Ba N’Daou, was named interim President on Monday while leader of the junta that seized power last month was appointed Vice President, the country’s local media reported. According to a roadmap backed by the junta, the new President is meant to lead the country for several months before staging elections and returning Mali to civilian rule. Colonel Assimi Goita, the junta leader of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) which overthrew Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was appointed vice president Reuters Mali’s ruling junta has come under intense pressure from its West African neighbours to return power to civilians following the August 18 coup that overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Last week,...

REVEALED: How Katsina Government Diverted Millions Of Naira From State Security Escrow Account To Finance APC Candidate In Bye-election

Governor Aminu Masari The Katsina State Government spent over N105m from the state’s security escrow account to finance the election of Mansur Mashi, the All Progressives Congress candidate in Mashi/Dutsi Federal Constituency supplementary election in 2018, document seen by SaharaReporters has revealed. Recall that a resident of the state, Muhammad Mahdi Shehu, had in July asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate Governor Aminu Masari for alleged misappropriation and misapplication of over N52bn spent as security vote in the state from June 2015 to April 29, 2020. Governor Aminu Masari Shehu in a petition addressed to the EFCC said the daily attacks by bandits in the state calls for serious question on the sincerity in the security management by the state government.  In a letter of request by the Secretary to the State Government, Mustapha Inuwa, to the governor, President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit during the poll will cost the state around N28,8...

Report Of Lagos Helicopter Crash Released By AIB

The preliminary report on the helicopter that crashed in the Opebi area of Lagos on August 28, 2020 has been released. The report by the Accident Investigation Bureau revealed that the helicopter had a valid Certificate of Airworthiness while the pilot’s last medical examination was valid till August 6, 2020. Pilot Being Extricated From Crashed Helicopter WATCH FULL VIDEO: https://t.co/RithseUKd5 pic.twitter.com/2LMd7zKkPF — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) August 28, 2020 The report further stated that the crashed helicopter had no ability to empty aviation fuel. All persons in the helicopter died while vehicles and part of the building it crashed into was destroyed.  See Also Exclusive REVEALED: Crashed Helicopter Was Declared Non-airworthy Three Years Ago, Owners Tricked NCAA To Obtain Operational License 0 Comments 3 Weeks Ago Video of Owner Of Building Where Chopper Crashed In Lagos Speaks Minutes After Tragedy Owner Of Building Where Choppe...