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The National Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met on Monday in Abuja to conclude its investigation into the crisis rocking the party. The committee led by Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former governor of Osun State, would brief the National Working Committee (NWC) about its findings and recommendations on Tuesday. It would subsequently transmit the report to the National Executive Council (NEC) for ratification. The NEC is scheduled to be held on Thursday. Mr Oyinlola spoke with journalists shortly after the committee’s meeting at the PDP national headquarters. He listed internal crisis within the party, reuniting aggrieved members and strategies for…

The United Kingdom Home Office International Operations (HOIO), has said its collaboration with Nigeria in the fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking is yielding positive results, as evidenced by the streak of successes being recorded by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in recent times. Head of UK Home Office International Operations, Victoria Pullen stated this when she led her colleague, Kristoffer Hawksfield on a courtesy visit to the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Marwa (Rtd) to sign a renewed Memorandum of Understanding between HOIO and NDLEA in Abuja on Monday. While thanking Marwa…

The 6th Division of the Nigerian Army Port Harcourt said the ongoing anti illegal oil bunkering operations in the Niger Delta region is making considerable progress with various operational successes recorded in the region. A statement signed by the Acting Deputy Director, 6th Division Army Public Relations, Lt Col Danjuma Jonah Danjuma and made available to newsmen. said in the latest clampdown, troops working closely with other security agencies successfully took out over 32 illegal bunkering sites. The statement said the troops also arrested several suspects and destroyed 54 locally constructed boats used for criminality as well as intercepted vehicles used…

The Nigerian military has warned bandits terrorizing Zamfara and other contagious states to surrender or die from troops’ firepower. This is as it expressed commitment to taking the fight against banditry to the terrorists in their enclaves. Theatre Commander of the newly established Operation Fansar Yamma, Major General Oluyinka Soyele, issued this warning during a visit to Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State at the Government House in Gusau, the State capital. According to him, the only option the terrorists have is to surrender. Recall that Zamfara has been the epicentre of banditry and its people continue to face deadly…

Independent senator and Indigenous activist Lidia Thorpe accused King Charles of genocide during his visit to Australia’s Parliament House on Monday. King Charles, the British monarch, was on his 16th official visit to Australia, and his first major foreign trip since being diagnosed with cancer, Reuters reports. Moments after he delivered a speech paying “respects to the traditional owners of the lands,” Thorpe shouted that she did not accept his sovereignty over Australia. “You committed genocide against our people,” she said. “Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us – our bones, our skulls, our babies,…

Members of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) are exploring the introduction of digital currencies to achieve economic independence. This topic took center stage at a business forum held in Moscow, Russia. The BRICS nations discussed the implementation of a new payment system to replace the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) system, aiming to reduce reliance on Western financial systems. # Putin Urges Adoption of Digital Currency, Calls for Decreased Dollar Dependence Russian President Vladimir Putin urged BRICS member countries to adopt cryptocurrencies and other digital currencies in financial transactions. He suggested that this would reduce dependence…

Cameroonian President Paul Biya landed on Monday at the capital Yaounde’s international airport, after several weeks out of the country amid rumours about his health, state broadcaster CRTV showed. The West African nation’s 91-year-old leader appeared on television after the presidential plane landed, shaking hands with officials next to his wife Chantal, as a jubilant crowd waited to greet him. Supporters wearing outfits displaying his portrait chanted to the beat of a drum and lined the roads as his motorcade swiftly left the airport for the presidential palace, according to CRTV, which dedicated a programme to his return. Questions about…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of controversial crossdresser Idris Okuneye also known as Bobrisky at the Seme Border. The Service in a statement on Monday night said the social media sensation was arrested while trying to flee Nigeria. A spokesman for the Service, DCI KT Udo, described Bobrisky as a person of interest over recent issues of public concern. Udo said, “He is undergoing interrogation and will be handed over to the appropriate authorities for further action “The Service assures the public that it will continue to be civil and professional in its statutory responsibility of…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned against calls for the scrapping of the anti-graft agency . About 16 governors are in court challenging the legality of the establishment of the EFCC. But the commission’s spokesman Wilson Uwujaren has defended the agency, saying without the anti-graft agency, Nigeria will crumble under corruption. “We are really shocked by what is happening,” Uwujaren told Channels TV on Monday. “Nigerians should see through this shenanigan and oppose it because I don’t see how this country can survive without the anti-graft agency with the kind of corruption problem that we have. Nigeria…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that it severally raided the personal house of the Senator representing Kwara South, Arc. Lola Ashiru, being a drug joint for illicit drug dealers and users in Ilorin, Kwara State, hence the recent alleged attack on its image by the lawmaker. The NDLEA said the allegations of compromise and corruption against it by Senator Ashiru were borne out of vendetta and malice rather than based on any altruistic motive or national interest. The anti-narcotic agency said it was, therefore, left with no option but to come out to set the record…