Mallam Muazu Adamu, a dangerous fighter in the Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad (JAS) faction, who operated under Commander Alai Gana, has durrendered to troops of 403 Amphibious Brigade of MNJTF Sector 3, Nigeria. He surrendered along with his wife. Also surrendered were 47 individuals associated with Boko Haram, made up of seven men, nine women and 31 children. According to a statement by the Chief Military Public Information Officer in N’djamena, Chad, Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Abdullahi, the terrorists surrendered at Kwatan Turare and Doron Baga, Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State Nigeria. The statement said that during the initial investigation, it was discovered that these individuals escaped from Sharama, located in the Lake Chad Islands.
Members of the group told the soldiers that they have been engaged in farming activities before deciding to make their escape. The statement said that the surrendered individuals are currently in custody and undergoing further investigation to ascertain more details regarding their activities and affiliations. It said that the MNJTF would continue to be committed to maintaining peace and security in Lake Chad basin region. “This development marks a step in the ongoing efforts to weaken the operational capabilities of terrorist groups in the region. The MNJTF continues to encourage those still involved in terrorist activities to surrender and embrace peace.”
Premier League clubs will decide next month whether to scrap VAR for the upcoming season.
Wolves have submitted a resolution to abolish the controversial review system, triggering a vote among the league’s 20 teams on June 6. For VAR to be removed, at least 14 clubs must support the resolution.
Wolves argue that VAR is “undermining the value of the Premier League brand” due to numerous contentious decisions this season. They plan to canvass other clubs for support ahead of the meeting.
Introduced in 2019 to help referees avoid clear and obvious errors, VAR has faced increasing criticism from managers and fans.
Wolves claim that the system damages fan relationships with football and question its impact on the game’s spirit.
Despite Wolves’ stance, the Premier League maintains that VAR reduces incorrect decisions and supports its continued use.
A Premier League spokesperson confirmed that the upcoming annual general meeting would facilitate a discussion on VAR, acknowledging the concerns but emphasizing the league’s commitment to improving the system.
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has called on President Bola Tinubu to communicate with Nigerians when the numerous policies he has been churning out will start yielding positive results.
Bishop Kukah highlighted the widespread pain caused by recent policy decisions, saying that they are unintended but stressing the need for clear communication.
Speaking when he visited the Presidential on May 14 to discuss an upcoming conference on national cohesion organized by the Kukah Centre, he.emphasized the necessity of improving government communication to help Nigerians understand the timeline for relief and improvements.
Addressing newsmen shortly after conferring with the President, Bishop Kukah reflected on Tinubu’s first year in office, saying that while one year is insufficient to fully judge an administration, the current hardships faced by Nigerians are palpable.
He advised Nigerians to be patient, reminding them that building a good society takes time and that there are ongoing commitment to positive developments.
Regarding the political crisis in Rivers State, Bishop Kukah downplayed the situation, suggesting that politicians often resolve their conflicts independently. He expressed his hope for the state’s swift recovery and continued significance in Nigeria.
Kukah’s message underscored the importance of government transparency and the need for patience as the country navigates its current challenges.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the N90 Billion subsidy for the 2024 pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, who made the announcement today, May 15, at the commencement of the airlift operations of the intending pilgrims to the Holy land recalled: “this year, we had a major challenge in announcing the final hajj fare for the 2024 Muslim pilgrimage due to fluctuation in foreign exchange rates.
“President Bola Tinubu also works round the clock to control the downwards spiral of our local currency to bring relief to our pilgrims and other Nigerians, a move that eventually succeeded in lowering the fare. “The President approved the release of N90 billion to Subsidize the pilgrimage cost for this year’s hajj.” The first flight took place in Birnin Kebbi, the capital of Kebbi State, with first batch of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. On hand to witness the ceremonial first flight were the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad III, Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Jalal Arabi and Kebbi state Governor amongst others.
Scavengers, popularly known as “baban bola”, have allegedly killed three residents of Byazhin community in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Eyewitnesses said that the victims include two women and a young boy. According to a resident of the area, Jessica Adams, the scavengers attempted to steal a woman’s pot of soup, but was overpowered and beaten up after the woman alerted neighbours and passers-by. The scavengers then went away, reinforced and returned at about 8pm yesterday night, May 14, wielding weapons, including machetes, clubs and stones and began to attack residents at random. She said that the woman whose pot of soup was earlier stolen, was killed during the attack. Two others, a woman and a young boy, reported to be passers-by who ran into the middle of the crisis, were also killed. “They killed two people yesterday. The community has been in chaos since yesterday. “The crisis continued till this morning when they killed somebody again. “So far, three persons have been killed and many injured. The Police intervened and restored normalcy, but no arrest was made. “The Police have intensified their patrol in the Byazhin area of Kubwa to prevent them from regrouping,” Adams said. It was gathered that schools and shops in the area have been closed down, as parents scampered to pick up kids from their classrooms. Shops too were shut down yesterday.
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has asked the United Kingdom to collaborate in making an input in strengthening democratic practice not only in Nigeria but Africa as a whole. Senator Akpabio, who spoke today, May 14, when the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Mongtgomery led a delegation to pay a courtesy visit on the leadership of the Senate at the National Assembly, said: “we are delighted to associate with you, to learn from you and also to strengthen democracy in our country.” A statement by the Special Assistant to the Senate President on Media and Communications, Anietie Ekong quoted Senator Akpabio as saying: “We need your advice, your counseling, your input in order to enable that to happen. “Ours is a nascent democracy, we are still at a learning point. Even the advanced democracies are still grappling with some challenges. We are learning to run. And we can assure you that standing on the shoulders of a giant like the United Kingdom, we can only get better. “The 10th Senate has a very robust legislative agenda that is people-centered. Whether it is in the area of the economy, whatever laws we will make must have the welfare of the people of Nigeria in mind. Whether it is in the area of infrastructure, it must be to the benefit of the people. “We also believe strongly in collaboration. We must exchange ideas in the best practices of democracy. We must bring most of the anachronistic laws and acts of parliament in tandem with modern realities. “We have taken a look at our Constitution and find out that we still have military type edicts and decrees embedded in the Constitution. We have inaugurated the Constitution amendment committee which we believe will ensure that most of those things are eliminated to have a peoples centered constitution. We need your collaboration in that respect.” Senator Akpabio decried the high turnover of lawmakers at the National Assembly and said they would need training and retraining. He said that the National Assembly is also working on the amendment of the Electoral Act to make sure that every vote counts. The High Commissioner, Mongtgomery acknowledged that the British High Commission had a long-standing relationship with the National Assembly and had in the past supported various issues that had to do with democratic practice in Nigeria. “We came to share ideas with the Senate and to understand the vision and priorities of the 10th National Assembly. The UK and Nigeria have a longstanding relationship and we have incredibly strong people to people links between our countries. “We have very significant connections between our democracies and our democratic institutions. We have many Nigerians working in the UK and many of our people working here. We are bound together by families, friendships, business and people to people links. That is why the UK has a large diplomatic mission here. “In the first year of my tenure as the British High Commissioner which coincides with the first year of the new administration under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that first year has seen a significant elevation in the relationships between my Government and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The Nigeria’s University Teachers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have threatened to go on a fresh nationwide strike in two weeks time if the federal government fails to respond to their demands. The President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, who spoke to newsmen today, May 14, at the ASUU national headquarters in Abuja, said that the union is giving the government two weeks to respond to its demands or face a nationwide strike. He blamed the federal government for failing to appoint new governing councils for the federal universities after dissolving them in May last year. Professor Osodeke said that the government needs to be accountable to the people for every decision it makes. The union also accused the government of President Bola Tinubu of having a nonchalant attitude towards matters pertaining to academics in Nigerian Federal Universities. ASUU faulted the 35 per cent salary increment for professors and the 25 per cent salary increment for other academics in the university system, saying the wage award could be easily withdrawn by the government anytime it deems fit.
Nigeria has, through a High Powered Presidential Committee that began research work since 2009, gained about 16,300 square kilometres Economically viable territory without resorting to the use of force. ”As it stands now, the area approved for Nigeria is about 16,300 square kilometres, which is about five times the size of Lagos State.’’ Presenting the report of the committee to President Bola Tinubu today, May 14, the Secretary to the committee, Surveyor Aliyu Omar said that interactions with various stakeholders and relevant body of the United Nations have now culminated in the approval for Nigeria to extend its continental shelf beyond 200M (200 nautical miles). According to him, the official notification of the decision was conveyed to Nigeria by the UN Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in August 2023, shortly after President Tinubu assumed office. Omar outlined the available options for Nigeria following the approval, saying: “the first option is to take the area gained and finalize the registration with the UN Secretary-General and close everything, meaning that we are satisfied with what we got. This will take at least one year. ”The second option is to take what we have right now, acquire more data, do a support write-up, and make a revised submission as recommended by CLCS for further consideration. This will take another four years. ”Either way (options), Nigeria will keep what has been approved.’’ The technical presentations were given by Professor Larry Awosika, a marine scientist and member of the Committee, and Surveyor Aliyu Omar, Secretary of the HPPC. The experts have been involved in the project since Nigeria’s initial submission to extend its continental shelf to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in 2009. They experts hinted that the UN has approved Nigeria’s submission, granting sovereignty over additional square kilometres of maritime territory. ”When the HPPC briefed former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2022 on the status of the project, the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) was still considering Nigeria’s submission and having technical interactions with the HPPC.” This was even as Professor Awosika explained that the approval came after years of meticulous scientific research on geophysics, geology, geography and diplomatic efforts, which solidified Nigeria’s legal rights over a vast expanse of seabed and subsoil beyond its traditional territorial waters. Professor Awosika highlighted the economic potential of the newly acquired territory, which includes hydrocarbons, gas, solid minerals, and a wide variety of sedentary species. He, however, cautioned against total disclosure of sensitive data acquired during surveys, noting that this will jeopardize confidentiality as Nigeria is expected to monetize the information to recover project expenses. Receiving the technical report, President Tinubu commended the committee members for a thorough job they have done on the project. He recalled how former President Buhari had briefed him on the importance of the project. ”At COP28 in Dubai, I also exchanged views with President Lula of Brazil on the need for collaboration within our economic and maritime boundaries. ”Today, it is a great honour for me to receive this report. I have listened attentively to this very specialized report, and I know it took a whole lot of effort to get to this stage. ”I commend the team, and we must take advantage of this and invite you again to have a repeat of this knowledge exploration on geography, hydrography, and the marine life. ”Nigeria is grateful for the efforts that you put into gaining additional territory for the country without going to war. Some nations went to war, lost people and economic opportunities. ”We lost nothing but have gained great benefits for Nigeria. We will pursue the best option for the country,” the President said.
President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and others will henceforth pay the required fees at tollgates whenever they use the nation’s airports. This decision was taken today, May 14, at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The FEC meeting, presided over by the President, approved that there should be no more exemption granted to users of the airports from paying tollgate fees. The minister of aviation, Festus Keyamo, had presented a memorandum to the council, arguing that the government is losing over 82 percent of the revenue it should have earned from the e-tags that provide access to the tollgates. He said that the memorandum had initially prescribed an exemption for only the President and the Vice President before Tinubu overruled and directed that both of them should be included among those that must pay. Keyamo regretted that Very Important Persons (VIPs) with money who should pay are those that have not been paying, saying that only the poor people have been charged for using the tollgates. He said that this situation must now stop.
The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that some billionaires who questioned his accountability over the tithes they were paying to the church have suddenly turned poor. According to Adeboye, four of such billionaires from one of the branches of RCCG had written to him demanding to know how the ministry spent their tithes. Pastor Adeboye, who was addressing members of the church, said that God punished the branch as most of the members started suffering in their businesses and their contracts were being cancelled. “The tithe that was coming from this family was hefty. All of a sudden a handful of the big men wrote to me and said every month, you must give us an account of how you are spending our tithe. I said okay, ‘what they are asking for is alright, they are simply asking for transparency. Nothing is wrong with that. “I said, however, I have gone through the Bible, I have not seen anywhere where God spoke to Moses and said every month, you must give an account of the tithe children of Israel to them. So, I said alright, I will do two things. “Number one, I will prepare a detailed account of how your money is spent, including if we buy a bottle of coke for first timers. I will put it in a file and every month when you people come for the Holy Ghost Service, that file be on the table. I won’t give it to you. I will put it on the table. “Anyone who wants to see it can go and read it. But make sure you wait till I have left the room because everything that we are doing in earth is being recorded in heaven. I don’t want my God to say you are the one who handed it over to them and you are there when they were reading. And I did it. “Number two, I told the treasurer, from now on, any tithe that came from this family, don’t add it to the rest, put it aside. Let me find out if the God who sent me can run his church without these people’s contributions. So, for two separate years, every kobo that came for this family was kept in a separate account. “It was when Aboaba came from Ibadan, I sent him there and then after he had been in the church for some months, he came to me. He said the people you asked me to go and join are complaining that things are not going well, and they have found out that they offended me, and that’s why their contracts are being cancelled and all manner of things are happening. “I said we are not quarrelling and God knows I wasn’t quarrelling. I just ignore it. He then said when you knew this was the problem, why did you send me there? I said I didn’t know anything was happening. I just want to know how gracious God can be to me. Then, we reconciled. It wasn’t everybody that offended me. “It was a handful of people who thought that they were cleverer than God and they brought problems to everybody. It will interest you to know that every one of those involved in that group is no longer in the church and they are not where they ought to be, let me just put it like that.” Source: Daily Post.
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Members of the group told the soldiers that they have been engaged in farming activities before deciding to make their escape.
