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Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command have arrested seven notorious kidnappers in Abuja, recovering N9 million ransom. The police commissioner in FCT, CP Benneth Igweh, while parading the suspects at the command on Wednesday, said the wanted kidnappers were arrested by operatives of the Utako police division led by CSP Victor Godfrey in a coordinated operation at Tudun – Wada Lugbe and Pyakasa area of Trademore. He gave the names of the wanted kidnappers as Usman Muazu from Kwali, FCT, Aliyu Mohammed, from Pumpomare area of Borno state, Awwal Dahiru, who hails from Gwagwalada area council of the FCT, Rabi Sani, from Safana, Katsina state and Madina Abubakar, from Gulu, Lapai local government area of Niger state. Others are, Jonah Elimelech from Kauru, Kaduna state, Saminu Idris, from also from Kauru, Kaduna state and Mariji Iliya from Mangu, Plateau state. According to him, the suspects were linked to high profile kidnapping cases in FCT and its environs, say...

Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar-led Northern Traditional Council, has warned that rising poverty, hunger and insecurity in the country will force people to revolt against President Bola Tinubu’s government very soon, Peoples Gazette is reporting. “It is getting to a level that traditional leaders could no longer pacify the people from revolting against government and political leaders that are supposed to find solutions to their lingering socio-economic plight,” Mr Sa’ad said. “We have reached that level, people are very agitated, people are hungry, they are angry, but they still believe there are people who can talk to them, they believe in some of their Governors, some other traditional rulers and some of their religious leaders, fortunately some of us double as traditional and religious leaders.”

In my office, I receive more than 1,000 letters and mails every month. All these letters and mails pass through my hands. I stay awake almost all nights reading and responding. After my promotion, I had to move into a new office and take over some special duties in addition to my schedule of duties. In the new office, I saw letters that were dumped somewhere. No one has touched or open the letters nor read the letters I wondered how the letters got there. The envelopes used for the letters were very dusty. About nineteen letters from the same person. It has same name. Same phone number. Same address. Same request. And same handwriting. When our cleaners wanted to dispose them, I stopped him and requested him to bring them to me. I opened and read one. It was a letter written to the accounts and finance department of our company by a labourer in November 2019. The letter was a request. The worker was humbly requesting the head of accounts department to pay him, his salary that he is cri...

BREAKING: Around 60 members of the Federal House of Representatives are presently endeavoring to propose adjustments to the 1999 Constitution in order to facilitate a transition from the existing presidential system to the parliamentary system of government. Under the leadership of Wale Raji, a legislator representing Lagos State in the All Progressives Congress, the lawmakers recognized the importance of reducing government expenses and engaging in meaningful policy discussions, among other factors. As a result, they called for a reinstatement of the parliamentary system.

President Bola Tinubu has made a request to the Senate to approve Yemi Cardoso as the chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The upcoming MPC, led by Cardoso, is scheduled to convene its initial policy meeting on February 26 and 27.  This development was announced through a letter written by Tinubu to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, which was read during the plenary session on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. The letter constituting the Monetary Policy Committee, read, “In accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act 2007, I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate the appointments of the under-listed 12 persons as chairman and members of Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria. “Olayemi Cardoso, CBN governor, chairman; Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, CBN deputy governor, member, Bala M. Bello, CBN deputy Governor (member), Emem Usoro, CBN deputy governor (member), Philip Ikeazor, CBN ...