Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, has argued that the certificate forgery by Kemi Adeosun, ex-minister of finance, is more of a crime than the earlier support for terror groups expressed by Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy. Speaking during a Channels TV programme on Friday, Shehu said the presidency’s response “would have been different” […]
Suspected armed members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Friday invaded the Geidam Local Government Area (LGA) of Yobe state wreaking havoc, as residents scampered for safety. Sources and fleeing residents have said. The insurgents invaded the town with several gun trucks at about 5 pm. Geidam is the home town of the immediate […]
The Presidency on Thursday conceded that the views expressed by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, endorsing some terror groups in the past are unacceptable, but says it stands resolutely by him because of his work for Nigerians. The Presidency’s position was contained in a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State has urged Nigerians to ignore any insinuation linking the embattled Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami and the Muslim community to the death of Sir. Patrick Yakowa, the former Governor of Kaduna State who died in a helicopter crash on December 15, […]
As many individuals and groups insist on the resignation of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, over his pro-Taliban links, the Department of State Services has disowned the view expressed by its former Director, Denise Amachree, on the intelligence the secret police reportedly handed the Buhari administration. Amachree, a former Assistant […]
Former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has said the secret police informed the Federal Government and the National Assembly of the past radical pro-Taliban views of embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami before his confirmation as minister in 2019. This came as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, […]
Ibrahim Attahiru, chief of army staff, has asked the senate to improve funding for the military to purchase equipment and weapons. Attahiru, who stated this on Wednesday while receiving the senate committee on army in his office, said the support of the lawmakers is needed assist the military to defeat all security threats. The army […]
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, on Wednesday, urged the House to demand resignation or sack of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for once backing activities of Jihadist leaders and deadly Islamic sects. Pantami has been under fire for once preaching the violent cause of extremist Islamist […]
About 400 businessmen have been, reportedly, arrested for allegedly funding Boko Haram insurgents and bandits. For over a decade, there has not been a clear information on how Boko insurgents are being funded. According to Daily Trust, the businessmen were arrested in an operation being coordinated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), and in collaboration […]
A student of the College of Business and Management Studies in Konduga, Juliana Christopher, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram, has said she saw many Chibok girls in the insurgents’ camp. He added that many small girls were either pregnant or nursing children belonging to the insurgents. Christopher, in an interview with The PUNCH, said […]
