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NEWS : Borno massacre: Declare state of emergency now – Fani-Kayode tells Buhari govt over Boko Haram killings

  Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Monday, has urged the government to declare a state of emergency, following Boko Haram’s killing of rice farmers in Borno State. Fani-Kayode made the appeal while describing the manner in which Boko Haram killed the farmers as evil. The insurgents had over the weekend beheaded some rice farmers in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. Boko Haram allegedly beheads 43 farmers in Borno The death toll, which was initially reported as 43 has risen to 110. However, the former minister in a series of tweets wrote: “110 Nigerians had their throats slit and heads chopped off in a few hours & in a single location? “The enormity of this atrocity is simply astounding and it beggars belief. “Their killers then lay them in lines on the floor with their heads on their stomachs? This is evil. “We need to declare a state of emergency in some states. If this barbaric atrocity by Boko Haram had been committed in the south, the whole country an...

BBC : Boko Haram attack Rice farmers decapitation 'massacre' for Borno, village burial vex Nigeria social media users as UN say death toll high

  Borno Rice farmers murder village victims of suspected Boko Haram attack enta six feet on Sunday afta di dem suffer slaughter [decapitation] during di attack near Maiduguri, Borno state northeast Nigeria. At least 110 civilians na im dem kill and many odas wound inside one attack on farmers for northeast Nigeria. UN resident and Humanitarian coordinator Edward Kallon, reveal dis tori for statement on Sunday. Tori be say attackers cut throats of dis rice farmers wey only go find wetin to chop for dia agriculture fields inside northeastern Nigeria. Earlier BBC Pidgin bin report say na 43 rice farmers dem kill but Zabarmari villagers for Borno say dem no fit tok di exact number of pipo wey di suspected Boko Haram attackers slaugter for di rice farm. Now, Nigeria social media dey catch fire on top di killing of dis rice farmers wey dey dia farms dey harvest rice on Saturday. On Saturday, di militants attack di farmers wey bin dey harvest rice farm for Zabarmari, Mafa local goment. Go...

US election update: Adewale Wally Adeyemo, Nigerian born fit becon US Deputy Treasury Secretary

  Nigerian-born lawyer and former senior international economic adviser wen Obama be US president, Adewale Adeyemo fit become di America Deputy Treasury Secretary according to America media. Adeyemo, wey be former senior international economic adviser during di Obama administration, go serve under former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, wey Biden get plans to appoint to lead di US Treasury Department. Trump don give condition before e go leave White House Joe Biden don win US presidential election Adeyemo appointment na one of di many ogbonge cabinet positions Biden dey expected to announce soon. Who be Adewale Adeyemo? Dem born Adewale Adeyemo alias "Wally" for 1981 for Nigeria but he grow up for California. E obtain im Bachelor degree from University of California, Berkeley before e go Yale Law school for im legal education. Before e begin work under Obama administration, Adeyemo bin first work as editor for di Hamilton Project, den work as senior advisor and deputy chie...

election : Trump says will not ‘change my mind’

  Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismisses Trump’s suit on mail-in ballots The US state of Pennsylvania’s supreme court dismissed another legal challenge to the election by supporters of President Donald Trump on Saturday, further reducing his already near-impossible odds of overturning the results. A Republican lawsuit had sought to invalidate mail-in ballots in the battleground state that President-elect Joe Biden won by about 81,000 votes — or to throw out all votes and allow the state’s legislature to decide the winner. The court dismissed both claims in a unanimous decision, calling the second one an “extraordinary proposition that the court disenfranchise all 6.9 million Pennsylvanians who voted in the general election.” The lawsuit argued that a Pennsylvania law from 2019 allowing universal mail-in voting was unconstitutional. The judges said that their November 21 challenge to the law was filed too late, coming more than a year after it was enacted and with the election results...

NEWS : Zabarmari resident says Boko Haram killed more than 43 farmers, Zulum attends funeral

  Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, was at Zabarmari on Sunday. Zulum and the villagers attended the funeral of 43 farmers slaughtered by the Boko Haram insurgents. Zabarmari, a farming community in Jere local government area, is famous for rice cultivation and local processing. The victims were attacked on Saturday at Koshebe village in Mafa Local Government Area. Zulum was informed that the actual death toll was yet to be ascertained. “Your Excellency, as you have seen here, 43 corpses were buried, but others have not been retrieved from the scene of the incident. Nobody can tell you the exact number of people killed. Some of the victims are still missing”, said a prominent resident (name withheld). The governor commiserated with the bereaved community. “Please accept my deepest sympathy over this carnage that affects all of us and every human with conscience. “I am told some persons are still missing. We have been discussing with the military since yesterday, In...

NEWS : Buhari asked to resign or be impeached over insecurity in Northern Nigeria

  Deji Adeyanju, popular activist, has called for the resignation or impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. Adeyanju, co-convener of Concerned Nigerians Group, said the spate of kidnapping on Kaduna-Abuja road was enough reason for the president to resign or be impeached. He made the call while alleging that over 100 people are abducted along that route at times. Tweeting, Adeyanju wrote: “The number of people abducted on Kaduna road alone is enough to make a president resign or be impeached. “Several sources say sometimes over 100 people are abducted on that road and the issues go unreported.” Over time, the spate of insecurity in the North had been alarming, especially kidnapping and banditry. On November 17, 2020, nine students of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria were abducted and a ransom of N270m was demanded. This led to Datti Garba, a member of the House of Representatives moving a motion  to fence the university.

TODAY NEWS : Wike warns Buhari against setting Nigeria on fire

  The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to address the demands of Nigerians, or he will put the country “on fire”. Wike’s comment comes two days after the federal government met with leaders in the South-South region. At the meeting, the South-South leaders demanded the restructuring of Nigeria, in line with the principle of true federalism. Wike, speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, said: “We must understand in this country that political leadership is very key. “Having the political will to implement what the people want is very serious. “I don’t want to talk about the issue of distrust or no trust in government. People have raised such issues, that they don’t think that anything will come out of all this dialogue. I don’t agree with that. I believe that if the president does not do, given the opportunities he has now, then, he will be putting Nigeria on fire.”