United Nations Children Fund on Friday frowned over the abduction of over 300 students at the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The UNICEF Country Representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, in a statement faulted the attack which took place in North-West Nigeria, […]
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The Special Adviser to Kano State Governor on Media, Salihu Yakasai has said that the government of the ruling All Progressives Congress has failed Nigerians at all levels. According to him, the government failed its primary duty to protect the lives and properties of Nigerians, which was the reason the […]
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said that the gang of bandits that kidnapped Zamfara schoolgirls were different from the group he recently had a meeting with inside a forest in Zamfara. FirstNews reported earlier that bandits stormed Government Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area and […]
Unknown gunmen on Friday morning abducted an unspecified number of schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. But BBC Hausa reported that no fewer than 300 female students were abducted from the school. This is coming less than 10 days after […]
…. unscrupulous individuals fighting a Man of integrity By Sofeme Kwate My attention has been drawn to a fictitious and spurious publication with the above caption circulating in the social media. The write-up was deliberate and was fabricated by desperate and unscrupulous person (perhaps a beneficiary of the office) aimed […]
Adamawa Command of the Nigerian Police has trained two hundred and fifty vigilante as special constabularies for community policing in the state The Police Commissioner, Aliyu Alhaji Adamu during a sensitization and innaguration of the 250 trained personnels said the essence is all about Policing the community by the community. […]
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, says he still maintains a cordial relationship with his former boss and sacked acting chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu. Bawa told the senators, who grilled him for about two hours on Wednesday that inspite of his appointment in […]
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr. Panti Filibus Musa has sent congratulations to the new director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, saying her vision and values “are desperately needed in today’s world.” Okonjo-Iweala will take up the post on 1 March, becoming the first […]
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Bauchi State has accused the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, of instigating the crises affecting Fulani people in the country. MACBAN state Chairman, Sadiq Ahmed, who made this allegation at a press conference on Tuesday at the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ secretariat, […]
The Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board (UBE) in collaboration with the UNICEF-TSSIP Bauchi field office has begun a five-day training for no fewer than 600 teachers, supervisors, and education managers on Psychosocial support. Speaking during the training in Mubi South Local Government Area, the lead resource person Hajiya Aishatu […]
…Govt to Set up Commission of Enquiry …4 Corpses Recovered, 16 Suspects for Arraignment Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has presided over an expanded security council meeting as part of ongoing efforts to address the crisis rocking Billiri Local Government Area over traditional leadership tussle. Addressing news men on […]
Nigerians on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to order the arrest and investigation of popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over his interactions with bandits in the country. Of late, Sheikh Gumi has been seen in photos holding talks with notorious bandits in the forests of Zamfara, Niger and […]
Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday, intervened in the deepening feud between Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, and his Benue State counterpart, Governor Samuel Ortom. Both governors have lately expressed opposing views about the herdsmen crisis in the country. Bala had thrown his weight behind the Fulani herdsmen, condemning the […]
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Adamawa operation office, says it shuts down 11 Petrol stations across the state in connection with various offences in 2020. Mr Sadeeq Ibrahim, the State Controller of the Department disclosed this during an assessment of 2020 activity of the department on Monday in Yola. […]
By Habeeb Hazeez The National Film and Video Censors Board on Monday seized unclassified films and video works including pornographic films worth million of naira in Sokoto. The raid was carried out at Emir Yahaya Road, Abdullahi Fodio Road and Ahmadu Bello Way, within the metropolis, in collaboration with security […]
A 35 year old man, Ibrahim Wakili of Babal community in Malabu ward, Fufore Local Government Area in Adamawa state on Monday admitted defiling a 7 year girl names withheld. He confessed before Chief Magistrate Court Yola town that he lured the little girl and forcefully defiled her in one […]
…he says he will not end well as Governor Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has expressed fears that his successor, Governor Hope Uzodinma, may not end his tenure as governor of the state on a good note. Okorocha has also warned Governor Uzodinma not to take his peaceful […]
Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) has challenged South-West governors to ensure the enforcement of the anti-open grazing laws in their states. DAWN Director-General, Mr Seye Oyeleye, stated this on Monday in an interview with newsmen in Ibadan, Oyo State. Oyeleye said banning open grazing would enhance the security in […]
Father of the boy killed by bandits during their invasion of Government Science College Kagara, Niger State, Mr Ayuba Dansabe Bawa, says the death of his son, Benjamin B. Habila, will not deter him from sending his other children to school. Bawa said this when Niger State Commissioner for Education, […]
Former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has accused the police in the state of watching on as thugs attacked his “boys” with machetes during a clash in the state. Okorocha said he managed to escape the purported attack on Sunday after his orderlies ferried him “to a room and locked […]
Former Governor Boni Haruna’s Chief Protocol, Salihu Yahaya has been arraigned before Upper Area Court III in Yola, Adamawa State for allegedly calling his former wife, Maryam Tabah, an adulterer. Salihu Yahaya, has been dragged before the court presided by Honourable Umar Isa, by Maryam, his former wife for allegedly […]
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has disowned a list of ‘prayer points’ against Fulani herders circulated on social media. In a tweet on Saturday, Adeboye branded the ‘prayer points’ as ‘fake news’ and said he never issued it and he never asked […]
The Federal Government on Saturday said that discussion is ongoing on the need to amend the ECOWAS Protocol on free movement of human and cattle within the sub-region. This is coming due to incessant kidnappings and banditry across the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, revealed […]
Herdsmen took up arms to defend themselves against brutality – Gumi The Islamic cleric known to have some influence on bandits, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has said that the abducted Kagara Government Science College students and their teachers may be set free today Sunday. Nigerian government, which often suffers embarrassment from […]
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Saturday lamented that killers have joined the ruling All Progressives Congress. The former Osun State governor did not reveal the identity of the killers but said people know them. Aregbesola was said to have made the claim after revalidating his APC membership at Ifofin, […]
I Umar Ardo, Ph.D Dear Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. and Kamala Harris, Let me use this medium to first congratulate you, Mr. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Madam Vice President, Sen. Kamala Harris, on your well-earned victory in about the toughest presidential race in the United States history. After […]
Bauchi gov clarifies AK-47 comment, says herdsmen must protect themselves The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, on Friday clarified his comment that Fulani herdsmen carry AK-47 to protect themselves and their cows from attacks by cattle rustlers and other criminals. Many Nigerians had frowned at that comment saying that […]
Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani Socio-Cultural Association has praised Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed claiming that herdsmen carry AK-47 rifles for self-defence. The group, however, lambasted the governors of Benue and Ogun states, Samuel Ortom and Rotimi Akeredolu respectively. Miyetti Allah specifically described Akeredolu as a ‘disgrace’ and said […]
In its efforts to free the students and workers of Government Science College, Kagara from the captivity of bandits, Niger State government officials and their counterparts from Zamfara reportedly met with the criminals on Thursday, it was learnt. The students and workers of GSC were abducted on Wednesday after some […]
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has blasted South East leaders for refusing to rise up against the Nigerian Army deployment of troops and helicopters to Orlu in Imo State. Omokri, who uploaded on his verified Twitter handle, a video showing a helicopter hovering in the air […]
A tragedy has struck at the premises of Criminal Area Court II in Yola, the Adamawa state capital on Thursday, when an angry man violently stabbed his middle age lover with a knife 3 times and left her in pool of blood within the court premises. The victim, Ashini Hosea […]
International Monetary Fund says people should exercise caution in the use of cryptocurrencies, describing the trend as a matter of concern. IMF gave this warning during a virtual briefing on the recently published 2020 Article IV IMF Staff Report for Nigeria. Resident Representative of IMF for Nigeria, Ari Aisen, noted […]
Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello says he handles insecurity in his state without necessarily seeking a solution by visiting the President in Abuja. The governor who made the statement on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily stressed that he doesn’t pay lip service. “The Nigeria […]
Nigeria Union of Teachers on Wednesday expressed regret over the reported abduction of 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. NUT, while urging the Federal Government to urgently declare a state of emergency on the security situation in […]
Senator representing Niger East senatorial district, Mohammed Musa has said that the past Peoples Democratic Party administration in the state should be blamed for the dilapidate Government Science College, Kagara, where bandits abducted students and their teachers. Photos of the dilapidated building of the school where 41 school students, teachers […]
A 26 year old Joshua Vasira Emmanuel of Sabon Pegi, Yolde Pate in Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa state has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly parading himself as a new Assistant Lecturer of the State Polytechnic Yola. Joshua was remanded in a prison custody by Honourable Aliyu […]
Senate on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare a state of emergency on security in the country. Senate made the call following a point of order by Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), on the abduction of students and staff of the Government Science Secondary School in Kagara, […]
It was huge disappointment and regret as steps taken by the embattled Pastor of Fire House Revival Ministry, Marwa Tumba to let himself off hook hit a brick wall at the Criminal Area Court II in Yola, Adamawa state. As court presided by Honourable Nuhu Musa Garta in its superior […]
Shawn, the widow of legendary American broadcaster, Larry King, has gone to court to contest his will. He was worth two million dollars. On Monday Page Six reported that Larry King’s widow, Shawn King, planned to file court papers contesting his secret will. On Tuesday, her lawyers filed the documents […]
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja was on Wednesday told that former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Babachir David Lawal was not involved in the award of the alleged N544M grass cutting scam awarded by the Presidential Initiative for North East […]
