President Muhammadu Buhari says a few rich and influential individuals are behind the violence being experienced in parts of the country. Buhari, however, assured Nigerians that such culprits would be identified and dealt with at the appropriate time. A statement on Tuesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and […]
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Kinsmen of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in Oro land, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, have given herdsmen in Okerimi-Oro community seven days to relocate to ensure security in the area. The community under the aegis of Oro Descendants Union, in a statement titled, ‘We […]
Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari will rather act than engage in showmanship concerning the current security situation in the country. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this on Monday while speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme. Shehu argued that Buhari was only […]
To help combat crimes in many parts of the state, Hunters in Adamawa from the twenty one Local Government areas were presented thirty Hilux by the Governor of the state, Rt Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri through their various Chairmen for onward delivery. Governor Fintiri has also presented Ten motorcycles to […]
Minister of Defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (retd), on Monday said he has he cannot tell when the war against insurgency in Nigeria would end. According to him, the ongoing war against insurgency in the country is not a conventional war that could be predicted by determining the weakness of the […]
A 40 year old man and father of 10, Mohammed Abubakar has been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for the offences of kidnapping in Adamawa state. Mohammed Abubakar was convicted and sentenced to death by Honourable Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri led High Court on Monday after he was tried […]
Makkah Eye Specialist Hospital, a subsidiary of Al-Basar International Foundation, has dragged WikkiTimes, its Publisher and reporter over an investigative report, it considers defamatory. The hospital is demanding N1 billion in damages from the publication which it says has “maliciously” defamed the plaintiff. Details of the summons served on WikkiTimes […]
Bala Mohammed, Bauchi State Governor has denied reports making the rounds that he is backing criminal herdsmen in the country. The governor in a statement through his media aide Muktar Gidado quoted said; “The primary objective of the Governor was to avert the dangerous prospect of nation-wide backlash as tempers […]
The Bauchi State chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has implored the Federal Government to license guns to Nigerians for self-defence. The state chairman of the association Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmed, made the request while responding to a comment by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who […]
The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, has commenced the distribution of relief materials to 1,717 households victims of 2020 flood disaster in 15 out of 16 LGAs of Taraba State. Speaking with newsmen during the flagging off of the exercise in Jalingo, the Assistant Head of Operations NEMA, Yola office, […]
Fulani herdsmen have invaded a farmland belonging to the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State on Marketing and Brand Management, Mr Ime Uwah, and destroyed over 400 plantain stands. According to him, the farmland located on Airport Road, was invaded twice by herdsmen, first in […]
A 29 year old farmer, Sunday Jackson of Dong community in Demsa Local Government Area, Adamawa state has been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for killing a herdsman. Sunday Jackson who was tried by Honourable Justice Fatima Ahmed Tafida led High Court for culpable homicide punishable with death […]
…..urging all well-meaning Nigerians to join the fight against all kind of crime With much concern about the deteriorating state of security in Nigeria, a business tycoon and a former commissioner of Agriculture in Adamawa state, Hon (Mrs) Patricia Yakubu said the issue of insecurity as a plaque disturbing the […]
The Atyap Community Development Association (ACDA) has commended the Kaduna State Government and security agencies for heeding to an intelligence report and chasing away bandits who planned to attack Gora Gan community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area. This was expressed in a statement signed by President of ACDA, Comrade […]
New doctoral research has revealed that more men are going through various abuses in the hands of their spouses. The study, which was conducted at the University of Ibadan (UI) was part of findings of a doctoral thesis carried out by Ms Uzoamaka Chukwuma of the Department of Sociology. The […]
A Yola High Court presided by Honourable Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced a 500 level Student of Moddibo Adama University (MAU), Yola and five others to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The Student, Munbe Bala of the Department of Mathematics and Education was convicted […]
…SAYS ‘NO AMNESTY, COMPENSATION FOR BANDITS’ Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, says efforts being made by a prominent northern Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, to prevail on bandits to lay down arms and embrace peace may end up as an exercise in futility. Governor El-Rufai said the bandits were […]
In its move to enhance security of lives and properties, the Adamawa State police command has deployed more personnel to identified flash points across the state. A statement by DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, the spokesman of the force noted that the move has started yielding result with the recovery of a […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reacted to condemnations trailing the directive to Deposit Money Banks to desist from transacting in cryptocurrencies. In a statement on Sunday, Osita Nwanisobi, Acting Director, Corporate Communications, clarified that that the CBN circular of February 5, 2021 did not place any new restrictions […]
Petroleumum Equalization Fund (PEF), in collaboration with Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiative (PCNI), has donated two Hilux patrol vehicles to Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Yobe and Borno state a command. The operational vehicles are o further boost the morale of officers and men of NSCDC in fighting […]
The state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Taraba Chapter, Comrade Peter Jediel has been kidnapped early hours of Sunday 7/2/2021 by an unknown gunmen. A family member who confirmed the incident to our Correspondent say Peter was abducted in his house in Sunkani, Ardo kola local government area […]
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says the incessant conflict between herders and local communities across the country can degenerate into a civil war if not properly addressed. In recent weeks, there have been rising tension over the allegations that herders are responsible for the killings and abductions in the South-West […]
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a popular Islamic scholar, has described people agitating for Biafra, Oduduwa and Arewa republics as same as Boko Haram terrorists. Gumi spoke in an interview with BBC Pidgin on Saturday in response to the growing calls, majorly by youths in different regions, for Nigeria to be divided. […]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, on Saturday faulted the ban placed on cryptocurrency trading in the country by the Central Bank of Nigeria. They said contrary to the expectations of the government, the measure would end up hurting Nigerians the more as they would […]
A vote of confidence was passed on Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed, Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Nigeria Incentive -based Risk sharing system for Agriculture lending (NIRSAL) by Northern Youths Consultative Initiative (NYCI). The leader of the group, Dr Bappare Mohammed who convened a press conference in Yola […]
….says ‘use of force can’t end insurgency in the North’ Popular Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, says Federal Government’s use of force in the fight against insurgency in the North won’t yield the desired result or achieve peace. Gumi, who was speaking in continuation of his five-day visit to […]
Federal Government has lifted the ban it earlier placed on Emirates Airlines. This is coming after the United Arab Emirates granted the carrier permission to withdraw the Rapid Antigen Testing done prior to the departure of Emirates flights from Nigeria, according to a letter by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. […]
In their efforts to assist in combating crime and fighting criminals in their hideout, the Northeast Assistant commander General of Hunter group of Nigeria, ACG Haruna Umaru Furo has commended the National Assembly (NASS) for pushing up a bill that will establish the group and give assistance to other security […]
Yoo Myung-hee, the only candidate challenging Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Oknojo-Iweala’s aspiration to become the next World Trade Organization Director-General as dropped from the race. Myung-hee, the South Korean Trade Minister, has been the only remaining candidate challenging Okonjo-Iweala for the job. According to a statement from Korea’s Trade […]
Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi state on Thursday morning tasked Chairmen of the twenty Local Government Areas of the state to renew their synergy with security agencies working in their respective areas. The governor was speaking when he chaired a meeting attended by Heads of Security Agencies, Local Government […]
An Officer of the 23rd Armored Brigade Yola, Hayatu Abdulqadir, has been arraigned before Yola Criminal Area Court II over alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating on his former wife, Amina Habibu. The Military Officer was arraigned before Honourable Nuhu Musa Garta led criminal court over money he allegedly […]
…..seeks recovery of money,House from her pastor fiance A Female Evangelist who was jilted by her fiancee and Pastor of Fire House Revival Ministry, Kwanye Tumba has told a Criminal Area Court 2 Yola-Adamawa State, that her ex- fiancee, Pastor Marwa Tumba deceived her with marriage proposal, ate her money […]
Indigenous People of Biafra has kicked against the blocking of the Facebook account of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Wednesday, said Facebook’s action against Kanu was despicable and petty. The group accused the Federal Government of being behind […]
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufa,i has warned his counterparts in different states that eviction being issued to Fulani herdsmen in their states could lead to anarchy. The governor spoke in a state-wide broadcast on Wednesday, advising the governors to rather condemn the massacres of other Nigerians living in their states. […]
Faisal Maina, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, has fled to the United States of America, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said. EFCC’s Counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, on Thursday, told Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Abubakar said from the information […]
The Muslim Rights Concern has called on the Federal Government to set aside substantial amount for the cattle herders for the purchase of land across the country for the establishment of ranches. Describing it as solution to an unending Fulani herders-farmers’ feud, MURIC in a statement by its Director, Professor […]
…say ‘we can’t go to our farms anymore’ Scores of women in Uromi, Esan Local Government Area of Edo State, on Wednesday trooped to the streets to protest against alleged criminal activities of herders in the area. The angry women demonstrate across streets in the town, demanding the immediate eviction […]
Northern Elders Forum, has called on Fulani herders living in the southern part of Nigeria to resist the temptation to take laws into their own hands. The group stated this on Tuesday in response to alleged eviction threats and attacks on Fulani herders in some states in the South. NEF, […]
A Delta State High Court judge, Anthony Okorodas, says he recently discovered that the three children he had with his first wife are not his. Okorodas said in a statement that he made the discovery after he had sponsored two of them to university while the third one was already […]
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has issued an Executive Order banning the use of Tricycles and Motorcycles in the three Local Governments of Girei, Yola North, and Yola South within the hours of 10:00 pm to 5:00 am. The Order which can be cited as “Adamawa State Restriction […]
