A 42 year old farmer, Clement Tumba of Dilchim community in Michika Local Government Area, Adamawa state on Wednesday appeared in court in Yola for allegedly strangulating his own mother with a rope to death. Clement Tumba, a father of 5 terminated the life of his aged mother, Regina Daniel […]
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has warned that there will be a constitutional crisis in the country if the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu, stayed in office beyond 12 midnight of February 1, 2021. In an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, Adegboruwa explained that, by law, […]
The United States led governments around the world in calling for the restoration of Myanmar’s democracy on Monday after the military staged a coup, arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians. – United States – The United States “will take action against those responsible if these steps […]
A group, Kaylen Allah cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for listening to the voice of Nigerians by appointing new service chiefs due to the current insecurity in the North and other parts of the country. The group, which broke away from the Miyyeti Allah Cattle […]
A coalition of anti-corruption groups in Europe and Nigeria says President Muhammadu Buhari should release the report of the panel set up to investigate the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Magu was arrested in July 2020 and probed over allegations of gross misconduct […]
Adamawa police command accompanied by Vigilantes and hunters in a shootout killed two armed robbery suspects who operated along Numan- Jalingo Highway road, robbed innocent travellers of their belongings. The operation happened on 1/02/2021 at about 1203hrs at the order of the Commissioner of police CP A A Alhaji after […]
Wake up now, fight banditry in your backyard, Obasanjo tells Buhari Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari must rise to fight banditry and sundry crimes, especially, in the Northern part of the country. He also expressed worries over happenings in the North-West region of the country where President […]
The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Alhaji Abubakar Goni Mujeli the traditional title holder of Tambarin Adamawa, in Adamawa emirate. Tambari, a renowned businessman and philanthropist died on Wednesday at the age of 61 […]
No fewer than 12 people have been killed and houses burnt after bandits attacked a Fulani settlement at Na’ikko village in the Giwa local government area of Kaduna state. Most residents of the community whose houses were burnt have fled their homes and presently taking refuge at Barkallahu village in […]
…accuse them of human rights abuse People of the Kwalamba community of Gombi local government area of Adamawa took to the streets protesting against what they described as inhuman and maltreatment of Nigeria soldiers stationed in the junction between the community and Garkida to protect them and fight against all […]
Unidentified gunmen have killed the Secretary of Lau Chiefdom in Taraba state, Malam Abdullahi Aboki on Friday night, aged 62. It was gathered that the gunmen about ten in number forced their way into the house of the victim in Kunini town, Headquarters of Lau Chiefdom at about 1am and […]
For allegedly defiling a minor, a 19 year old man, Sabitu Abdulkarim, of Ngulire ward in Maiha Local Government Area, Adamawa state has been remanded in Yola Prison in connection with the offence. Sabitu was earlier arraigned before Honourable Aliyu Bawuro led Magistrate Court I Admin in Yola for allegedly […]
One of the parents of the Chibok girls in Boko Haram custody, Mr Ali Maiyanga, has confirmed that his daughter escaped from the terrorists’ camp six years after. Maiyanga said he spoke directly with his daughter who is now in the safe hands of Nigerian soldiers. Maiyanga’s two daughters were […]
A Staff of Adamawa state Ministry of Health and Human Development attached to Health Service Management Board Mubi, Festus Stephen, has stabbed a 300 level student of the State University (ADSU), Mubi, Abbas Mohammed Gudus with a knife to death. Festus who is currently standing trial at a High Court […]
Residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa North-West Local Council Development Area of Oyo State have vowed never to allow the now-ejected Seriki Fulani, Abdulkadri Saliu, to return to the community. According to them, accepting the Seriki Fulani back in the town was tantamount to self-suicide, adding that they would rather […]
President, Women Arise for Change Initiative Joe Okei-Odumakin has appealed to the Inspector General of Police to dismiss men that impregnated women out of wedlock from the force. Okei-Odumakin’s call was coming following the sack of an unmarried policewoman Olajide Omolola for getting pregnant. According to Okei-Odumakin the dismissal of […]
A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has said that Fulani tribes in different part of the country, are being punished because of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said the poor governance by the president has made Nigerians to persecute Fulanis who of the same tribe with the president. Lamido […]
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has pushed for a cost reduction in the production of crude oil by International Oil Companies operating in Nigeria. According to Lawan, the new Petroleum Industry Bill presently before the National Assembly would accommodate provisions to ensure same when the bill is eventually considered and passed […]
The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has on Thursday announced the selection of Bauchi state for the implementation of Artisanal and Small Mining Cluster, ASM development project for the North East geopolitical zone. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade announced this when she led members […]
In its bid at ensuring sustained livelihood as well as boosting food security, an Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Development and Peace Initiative (DPI), has presented fertilizers to 40 indigent families in four communities in Makarfi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The benefiting communities at the presentation held on […]
…say appointments not enough to tackle insurgency, insecurity Northern Elders Forum has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to effectively exercise leadership as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, saying that the appointment of new service chiefs is not enough to bring the needed change Nigerians expect to see in […]
The new Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, Adamu Aliyu Alhaji has vowed to deal with perpetrators of rape and warned police officers handling rape cases and other crimes against compromising their responsibility in the discharge of their duties. Adamu made the remark in his office at the Police headquarters Yola, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, was once removed as Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole over his failure to stop the Boko Haram insurgents in 2017. In 2017, British Broadcasting Corporation had reported how the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen […]
Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged International Criminal Court and other relevant human rights bodies to investigate the tenure of the immediate past service chiefs. Tweeting on his official Twitter handle, Fayose demanded a probe into the human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings under the watch of the […]
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS’ FORUM WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF MIYETTI-ALLAH CATTLE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (MACBAN) AND THE HEADS OF SECURITY AGENCIES ON EMERGING SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTH-WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE HELD AT THE INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND EVENT CENTRE (DOME), AKURE, ONDO STATE, […]
Governors of the six South-West states on Monday banned all forms of open grazing in the region. The governors took the decision after a meeting with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and security chiefs. State governors at the meeting include Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, […]
The Gazette’s report The media aide to Senator Ishaku Abbo who is representing Adamawa state Northern Senatorial District in the 9th national Assembly lambasted Ex-YOWICAN leader, Mr. Daniel Kadzai as a cereal mischief, with no shame displaying unrepentant dubious acts to the general public in the name of Christ. In […]
IF there was any doubt left in the minds of Nigerians that the Muhammadu Buhari administration places more premium on the lives of Fulani herdsmen than any other lives in the country, such an illusion was violently shattered last week. First, in an unprecedented, crude and criminal assault on the […]
A Nigerian, Prince Taiwo Nodiru, has written a Save-Our-Soul letter to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the incessant killings of the indigenes of Ijebuland allegedly by Fulani herdsmen. Nodiru, in his letter made available to FirstNews Online on Monday, appealed to Osinbajo to urgently come to the rescue of his […]
Herdsmen crisis: FG urges Nigerians to exercise restraint Federal Government says Nigerians should exercise restraint over the brewing conflict in the Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, as well as the tension in Ondo State. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said this in a statement shared on his official Twitter handle. […]
The Taraba State Government has observed with dismay the frequent use of motorcycles in Jalingo, the state capital in violation of government’s earlier directive. In a Press release signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor on New Media, Muslim Aruwa said for the avoidance of doubt, ban […]
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Saraki, says the silence of some “key stakeholders and leaders” on the “ugly development” in Oyo and Ondo states over herdsmen’s activities is worrisome. Saraki said this in a statement shared on his social media handles on Sunday, appealing for peace and initiatives that can […]
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore herdsmen group has called on the Federal Government to heed the call for the restructuring of the country to allow the Fulani go their way. The National Secretary of the group, Saleh Alhassan, said in an interview with our correspondent on Saturday that herdsmen were […]
The Taraba State Police Command has currently arrested 2 persons suspected to be kidnappers and killers of Ardo Kola Local Government Council Chairman, Hon. Salihu Davo. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP David Misal disclosed this to our Correspondent in Jalingo through a text message. In his replied to the […]
….demands activist’s, others’ immediate arrest Umbrella Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has warned against further attacks on Fulani communities in the Southwest states of the country. ACF said such attacks were a recipe for another civil war if not stopped by the governors of the region and the Federal […]
Bandits in separate attacks reportedly killed six persons and injured eight others in two local government areas of Kaduna State. The local government areas are Chikun and Giwa. State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the attacks on Saturday, said security agencies informed the […]
…. expert says all hand must be on deck for the entrenchment of peace Nextier, an international development consulting firm based in Nigeria which uses evidence-based research and policy in developing and building knowledge and skills for governing the society, has a core work of ensuring Security, peace, and development […]
Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi state has on Friday evening signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PowerDot, a UK based energy firm on provision of affordable uninterrupted electricity through incineration of municipal solid waste to energy at an affordable cost. The Memorandum of Understanding which is a seventy million […]
Report by 247ureports The coming of the All Progressive Congress [APC] was grand and filled with lofty promises made by the then candidate Muhammadu Buhari to the angry Nigerian populace who were looking forward to a utopian dream of a change from the Goodluck Eberemi Jonathan administration to a better […]
Kidnapped former member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abdulmumuni Ningi, has been set free by his abductors. Bauchi State Police Command confirmed that the former Lawmaker who represented Ningi Constituency in the last Assembly in the State, was kidnapped by some gunmen last Thursday night. He was kidnapped […]
