Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria Army Arrest Terrorists’ Arms Supplier In Kaduna

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 9, 2024

A gun-running syndicate supplying arms and ammunition to terrorist groups operating in the North-West has been dismantled by the Nigerian Army. The Nigerian Army in a post on its official X handle on Thursday, said troops also apprehended a notorious kidnapping syndicate and recovered a substantial cache of arms and ammunition from the suspects. The army, In another raid, the Army said it has arrested a member of a kidnap syndicate that assassinated Alhaji Mairuga...

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Governor Otu Lifts 25 Years Embargo On Employment

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Otu Lifts 25 Years Embargo On Employment

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 9, 2024

The 25-year embargo placed on employment into the Cross River State civil service has been lifted by Gov. Bassey Otu. Dr Erasmus Ekpang, Commissioner for Information, disclosed this in an interview in Calabar, explaining that the last time mass employment took place in the service was in 1999. According to Ekpang 2,000 people would be recruited in the first phase with immediate effect which would be carried out across all the Ministries, Department and Agencies...

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Financial Gratification: Assistant Superintendent of Immigration Suspended

NewsFinancial Gratification: Assistant Superintendent of Immigration Suspended

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 9, 2024

For allegedly soliciting financial gratification from a traveler, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has suspended Okpravero Ufuoma,  an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II (ASI II). Recall that the officer’s conduct was captured in a video circulating on social media, which NIS said it doesn’t reflect the ethics and values of professionalism upheld by the Service. In a statement issued by Kenneth Udo, the Public Relations Officer of the Service quoted the Comptroller General of Immigration,...

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Over 25 People Dies In Boat Mishaps In Bayelsa and Jigawa

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOver 25 People Dies In Boat Mishaps In Bayelsa and Jigawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 9, 2024

No fewer than 25 people have died in a separate boat accident in Bayelsa and Jigawa States. At least 20 people have been reportedly burnt to death as the engine of a wooden market boat popularly known as ‘Denghe market boat’ exploded along Ezetu Community River in the Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State. According to a community source, the unfortunate incident occurred around 4:30 pm on Wednesday when the boat conveying passengers and market...

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Bandits Kill Six, Abducts 26 People In Kaduna 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Kill Six, Abducts 26 People In Kaduna 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 8, 2024

Bandits have attacked some communities of Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State killing six people and abducting 26 others. According to reports, the bandits stormed Sabon Gida Libere, Ungwan Ganye, Ungwan Nabara, and Kadi communities in separate attacks and unleashed terror on the residents. Aminu Khalid, a resident of the community,  the bandits invaded Sabon Gida Libere on Monday, killing one person and abducting 23 people, while three people were killed at Ungwan Nabara....

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Soldiers Allegedly Invades Catholic Priest’s House In Taraba

NewsNigeriaSoldiers Allegedly Invades Catholic Priest’s House In Taraba

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 8, 2024

The Catholic priest of Wukari Diocese, Rev. Richard Unom in Ikyaior village, Wukari Local Government Council has alleged that Soldiers have assaulted members of the church. Rev. Unom told Journalists that the soldiers threatened to kill him despite identifying himself as a priest. He expressed deep concerns over the invasion of his home by heavily armed soldiers, claiming that the soldiers tortured him and his cook, Terhemen Cornelius, without any justification. The soldiers, according to...

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Collaspe of Mine Pit: Families Of Victims Of To Get N50 Million

NewsNigeriaCollaspe of Mine Pit: Families Of Victims Of To Get N50 Million

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 7, 2024

The Secretary to the Niger State Government SSG, Abubakar Usman Gurara has inaugurated a 13-man relief committee for the disbursement of N50 million approved by Governor Mọhammed Umar Bago to the families of victims of the mine pit collapse at Galadima Kogo in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. Inaugurating the committee, the SSG said the committee members will come up with modalities for such payment to the beneficiaries as the money earmarked for...

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Katsina Residents Goes Spiritual Over Hardship, Insecurity

NewsNigeriaKatsina Residents Goes Spiritual Over Hardship, Insecurity

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 7, 2024

Due to lingering economic hardship and insecurity in Katsina State, some Muslims in the State came out en masse on Tuesday to observe a special prayer session to seek Allah’s intervention. The prayer session attended amid tight security was held at the Katsina Arabic Teachers College playground premises, Filin Samji, Filin Yammawa, and Filin Canada football grounds within the Katsina metropolis. They prayed to Almighty Allah to end the lingering economic hardship, hunger, and insecurity,...

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Police In Kano Arrest Notorious Armed Robber,

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice In Kano Arrest Notorious Armed Robber,

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 7, 2024

…Recovers N4, 986,000.00 Cash, 2 AK-47 Rifles, Ammunition The Kano State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robber, Hassan Iliya, 35 years old, of Alhazawa Village, Musawa LGA, Katsina State, while attempting to escape on a motorcycle. The Command spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa in a Press Statement said the arrest followed a report on 05/08/2024 by a resident of Yandadi Village, Kunchi LGA, Kano State that armed robbers stormed his residence, attacked him,...

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Abia State Government Set To Recover 180 Public Schools

EducationNewsNigeriaAbia State Government Set To Recover 180 Public Schools

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 7, 2024

A special committee has been constituted by the Abia State government to recover all public schools allegedly taken over by officials of the immediate past administration in the state. Chief of Staff to the Governor, Caleb Ajagba is heading the committee with Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eme Uche, as Secretary, while Commissioners for Justice, Lands/Housing, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, General Managers of the Umuahia Capital Development Authority and the Greater Aba Development Authority...

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