Bloodbath In Delta: Service Chiefs, Senators In Closed-door Meeting

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBloodbath In Delta: Service Chiefs, Senators In Closed-door Meeting

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 20, 2024

Following the killing of 17 soldiers in the Delta State community, Service chiefs, on Wednesday appeared before the Senate Joint Committee comprising Army, Navy, Defence, and Airforce committees over the investigation into the killings. Recall that last Thursday some military personnel who were on a peacekeeping mission in the state were ambushed and murdered in the Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area. The Chairman of the joint committee, Ahmed Lawan, disclosed that...

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Borno State Government Approves N1 billion For Teachers’ Training

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBorno State Government Approves N1 billion For Teachers’ Training

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 20, 2024

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has approved N1 billion for the training of basic-level teachers across its 27 local government areas. He also allocated 58 utility vehicles to support the education secretaries and monitoring units across the 27 local government areas. Since 2019, Governor Zulum’s administration has prioritized investments in school infrastructure and human capital, resulting in a significant decrease in the number of out-of-school children from over 2 million to 800,000. During the...

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Troops Avert Kidnap Attempt In Kaduna, Rescue 16 Persons

National SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Avert Kidnap Attempt In Kaduna, Rescue 16 Persons

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 19, 2024

A kidnap attempt by a violent extremist and insurgent group has been averted by troops of 1 Division of Kaduna State. It said the troops rescued the abductees in Tantatu Community of Kajuru Local Government Area of the State. The Army was said to have responded to actionable intelligence on March 17, 2024, at about 10:30 pm and tracked the insurgents who had earlier attacked the community in numbers and abducted some of the villagers...

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Adamawa Police Arrests 58 kidnappers, armed Robbers, Shilla Boys In A Month

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAdamawa Police Arrests 58 kidnappers, armed Robbers, Shilla Boys In A Month

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 19, 2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 58 suspected criminals and recovered a Toyota jeep, bus, and 2 AK-47 rifles. The new commissioner of Police in Adamawa, CP Morris Dankombo disclosed this today (Tuesday) during a press conference at the state police headquarters in Yola while giving his four-week scorecard of stewardship in the state since assumption into office. “During the period forty shilla boys, 11 kidnappers, and 7 armed robbery suspects were arrested. In all...

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NAPTIP Drags MD Alliance Hospital, Others to Court Over Organ Trafficking

Crime & SecurityHealthNewsNigeriaNAPTIP Drags MD Alliance Hospital, Others to Court Over Organ Trafficking

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 19, 2024

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has dragged the Medical Director of Alliance Hospital, Christopher Otabor, and three others, including members of his staff at the FCT High Court, Zuba, Abuja for alleged organ harvesting. They were arraigned on an 11-count charge under Section 20 (2) a and (3) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015, and punishable under section 20 (2) (b). The defendants are...

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Weekend Inferno Consumes Two Siblings In Bauchi

NewsNigeriaWeekend Inferno Consumes Two Siblings In Bauchi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 18, 2024

A fire accident that destroyed a residential area in Bauchi’s Madina Quarters Sunday has killed two siblings, Zainab Bashir Muhammad and Ummu Salma Bashir, who were between the ages of seven and five. An eyewitness, Kabiru Sani explained that the fire started after the mother of the two deceased children locked them in the house and went to a market to purchase some items. He said the fire occurred around 11 am on Sunday at...

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Ekiti Govt Destroys Over 20 Hectares OF Marijuana Plantation

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEkiti Govt Destroys Over 20 Hectares OF Marijuana Plantation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 18, 2024

Over 20 hectares of marijuana plantation in the Ise-Ekiti forest reserve has been destroyed by Ekiti State Government The Executive Secretary of the State Forestry Commission, Sunday Adekunle, on Sunday, said the action followed a tip-off that some miscreants were engaging in nefarious activities in the government reserves along the Ise axis. He said the 20-hectare Indian hemp plantation and nursery prepared for transplanting of the illegal weeds were destroyed in the operation by officers...

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Rights Commission To Fish Out Killers Of Magaji, Sheikh Mada

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaRights Commission To Fish Out Killers Of Magaji, Sheikh Mada

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 18, 2024

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC Zamfara State wing has charged security agencies, to as a matter of urgency, fish out the killers of Lawali Magaji and Sheikh Abubakar Hassan Mada. Lawali Magaji, a political associate of Sen. Kabiru Garba Marafa was brutally murdered by a group of people in Tsafe town, Tsafe Local Government Area of the State in February 2024, while Sheikh Abubakar Hassan Mada was gruesomely killed a few kilometers from Mada...

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Lagos Food Market Offers Discounts Of Prices On Essential Commodities

EconomyNewsNigeriaLagos Food Market Offers Discounts Of Prices On Essential Commodities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 18, 2024

The ‘Ounje Eko’, Lagos food market is offering discounts on prices of essential commodities across the state. The commencement of the sales follows the announcement that the “Ounje Eko” food markets will begin sales of food items at discounted prices in the five divisions of the state on Sunday, March 17, so Lagosians may flood the various locations to buy food items at affordable prices. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who disclosed this at a...

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Nigeria Customs Service Reopen Kamba Land Border

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria Customs Service Reopen Kamba Land Border

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 18, 2024

The Kebbi State command of the Nigeria Customs Service has reopened the Kamba land border following a directive by President Bola Tinubu for the reopening of borders with the Niger Republic in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at its last Extraordinary Summit in Abuja. Kamba is a significant and strategic border that contributes significantly to Kebbi’s revenue generation. Mohammed Tajuddeen Salisu, the Public Relations Officer of...

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