Bandits Gun Down Six Soldiers, Abducts Captain In Niger State

Six soldiers have been gunned down at Roro, Karaga, and Rumace communities, Bassa Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on Friday night. It was gathered that a captain was said to have been abducted during the incident when the soldiers had left their camps at Allawa and Erena to respond to a distress call when they ambushed them at Roro village. A hunter and two farmers were also said to have been killed...

APC: Angry Mobs Beats Commissioner In Ondo State

Some angry members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at Ugbo Ward 3, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have beaten the Commissioner for Health in Ondo State, Banji Ajaka on Saturday for allegedly hiding result sheets during the party’s primary election. The Commissioner was attacked after electoral officers fingered him for holding the material when some members of the party who had been waiting to vote demanded the result sheet. “Ajaka received a...

Collapse Pit Kills Seven Pupils In Kebbi State

Seven pupils of Malam Dan-Umma Qur’anic School at Bayan Science, Badariya in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State died while one sustained injuries when a pit collapsed on them. Malam Dan Umar, the proprietor of the school who spoke amid tears at his residence in the school premises, said the pupils were assigned to go to the top of the hill near the school to excavate clay and gravel to mend the holes...

Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Seals Supermarket In Abuja

The foreign-owned supermarket ‘4 U’ located at Wuse 2 Abuja has been sealed off by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for the sale of substandard bags of rice, intolerable practices, and information concealing information. Dr Adamu Abdullahi, acting Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission said the supermarket was engaging suppliers who were re-bagging the stallion rice and described the act as unacceptable. The supermarket had stockpiled stallion and cap rice when Stallion...

Strange Disease Claims Seven Lives, Records 196 Cases In Sokoto

An unknown disease announced by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC on April 9 has now spread to Kaduna State. Some of the identified symptoms of the strange disease include fever, abdominal swelling and pain, vomiting, and weight loss. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr. Jide Idris held an emergency meeting with Commissioners for Health from Sokoto and Kaduna States at NCDC Headquarters in...

FCCPC Vows To Combat Price-Fixing Of Commodities

The Acting Executive Vice Chairman, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Dr. Adamu Abdullahi says the agency will utilize its existing legal framework to enforce fair competition and consumer protection provisions. According to a statement by the commission’s chairman, it is aware of the concerns expressed by Nigerians regarding the continued rise in prices of goods and services, despite the recent appreciation of the Naira against the dollar. The Commission directed its operatives to intensify...

Jamb says Any Parent Found Near JAMB CBT Centre Risk Arrest

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said all arrangements have been concluded for the conduct of the 2024 UTME and directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) center owners nationwide to arrest any parent found near their facilities during the exercise. The agency said the exercise will be held in over 700 CBT centers across the nation. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede gave the order during a virtual meeting held on Wednesday with owners of the...

Pella Community in Adamawa Honours Indigenes for remarkable achievements

The Pella community in the Hong local government area of Adamawa State has celebrated achievers who hailed from Pella District and had made remarkable achievements in their various endeavours. The event was organized under the auspices of the Pella District Unity Forum, the first of its kind since the district was created. Those honoured are Prof. Emeritus Mohammed Balla, University of Maiduguri, Prof. Yakubu Nyada’iti, Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Hong, Dr. Umar Garba Pella, Adamawa...

Police Arrest 49 Members Of Outlawed Shilla Gang In Adamawa

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested 49 suspected members of the outlawed Shilla gangs that terrorize residents of the state capital including two women. SP Suleiman Yahya Nguroje, the Command spokesman in a statement said the arrest followed renewed commitment of the Police to combating the menace of Shilla Gangsterism in the State. “The Command’s recent operation was targeted to identify criminal hideouts and blackspots within the State Capital including areas around...

Fresh Corruption Charges Awaits Former Governor Of Kano State

The Chairman Kano State Anti-Corruption and Public Complaints Commission Muhuyi Magaji said the commission will file new corruption charges and maladministration against former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. He said commission’s investigations uncovered the diversion of N51.3 billion from local government funds to unauthorized individuals during Ganduje’s tenure. Magaji alleged that the Ganduje administration transferred N4 billion to an agricultural company from Kano’s consolidated revenue account and withdrew N1 billion monthly from state coffers before its tenure...

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