16 abducted Kaduna residents – Bandits Demand N40 Trillion Ransom

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria16 abducted Kaduna residents – Bandits Demand N40 Trillion Ransom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 12, 2024

Bandits have demanded a ransom of N40 trillion as ransom for the release of 16 abducted residents of the Gonin Gora area of the Kaduna metropolis. Recall that the bandits on Wednesday 28 February attacked the Gonin-Gora community, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis in the Chikun Local Government Area, and kidnapped 16 residents. The ransom demand was coming barely four days after 287 school children were abducted at Kuriga, another Chikun community. A community leader...

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6-Month Jail Term Awaits Anyone Who Sells State-Owned Empowerment Tools

NewsNigeria6-Month Jail Term Awaits Anyone Who Sells State-Owned Empowerment Tools

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 20241

The Yobe government has ordered a 6-month jail term as punishment for anyone found selling empowerment tools given to them by the state. Idi Barde Gubana, Deputy Governor of the state disclosed this distribution of dry season farming inputs provided by the Northeast Development Commission, NEDC, in Damaturu. He said a 6-month jail term would be handed down to sellers of the empowerment items given to them by the government or other humanitarian organizations. “The...

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Rotary International Gives Nigeria $7M For Disease Eradication, Prevention

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRotary International Gives Nigeria $7M For Disease Eradication, Prevention

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 20241

The Rotary International will present $7 million to the Nigerian Government for disease eradication and prevention. The presentation will be done by the President of Rotary International, Gordon Mclnally, during a three-day working visit to Nigeria from Friday, 15th March 2024 According to a statement by the Coordinator of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), Prof Emmanuel Dolapo Lufadeju, and the Co-coordinator, Dr Goddy Nnadi, the visit will enhance the ties between the Federal Government and...

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N3.7trn Projects In 2024 Budget Not Traceable- Sen. Ningi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsN3.7trn Projects In 2024 Budget Not Traceable- Sen. Ningi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 20241

Senator Abdul Ningi in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service has insisted that projects worth N3.7 trillion in the 2024 Appropriation Act are not traceable. Senator Abdul Ningi, who is the Chairman of Northern Senators’ Forum, alleged that the National Assembly debated and passed N25 trillion as 2024 budget and not the N28.7 trillion that is being implemented by the federal government. Ningi also reiterated his stand while speaking with journalists at the senate...

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Budget Padding: Northern Senators Disown Ningi’s Claims

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBudget Padding: Northern Senators Disown Ningi’s Claims

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 20241

Following allegations by Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central), that the 2024 national budget was padded to the tune of N3 trillion, Senators from the 19 states in the North have disassociated themselves from claims. Recall that Ningi had made the allegation on Saturday during a BBC Hausa Service interview, alleged that the budget passed by the National Assembly for the 2024 fiscal year was N25 trillion while the one being implemented by the Presidency...

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Nigerian Borders Will Soon Reopen-CGC Adeniyi

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Borders Will Soon Reopen-CGC Adeniyi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 10, 2024

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, on Saturday assured that engagements and consultations were being made regarding the reopening of the country’s borders. He disclosed this during an interaction session with members of the Kongolam border community in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State, however said only President Bola Tinubu has the prerogative to reopen borders in the country. “Once consultations are concluded, a decision will be taken on the...

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Denmark’s Ambassador To Nigeria Meets With IDPs In Adamawa State

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDenmark’s Ambassador To Nigeria Meets With IDPs In Adamawa State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 10, 2024

Denmark’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Sune Krogstrup, has met with Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria to know their challenges. Ambassador Krogstrup disclosed this when he paid a courtesy call to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in his office at the Government House Yola. He explained that the interface with the IDPs had allowed him to hear their concerns in the area of access to education and healthcare among others. He revealed that...

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Bandits Abduct Tsangaya Students, Kill Village Head, Others In Sokoto

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Abduct Tsangaya Students, Kill Village Head, Others In Sokoto

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 10, 2024

An unspecified number of Tsangaya students at Gidan Bakuso in Gada local government area of Sokoto state have been kidnapped by bandits. The proprietor of the school, Liman Abubakar, told newsmen that the students were abducted from their school, adding that 15 students were unaccounted for so far but “we are still counting.” According to Abubakar, the bandits invaded the town around 1 am on Saturday shot one person, and abducted a woman, adding that...

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Insecurity Displaces Over 6.1 Million Nigerians- NCFRMI

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaInsecurity Displaces Over 6.1 Million Nigerians- NCFRMI

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 10, 20241

Over 6.1 million Nigerians were said to have been displaced by insecurity and natural disasters. Alhaji Tijjani Aliyu, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) disclosed this during a visit to Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State in Katsina. “As of 2022, the commission had about 3 million displaced persons, but with floods and other natural disasters, we now have an additional 100 percent of such displaced people.” “Today, I...

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Abduction Of School Children Sets Back Education In The North – ACF

EducationNewsNigeriaAbduction Of School Children Sets Back Education In The North – ACF

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 10, 20241

The abduction of school children including that of Federal University Gusau in July last year is said to be indicative of the very parlous state of security in the country. The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Prof Tukur Muhammad-Baba on Saturday condemned the abduction of 287 students and teachers from GSS Kuriga and LEA Primary School, Kuriga in Kaduna State. The statement read in parts: “The Arewa Consultative...

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