Senate Constitutes 37-Member Constitution Review Committee

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Constitutes 37-Member Constitution Review Committee

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 15, 2024

The Nigerian Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday announced the formation of a 37-member constitution review committee to examine the 1999 constitution. The committee would be presided over by Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin with one member from each geopolitical zone and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. “The committee expected to be inaugurated next Tuesday will review the laws in the area of artificial intelligence, and state police, among others. Deputy Speaker, House of...

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Security Agents Arrest 42 Suspected Bandits, Terrorists Poses As Miners

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSecurity Agents Arrest 42 Suspected Bandits, Terrorists Poses As Miners

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 14, 2024

The collaboration between Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), FCT Command, and the 176 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army yielded positive results with the arrest of 42 suspected bandits and terrorists posing as miners of solid minerals. Olusola Odumosu, the NSCDC FCT Commandant, while parading the suspects in Abuja, said they were intercepted at the forest of Tsaumi Village, bordering Lambata in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State. He said an investigation...

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Fire Destroys Over 200 Case Files, Office Equipment at Kwara Court Complex

NewsNigeriaFire Destroys Over 200 Case Files, Office Equipment at Kwara Court Complex

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 14, 2024

The Chief Registrar, Magistrate Ibironke Olawoyin has confirmed that a fire incident at the Kwara State High Court complex has destroyed no fewer than 200 case files and office equipment. Magistrate Olawoyin described the burnt section as the engine room of the high court. “That section is the engine room of the high court. This is not about 100 or 200 cases—our appeal cases, ongoing cases, and processes that are being filed including some coming...

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Two International Trans-border Armed Robbers, Others Apprehended In Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTwo International Trans-border Armed Robbers, Others Apprehended In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2024

Two International trans-border armed robbers and two Nigerian accomplices who robbed Adamawa State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Development Mohammed Abubakar Sadiq have been arrested by the Police. The robbers who stormed the residence of the cabinet member inflicted injuries on his body and carted away with a government Hilux car attached to the Commissioner. However, luck ran out of them, when police operatives arrested them while attempting to cross to the Cameroonian Republic and...

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Kidnappers Releases 13 Abducted Villages After 62 Days

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKidnappers Releases 13 Abducted Villages After 62 Days

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2024

The 13 villagers kidnapped from their residences at Unguwar Liman, Gwada ward of Igabi LGA of Kaduna state and had spent 62 days in the abductors’ den have regained freedom. The victims were part of the 30 abducted in the community in December 2023. Recall that the kidnappers collected N6.5 million with the agreement to release all the victims but ended up releasing only 17 and demanded an additional N16 million for the others. Malam...

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Hoodlums attack NAFDAC officials in Abuja

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHoodlums attack NAFDAC officials in Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2024

Some officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) who were on enforcement operation against substandard drugs at Area 1 Motor Park Abuja were attacked by hoodlums on Monday. The NAFDAC officers and journalists were able to scamper for safety after police officers shot into the air several times, and released teargas to disperse the hoodlums. The hoodlums harassed the enforcement officers, including mobile policemen, and stoned the Agency’s vehicle,...

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Mama Boko Haram, Two Others Jailed for N40 million fraud

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMama Boko Haram, Two Others Jailed for N40 million fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2024

Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has convicted Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, and two others, Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Soyade to 10 years imprisonment for a fraud worth N40 million. The presiding judge, Justice Umaru Fadawu on Monday convicted the trio of Wakil, Daura, and Soyade after they were arraigned by the EFCC on two counts of conspiracy and obtaining by pretense to the tune of forty...

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PDP Governors’ Forum Urges Federal Govt To Address Economic, Security Challenges

NewsNigeriaPDP Governors’ Forum Urges Federal Govt To Address Economic, Security Challenges

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 13, 2024

PDP Governors’ Forum has urged the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency embark on initiatives involving all the sub-national governments to bring a lasting solution to economic and security challenges facing the nation. The plea was contained in a communiqué read by the Chairman of the Forum and Bauchi state Governor Sen. Bala Mohammed after its meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Monday. The forum said the PDP Governors will...

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Arewa New Agenda Rolls Out Plans To Create 10 Million Jobs For Youths

BusinessNewsNigeriaArewa New Agenda Rolls Out Plans To Create 10 Million Jobs For Youths

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2024

As part of an effort to empower youths, the Arewa New Agenda (ANA) at the weekend rolled out plans for the creation of 10 million jobs for youths across the 19 Northern States of Nigeria. Through its farming and agricultural initiative, ANA is expected to increase the current 35 percent of arable land across the country to 65 percent in the next four years, through different interventions such as agro-allied industry, food security by up to...

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 Nigeria Government To Reward Super Eagles Team

NewsSoccerSports Nigeria Government To Reward Super Eagles Team

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 12, 2024

Despite the failure of Super Eagles to win the title at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria’s vice-president, Kashim Shettima has eulogized the team for its performance. The Super Eagles fell to a 2-1 defeat against hosts, Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the competition on Sunday night. Shettima, who watched the game live at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan, revealed that the players will be rewarded for their effort in the game....

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