Bandits Kills 13 Soldiers In Niger State

Bandits along the Zungeru-Tegina Road in Niger State had on Sunday night launched an onslaught on security personnel killing at least 13 soldiers and several others injured. It was learnt that the injured personnel are receiving medical attention at IBB Specialist Hospital, Minna due to gunshot injuries. The senator representing Niger East Senatorial District, Mohammed Sani Musa, had confirmed the incident to Reporters in Abuja on Monday, and appealed to the federal government to dispatch...

Central Bank Of Nigeria To Stabilise Foreign Exchange Market

The Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Folashodun Shunobi says the Apex Bank has taken appropriate measures to stabilise the unfavourable fluctuations in the foreign exchange market. Shunobi, told State House Correspondents in Abuja after his meeting with President Tinubu that the situation was arbitrary, and warned the offenders about the consequences of their actions. He said they have discussed the effective measures to be taken to stabilise and improve the liquidity...

Women, Youths Protest Over Killings In Guma LGA

Hundreds of women and youths on Friday mounted a roadblock on the highway leading from Makurdi to Lafia and Abuja protesting the killing of five people in two villages of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The protest had caused untold hardship for travelers moving in and out of Makurdi, the Benue State capital.Some locals said assailants who besieged the rural communities of Ngban had killed three people on Thursday night and another two...

Over 10 Worshipers Killed, Several Others injured as Mosque Collapses in Kaduna State

No fewer than ten had been crushed to death and several others sustained various degrees of injuries when the famous Zaria Central Mosque in Kaduna state collapsed on Friday. The mosque built over 200 years had undergone different renovations since its establishment. Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, said the incident occurred when the victims were observing the Asr prayer around 4pm. “We had earlier observed a crack on the wall of the mosque...

Traditional Rulers In Taraba To Get Free Medical Treatment

Traditional leaders of First, Second and Third-class status in Taraba State have choice to seek medication in any hospital and the state government will foot the bills. Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State announced this Thursday at the state’s Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Jalingo, the state capital. “The health of our royal fathers is very important and l am   committed to their welfare, especially as it relates to the...

Certificate Forgery: Tribunal Sacks Kano Rep Member

The National and State House of Assembly elections petition tribunal sitting in Kano has nullified the election of Tarauni Federal Constituency member, Muktar Yerima, of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) over certificate forgery. Recall that Yerima was declared winner of the February 18th 2023 election on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), defeating the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Hafizu Kawu. The petitioner, Hafizu Kawu of the APC challenged the electoral...

38 Inmates In Kano Completes 2023 NECO Senior School Certificate Examination

38 inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kurmawa, Kano have successfully completed the 2023 NECO Senior School Certificate Examination. The inmates also graduated from the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies examination. At the graduation ceremony on Thursday, Controller of Corrections at the Kano Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Suleiman Inuwa, appreciated the Service for preparing the inmates for better future which is in line with the Correctional Service Act 2019. He...

Ekiti State Government Suspends Traditional Ruler Over Insubordination

The traditional chief in Imesi Ekiti, in Gbonyin LGA of Ekiti state, Chief Gabriel Bodunde has been suspended from office. The state’s deputy governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, who announced the suspension on Thursday while presiding over a petition forwarded to her office by Onimesi-in-Council. She stated that the Chief was suspended over alleged disrespect, high-handedness and insubordination to the town’s monarch, Oba Olatunji Olatunde. The Chief was also accused of fueling communal crises in...

Men of Operation Farauta Torture 17 Year Old To Death In Adamawa 

Men of Operation Farauta in Yola, Adamawa State has tortured to death a 17 years old Abdullahi Tukur Abba Popularly called Abdallah, resident of Wuro-Dole ward in Yola South local Government area over allegedly stealing cellphone (i-Phone 7). The security outfit comprises Soldiers, Civil Defence, Police, and other voluntary organisations was set up in 2019 by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri with a mandate to fight banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities of Shilla group armed...

VP Kashim Shettima Says Nigerian Government Losses $7bn To Floods

The Nigerian Government has said over 600 lives were lost as a result of floods in 2022 and the direct economic damage caused by the disaster is amounting to $7bn. Vice President Kashim Shettima who disclosed this on Tuesday at an event of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Abuja, described the situation as the worst effect of climate change in Nigeria. Represented by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Hassan, Vice...

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