Train Attack: 21 Passengers Still Missing-NRC

Accidents and SafetyTrain Attack: 21 Passengers Still Missing-NRC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 4, 2022

The management of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, says 21 passengers are still missing, based on the families that the terrorists have been contacting via telephone. It has, however, confirmed the safety of 170 passengers out of the 362, who boarded train AK9 enroute Kaduna from Abuja attacked by bandits on Monday night last week. The Managing Director of the NRC, Fidet Okhiria, in a statement notes that as of yesterday (Sunday), four of the...

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I Will Not Engage In Partisan Politics Or Endorse Any Politician- Pastor Adeboye

NewsPoliticsReligionI Will Not Engage In Partisan Politics Or Endorse Any Politician- Pastor Adeboye

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 4, 2022

LAGOS — The General Overseer, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye says he will never endorse any Politician, Party, or engage in Partisan Politics but pray for the growth of the nation. Pastor Adeboye during a special Thanksgiving Service held at the Church National Headquarters, Ebute Meta, Lagos, dissociated himself from partisan politics, while reacting to insinuation in some quarters over alleged endorsement of political candidates and parties. “I have...

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Police Reject N500000 Bribe, Seize Illicit Drugs Worth N10 million

Drug & Substance AbuseNewsPolice Reject N500000 Bribe, Seize Illicit Drugs Worth N10 million

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 4, 2022

LAGOS — Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command who arrested three suspected drug peddlers with N10 million worth of illicit drugs identified as Arizona on Sunday have rejected N500, 000 (five hundred thousand naira) bribe. The owner of the seized item, Alhaji General in the Mushin area of Lagos State reportedly escaped from the scene of the interception and sent one of his boys to go and bribe the police operatives with N500000. Other...

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Sermon, Earn Chief Imam In Nigeria Suspension

NewsPoliticsReligionSermon, Earn Chief Imam In Nigeria Suspension

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 4, 2022

The Friday sermon delivered on April 1st, 2022 by the Chief Imam Apo legislative quarters Mosque Abuja Sheikh Nuru Khalid did not go down well with the mosque committee as it has suspended the Imam for what it considered as inciting preaching. The chairman of the mosque committee, Senator Saidu Muhammed Dansadau, in a statement sent to BBC Hausa Service said the Imam was suspended over his sermon. The statement accused Khalid of “inciting public outrage”, saying...

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Muslims Commence the Observance of Holy Month of Ramadan

NewsNigeriaMuslims Commence the Observance of Holy Month of Ramadan

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

Muslims in Nigeria have joined their counterpart across the globe in observing the Holy month of Ramadan. This followed the confirmation of sighting of the moon in some parts of the country by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). Sultan Abubakar, in a live broadcast on Friday, announced that the Ramadan fast will begin today Saturday, and charged Muslim faithful...

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Drunk Rapes 75-Year Old Grandmother To Death

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaDrunk Rapes 75-Year Old Grandmother To Death

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

A drunkard, Iliya Musa who hailed from Maduguva community in the Mubi North LGA of the Adamawa State has confessed to have raped the old woman. The suspect who is now in Police custody claimed that he committed the heinous act under the influence of alcohol. “I was returning from a wedding ceremony that night when I heard my grandmother sobbing. I went in and in the twinkling of an eye I found myself on...

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Two local governments Are Still Under Boko Haram – Hon. Lawal

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPoliticsTwo local governments Are Still Under Boko Haram – Hon. Lawal

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, has lamented that Guzamala and Kukawa local government areas are still held by the terrorist group. Lawan was speaking at the official flag off ceremony for distribution of Phase IV Scholarship worth N5 million to 446 indigent students of Guzamala, displaced by insurgents in the last six years, studying at various tertiary institutions. The occasion which took place at the Kashim Ibrahim College...

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Katsina State Police Parades Impersonator

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKatsina State Police Parades Impersonator

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

The Katsina State Police Command has clarified that the acclaimed police officer paraded for smuggling by the Katsina State Command of the Nigerian Customs Service, on Wednesday, is a police impersonator. SP Gambo Isah, the Police Public Relations Officer in the State, made the clarification while parading the impostor before pressmen at the Katsina command’s headquarters on Thursday. The suspect, at the time of arrest has four different means of identifications, including that of the...

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Benue State Has Two Million IDPs Scattered In 27 Camps – Dr. Shior

HealthNewsBenue State Has Two Million IDPs Scattered In 27 Camps – Dr. Shior

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

The Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr. Emmanuel Shior said about two million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are presently in 27 camps in Benue State, has said. Shior, while flagging-off the months’ distribution of relief materials to the IDPs in Makurdi, said the camps were made up of seven official and 20 unofficial camps scattered across the State. He lamented the worsening humanitarian crisis in the State occasioned by the frequent attacks...

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SIM-NINs Links Ends Today

BusinessNewsTelecommunicationSIM-NINs Links Ends Today

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 31, 20222

ABUJA — The extension granted to telecom subscribers across Nigeria to link their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) with their National Identity Numbers (NINs) ends today. The March 31, 2022 extension was granted last December by the Federal Government after the earlier deadline had elapsed. Last year, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, had conveyed the approval of the Federal Government to extend the deadline for the NIN-SIM data verification till March 31,...

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